College-wide featured stories
Low-cost system collects data needed for reducing roadway-departure crashes
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U of M researchers have developed and evaluated a low-cost mobile data-collection platform that will help them acquire road geometry information.
Culverts will be more fish-friendly thanks to U of M research
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A new study from St. Anthony Falls Laboratory researchers are outlining new strategies for making culverts more fish-friendly.
Biking and walking are on the rise in the Twin Cities
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U of M researchers are exploring a rich set of data to analyze changes in walking and biking behavior over the past decade.
Minnesota concrete bridge design detail holds strong under testing
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The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) enlisted the help of researchers from the University of Minnesota to test U-shaped stirrups in its prestressed concrete girders.
Research Partnership Award: Better designs for Minnesota concrete pavements
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Professor Lev Khazanovich and research associate Derek Tompkins from the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering are among a team of researchers who earned the 2015 CTS Research Partnership Award.
Silicon Valley ‘Rock Star’ and CS&E Alumnus Jeff Dean Makes Cover of Wired
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Google engineer and CSE alumnus Jeffrey Dean lands on the cover of Wired magazine. The story features his years of work in creating and reshaping computer systems that drive our modern online environment.
Startup Profile: Minnepura Technologies Inc.
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A startup company using bacteria-based biotechnology to purify water that has been contaminated by chemicals from industrial processes is based on scientific discoveries by University of Minnesota researchers.
Probing a planetary system like ours
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The extraordinary sensitivity of the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) in southeastern Arizona has revealed the architecture of a young stellar system whose structure promises to shed light on how our own solar system formed and help answer questions about the number and locations of Earth-like planets.
Emad Ebbini: An Array of Possibilities
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Emad Ebbini, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, was firmly focused on a career in telecommunications engineering until his his father passed away. His research now focuses on using dual-mode ultrasound array technology to treat cancer.
Eray Aydil: Sun Signs
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Chemical engineering and materials science professor Eray Aydil started his research career working on integrated circuits but, as serendipity would have it, shifted to photovoltaics and solar cell research.