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.
New research center based in Minnesota to explore spintronics materials for advanced computing
Posted November 12, 2018
The University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering announced today that it will lead and house a new $10.3 million Center for Spintronic Materials in Advanced Information Technologies (SMART) focused on novel materials for advanced computing systems over next four years.
University of Minnesota to open new robotics research labs
Posted November 7, 2018
Robotics research at the University of Minnesota received a big boost this week with the opening of new state-of-the-art robotics research labs.
University of Minnesota receives federal grant to study disorder in quantum systems
Posted November 6, 2018
The University of Minnesota has received $1 million over the next four years from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for fundamental quantum research that will help develop materials that could someday be used in quantum computing.
Student-designed winter light shows begin Nov. 30 at the University of Minnesota
Posted November 6, 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.
Immigration to the United States changes a person’s microbiome
Posted October 31, 2018
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have new evidence that the gut microbiota of immigrants and refugees rapidly Westernize after a person’s arrival in the United States.
In Memoriam: Earl Bakken
Posted October 22, 2018
University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering alumnus and Medtronic founder Earl E. Bakken, died on Oct. 21 in his home in Hawaii. He was 94.
CSE researcher makes history at the bottom of the world
Posted October 11, 2018
University of Minnesota astrophysicist Robert Schwarz holds a place unique in history. Over the past 22 years, he has spent 14 Southern Hemisphere winters at the Pole—more than anyone else.
Researchers discover new type of stellar collision
Posted October 8, 2018
New observations of a stellar phenomenon by a team of researchers, including University of Minnesota astrophysicists, has solved a 348-year-old mystery.
University of Minnesota awarded federal grant to research autonomous vehicles
Posted October 4, 2018
The University of Minnesota has received a $1.75 million grant over three years from the National Science Foundation (NSF) as part of the NSF's Smart & Connected Communities grant program.