Collegewide news archive
Suo Yang awarded prestigious naval research fellowship
College of Science & Engineering
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College of Science and Engineering faculty member, Suo Yang, was recently selected to be part of the inaugural Chief of Naval Research (CNR) Fellows program from the Office of Naval Research (ONR).
Remembering William “Bill” Zimmermann Jr.
Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics
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Professor Emeritus William “Bill” Zimmermann Jr. passed away in Minneapolis on July 12, 2026, at the age of 95.
AEM Welcomes Associate Professor James Scoggins to Faculty
Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics
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Coming from NASA, Dr. Scoggins brings expertise in computational aerothermodynamics and scientific machine learning to the department.
Professor Thomas Hoye named ACS Fellow and 3M Alumni Professor
Department of Chemistry
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Hoye has been recently honored by the American Chemical Society and by the University of Minnesota Department of Chemistry.
Remembering William “Bill” Zimmermann Jr.
Physics
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Professor Emeritus William “Bill” Zimmermann Jr. passed away in Minneapolis on July 12, 2026, at the age of 95.
Dauenhauer Group research explores converting corn into jet fuel
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
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MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (09/10/2026) — A new video produced by Minnesota Corn Growers and Linder Farm Network highlights research by the Dauenhauer Research Group into converting corn into sustainable aviation fuel.
Researchers pinpoint key early-universe measurement with record precision
College of Science & Engineering
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An international team, including researchers from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, has reached a major milestone in "precision cosmology" by measuring the amount of helium created in the universe’s first five minutes with unprecedented accuracy.
Peter Bruggeman Receives 2026 William Crookes Prize
Mechanical Engineering
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The Department of Mechanical Engineering is proud to announce that Professor Peter Bruggeman has received the 2026 William Crookes Prize at the Europhysics Conference on Atomic and Molecular Physics of Ionized Gases (ESCAMPIG).
Research Spotlight: MaKenna Koble
Department of Chemistry
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Alumna MaKenna Koble was recently featured in a Research Spotlight by the College of Science and Engineering.
Newly Awarded Multiyear NSF Project to TSU and CBI on “The Second Quantum Revolution”
Charles Babbage Institute
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