College-wide featured stories
Recent CSE grads launch new company based on U research
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Just a little more than a year ago, two College of Science and Engineering undergraduate students were cramming for finals. Today, they are heading a start-up company designed to make drinking water safer.
Professor J. Ilja Siepmann exemplifies excellence in teaching
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Chemistry professor J. Ilja Siepmann feels that his contributions to students’ development and success are his greatest achievement. His knowledge and teaching prowess have earned him a Distinguished Teaching Award.
Solar car team unveils new car
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The University of Minnesota Solar Vehicle Project team provided a sneak preview of its newest solar-powered car at special events May 6-7, 2010.
May 7 SCImagine! event focuses on sustainable solutions for clean water and energy
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SCImagine! 2010: The Acara ChallengeFind out about how students across the country are designing sustainable solutions for clean water and energy through the Acara Challenge at a special open house event sponsored by the University of Minnesota Libraries.
University of Minnesota researchers clear major hurdle in road to high-efficiency solar cells
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A team of University of Minnesota-led researchers has cleared a major hurdle in the drive to build solar cells with potential efficiencies up to twice as high as current levels, which rarely exceed 30 percent.
Engineering students featured in new documentary film
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A new documentary film produced by the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment features science and engineering students who are part of the University’s student chapter of Engineers Without Borders that traveled to Uganda to install a solar-powered water pump at the Hope Integrated Academy.
Engineering students win challenge for business idea focused on clean energy for cooking in rural India
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A team of engineering and business students from the University of Minnesota and the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee recently won the Acara Challenge 2010.
$16 million NSF renewal grant to fund fluid power center based at University of Minnesota
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Grant will fund continued research in hybrid vehicles, medical devices, robotics and more
Profile of Volkan Isler, McKnight Land-Grant Professor
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"An important part of solving environmental problems is collecting data over large areas and for long periods of time. Robots can do that."
Three IT faculty named Institute on the Environment fellows
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Three Institute of Technology faculty have been named to three-year appointments as resident fellows within the University’s Institute on the Environment. They include assistant professor Arindam Banerjee (computer science and engineering), professor Marc Hillmyer (chemistry), and associate professor Paige Novak (civil engineering).