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Ahh LLC founder and CSE alumnus Joe Mullenbach
Awards-Grants, Energy-Environment, Medical-Health Technology, Research

Four CSE alumni among 2021 Minnesota Cup finalists

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A heating system designed for Minnesota winters, an instant cooling towel, and a healthcare app are some of the CSE alumni-led innovations recognized by the statewide entrepreneurial competition.

Lightburlbs illustrated on chalkboard with University of Minnesota M
Awards-Grants, Research

University of Minnesota part of $15M Great Lakes innovation hub

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The University of Minnesota will play a key role in a new National Science Foundation (NSF) Great Lakes Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Hub that will nurture a regional innovation ecosystem and move more discoveries from the research lab to the real world.

An illustration of a safer, cheaper way to create thin films out of stubborn elements
Research

New technology will allow important metals to be made more efficiently

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University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers have invented a cheaper, safer, and simpler technology that will allow a “stubborn” group of metals, such as the Pt-group elements, to be transformed into thin films for various practical applications. The technology has been patented and is receiving interest from industry.

Drawing of cell contact guidance theory elements
Medical-Health Technology, Research

New study provides clues to decades-old mystery about cell movement

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A new game-changing discovery about how cells move within their environment could have a major impact on fields from regenerative medicine to cancer research.

A plasma reactor used to convert titanium tetrachloride into pure titanium powder
Energy-Environment, Research

Investing in Minnesota’s future—and titanium

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CSE faculty members David Poerschke and Uwe Kortshagen received a Minnesota Futures Grant for their project that aims to more sustainably process Minnesota’s titanium resources.

A technology illustration
Research

Collaboration with Cisco explores frontier of data technologies

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CSE researchers are leading several new projects funded by the company that address topics like technology for health care, ethics in artificial intelligence, and edge computing.

Ammonia plant
Energy-Environment, Research

CSE researchers part of $10M DOE grant to improve ammonia production

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University of Minnesota researchers in the College of Science and Engineering’s Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials science are part of a new $10 million research project aimed at developing and demonstrating novel processes to produce ammonia from intermittent renewable energy.

U of M CSE Ph.D. student Viktor Radermacher poses with dinosaur fossils in Tate Hall
Research

New fossil sheds light on the evolution of how dinosaurs breathed

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Using a well-preserved Heterodontosaurus skeleton and high-powered x-rays, an international team including a University of Minnesota researcher has discovered that not all dinosaurs breathed in the same way.

Researcher Peter Christenson posing for a photo in his lab
Research, Students

CSE student combines physics with biology to tackle Chronic Wasting Disease

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Peter Christenson, an electrical engineering Ph.D. student and recipient of the U of M’s Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship, is developing a means to more efficiently and quickly detect the disease.

Mixed plastic waste piled together
Energy-Environment, Research

Recycling mixed plastics is about to get a lot easier

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University of Minnesota researchers invented a polymer technology that enables two of the most common types of plastic to be recycled together, eliminating the need for recycling facilities to sort them.