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CSE alumna Cynthia D. Pederson named first female regional administrator for NRC
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Cynthia D. Pederson (ChemE ’83) has been named the new administrator of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)’s Region III office in Lisle, Ill.
Can we turn unwanted carbon dioxide Into electricity?
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Researchers are developing a new kind of geothermal power plant that will lock away unwanted carbon dioxide (CO₂) underground
Clean energy from CO₂?
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Three University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering researchers have invented a CO2-plume geothermal (CPG) system that gives global warming villan CO2 a greener future.
Getting the pole positions
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The U’s Earth Sciences experts at mapping Antarctica are expanding their work to the Arctic.
Your home has no water
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Your home has no water. To wash or shower you must walk miles with a big plastic container. That’s the international problem civil engineering student Adam Witt set out to solve.
From wood waste to diesel fuel
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Mechanical engineering professor David Kittelson’s latest project is to develop an efficient, clean, potentially carbon-neutral substitute for diesel fuel known as DME.
Students begin construction on solar house for fall competition
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After nearly a year and a half of planning, the University of Minnesota team has begun construction of a completely solar-powered house that will compete against 19 other universities this October in the 2009 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon.
On the move with Cyclopath
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Cyclopath, a navigational aide for bikers in the seven-county metro area, has gone mobile (phone) and it’s on the move to expand its collective navigational prowess to greater Minnesota.
Cacophony may curb carp
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Researchers at the St. Anthony Falls Lab have developed noisy bubble barrier that holds potential for slowing the spread of carp in Minnesota lakes.
The sunny side of engineering
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As the University of Minnesota wrapped up the 2010-11 academic year, talented young engineers flocked to Coffman Memorial Union to display projects of all kinds. Two that caught our eye were solar-powered clothes and a solar tracker.