Alumni win top University awards
Posted September 10, 2019
Zsolt Rumy and Julie Stein received the 2019 Outstanding Achievement Award from the University of Minnesota. Haakon Fossen was honored with the 2019 Distinguished Leadership Award for Internationals.
University launches record 19 startup companies in FY19
Posted September 9, 2019
The University of Minnesota announced that it launched a record 19 startup companies in fiscal year 2017 based on discoveries and inventions by its researchers. Ten of those startups have ties to CSE students, faculty, and staff.
CSE alumna chosen as 2019 Homecoming Parade Grand Marshal
Posted August 23, 2019
CSE aerospace engineering alumna Michele A. Brekke will serve as Grand Marshal for the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus 2019 Homecoming parade on Oct. 4.
University of Minnesota receives $20M grant for sustainable plastics research
Posted August 13, 2019
The University of Minnesota announced that it has been awarded a $20 million grant renewal from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for research in the NSF Center for Sustainable Polymers focused on discoveries of the next generation of environment-friendly plastics.
CSE professor initiates data mining conference’s first-ever ‘Earth Day’
Posted August 5, 2019
University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering Professor Vipin Kumar played a key role in bringing an environmental angle to the 2019 Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (KDD), hosted by the Association for Computing Machinery.
Associate professor receives U.S. Department of Energy Early Career Award
Posted August 1, 2019
Associate Professor Ian A. Tonks has received a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Early Career Research Program award, a highly-competitive national award that provides support to exceptional researchers.
2019 CSE at the Minnesota State Fair
Posted August 1, 2019
A variety of College of Science and Engineering exhibits will showcase the relevance of science, engineering, and mathematics to people’s everyday lives at the 2019 Minnesota State Fair.
Two CSE engineering faculty receive highest honor from U.S. government
Posted July 24, 2019
Two University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering faculty are among the recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government to outstanding scientists and engineers in the early stages of their independent research careers
Future moon landing will leave U of M ‘footprint’
Posted July 17, 2019
CSE physicists are contributing instruments for 12 NASA investigations in preparation for lunar visits in 2024.
Two CSE professors named University Regents Professors
Posted June 20, 2019
Professor Ned Mohan (electrical and computer engineering) and Professor David Pui (mechanical engineering) have been named Regents Professors, the highest honor given to faculty by the University.