U of M start-up CoreBiome acquired by OraSure Technologies, Inc
Posted January 4, 2019
The University of Minnesota announced that its 2017 start-up company CoreBiome Inc., based on discoveries by CSE Associate Professor Dan Knights, was acquired by OraSure Technologies, Inc.
Professor Frank Bates named National Academy of Inventors Fellow
Posted December 10, 2018
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Regents Professor Frank Bates has been named National Academy of Inventors Fellow, the highest distinction accorded to academic inventors.
U of M Students present largest robot show in Twin Cities
Posted December 10, 2018
More than 200 robots built by engineering students are on display at the 2018 University of Minnesota Robot Show. The event is free and open to the public.
University to lead $2.25 million grant for developing next-generation quantum computer
Posted December 6, 2018
The University of Minnesota that it will lead a $2.25 million grant over the next three years from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science for developing materials and device knowledge necessary for creating the next-generation of computing—the quantum computer.
Ecolab Foundation commits $5 million to University for sustainability research and education
Posted December 6, 2018
Ecolab Chairman and CEO Douglas M. Baker, Jr. and University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler today jointly announced a $5 million gift from the Ecolab Foundation to the University-wide Driven campaign in support of environmental sustainability research and education.
U of M startup Vascudyne to commercialize biologically engineered tissue
Posted December 3, 2018
University of Minnesota Technology Commercialization announced the formal launch of Vascudyne Inc., a startup company based in Stillwater, Minn., focused on the development of biologically engineered tissue for medical device and therapeutics applications.
Incoming CSE students are most academically prepared in history
Posted November 27, 2018
A recently released profile of the students in CSE's fall 2018 freshman class shows that the college continues to attract the best and brightest students. The incoming class is also the most diverse in history.
Student-designed winter light shows begin Nov. 30 at the University of Minnesota
Posted November 25, 2018
Join the University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering (CSE) for two weekends starting Friday, Nov. 30 for a dazzling light show designed by science and engineering students. The high-tech light show features more than 250,000 LED lights set to musicwritten and recorded by University of Minnesota students.
Researchers stop ‘sneaky’ cancer cells in their tracks
Posted November 20, 2018
A new study by University of Minnesota biomedical engineers shows how they stopped cancer cells from moving and spreading, even when the cells changed their movements.
Land O’Lakes gift supports student learning and industry studies
Posted November 14, 2018
CSE faculty will partner with students and industry experts on a new wind tunnel in the Mechanical Engineering Building.