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Three Institute of Technology faculty named McKnight Professors
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Mechanical engineering professor John Bischof and chemistry professors Karin Musier-Forsyth and J. Ilja Siepmann are recipients of the 2006 Distinguished McKnight University Professorship, which recognizes and rewards outstanding mid-career faculty.
Kohlstedt to head School of Earth Sciences
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Institute of Technology Dean Steven L. Crouch has appointed Professor David Kohlstedt head of the Newton Horace Winchell School of Earth Sciences, with a concurrent appointment as head of the Department of Geology and Geophysics.
U physicists announce first results from MINOS experiment
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An international collaboration of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) announced the first results from the Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search (MINOS) experiment.
American Academy of Arts and Sciences honors Banerjee
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Subir Banerjee, professor of geology and geophysics and director of the Institute for Rock Magnetism (IRM), has been elected a 2006 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS).
Balas appointed head of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics
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Institute of Technology Dean Steven L. Crouch has appointed Professor Gary Balas head of the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics.
Distinguished McKnight Professors show scholarly ideal
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Just as everybody who types makes the occasional typo, so does the machinery of living cells as it tries to translate messages from genes. Enough mistakes could kill a cell, and Karin Musier-Forsyth aims to encourage such errors–not in people, of course, but in bacteria that cause disease.
Good vibrations lead to better electronics
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A team of researchers led by electrical and computer engineering professor Philip Cohen has "tuned" laser beams to the natural vibrations of atoms and used the lasers to rid silicon crystals of hydrogen—a crucial step in manufacturing computer chips.
U of M to house $21 million fluid-power research center
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Discovering ways to reduce fuel consumption, developing devices for people with mobility impairments, and designing state-of-the-art rescue robots are just three of the goals of a new multimillion-dollar research center that will be based at the University of Minnesota.
U ranks second in nanotech industrial outreach
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The Institute of Technology’s Nanofabrication Center, Characterization Facility, and Particle Technology Laboratory as well as the chemical engineering and materials science programs were among the reasons why Small Times magazine has ranked the University of Minnesota second among U.S. universities in industrial outreach in nanotechnology and microtechnology.
U student receives Congressional Award Gold Medal for volunteer work
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Institute of Technology junior Jaymes Grossman will receive the Congressional Award Gold Medal at a presentation in Washington, D.C., June 21. The medal is the highest honor bestowed upon young people by the U.S. Congress.