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Three generations, one passion: When an engineering mindset runs in the family
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Three generations of College of Science and Engineering alumni share their story of persistence and their desire to leave a legacy for future students.
New discovery aims to improve the design of microelectronic devices
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A new study led by researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities is providing new insights into how next-generation electronics, including memory components in computers, breakdown or degrade over time. Understanding the reasons for degradation could help improve efficiency of data storage solutions.
Start-up company aims to eliminate Japanese beetles with eco-friendly solution
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A start-up company co-founded by Aditya Prabhbu while he was a University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering undergraduate student aims to attract and eliminate Japanese Beetles in large quantities with a new method that is environmentally safe.
Engineering alumna looks ahead to Italy, next Olympics
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College of Science and Engineering alumna Marge Hartfel continues to work with Olympic luge athletes long after studying the sport’s biomechanics in graduate school at the University of Minnesota.
Manipulation of nanolight provides new insight for quantum computing and thermal management
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A recent study by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers provides fundamental insight into how light, electrons, and crystal vibrations interact in materials.
Associate Professor Vlad Pribiag receives prestigious $1.25M physics investigators award
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University of Minnesota Twin Cities Associate Professor Vlad Pribiag is one of only 19 researchers nationwide to receive a prestigious five-year, $1.25 million Experimental Physics Investigators award from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
Adaptive 3D printing system to pick and place bugs and other organisms
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A first-of-its-kind adaptive 3D printing system developed by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers can identify the positions of randomly distributed organisms and safely move them to specific locations for assembly.
University of Minnesota provides new hands-on training for semiconductor workforce
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University of Minnesota’s Technological Leadership Institute (TLI) and the Minnesota Nano Center recently announced the addition of new training modules to help build the next generation semiconductor workforce through the Minnesota Semiconductor Manufacturing Consortium.
IPRIME names Chris Ellison as new faculty director
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Professor Chris Ellison has been named the new faculty director for the University of Minnesota Industrial Partnership for Research in Interfacial and Materials Engineering (IPRIME), a university/industry partnership supporting fundamental, collaborative research on materials.
AI-powered underwater robots revolutionize marine conservation
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A team of faculty and student researchers in the Minnesota Interactive Robotics and Vision Laboratory are using autonomous underwater vehicles to accurately identify and track invasive species.