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Hubert Lim portrait photo
Awards-Grants, Medical-Health Technology

CSE Professor Hubert Lim named director of Bakken Medical Devices Center

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Biomedical Engineering Professor Hubert Lim has been selected as the next director of the University's Earl E. Bakken Medical Device Center (Bakken MDC).

Zhen Liu portrait
Awards-Grants

Assistant Professor Zhen Liu receives prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship for early-career researchers

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University of Minnesota Twin Cities Physics and Astronomy Assistant Professor Zhen Liu is one of only 126 early-career researchers who will receive a prestigious 2024 Sloan Research Fellowship.

Catherine French and Timothy Lodge combo portrait for National Academy of Engineering
Awards-Grants

Two University of Minnesota professors elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2024

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CSE Professors Catherine French and Timothy Lodge have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Six University of Minnesota alumni were also elected to NAE this year.

Jian Ping Wang standing in the Minnesota Nano Center
Awards-Grants, People-Profiles

CSE professor honored with IEEE Magnetics Society Achievement Award

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University of Minnesota Twin Cities electrical and computer engineering Professor Jian-Ping Wang has been honored with the 2024 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Magnetics Society Achievement Award.

Humphreys in front of University of Minnesota Wall of Discovery featuring her research
Awards-Grants

Professor Emerita Roberta Humphreys receives prestigious 2024 Herschel Medal in observational astrophysics

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Professor Roberta Humphreys has been awarded the 2024 Herschel Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society for outstanding merit in observational physics. Humphreys is one of only 29 Herschel Medal recipients worldwide since 1974.

Headshot of Roger Ruan
Awards-Grants, People-Profiles

Professor Roger Ruan named National Academy of Inventors Fellow

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Professor Roger Ruan has been named a National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellow for his research in renewable energy and environment technologies.

R. Lawrence Edwards, Dan Knights, and Tony Low headshots.
Awards-Grants, People-Profiles

Three CSE faculty among most cited researchers in the world

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CSE researchers are making substantial contributions to their field.

Headshot of Georgios Giannakis.
Awards-Grants, People-Profiles

Engineering professor named 2023 International Fellow for the Royal Academy of Engineering

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Professor Giannakis is one of only 73 engineering and technology pioneers worldwide to receive the honor this year

Architectural drawing of new chemistry lab
Awards-Grants, Infrastructure/Transportation, Students

Construction begins on new $144.7 million Chemistry Teaching Laboratories

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The University of Minnesota began construction on a new $144.7 million state-funded Chemistry Undergraduate Teaching Laboratories.

Professor Taner Akkin in lab with students
Awards-Grants, Research

University of Minnesota receives $16M to uncover 'wiring diagram' of the brain

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University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering Professor Taner Akkin is part of a research team that has received a $16 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support the groundbreaking project of unraveling the mysteries of the brain's ‘wiring diagram.’