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CSE students win BizPitch student entrepreneur competition

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College of Science and Engineering students Stephen Mylabathula and Furqan Syed won first place in the University of Minnesota annual BizPitch student entrepreneur competition with their invention to help wheelchair users, earning $1,000 to support their entrepreneurial idea.

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CSE grad students win Dow sustainability competition with energy-collecting windows

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A project by CSE graduate students to advance low-cost solar concentrating windows won the 2017 Dow Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge Award $10,000 grand prize.

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U of M students present largest robot show in Twin Cities

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More than 200 robots built by engineering students are on display at the 2017 University of Minnesota Robot Show. The event is free and open to the public.

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NASA-funded satellite project launches young scientists' careers

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Students learn the ropes of space science by building satellites from the ground up.

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University of Minnesota students win Bayer-Big Ten Alka-Rocket Challenge

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A triumphant team of student rocketeers from the University of Minnesota have blasted their way into history by winning the Bayer-Big Ten Alka-Rocket Challenge and capturing a place in the annals of GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS.

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CSE students receive awards of excellence at SWE National Conference

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At the 2017 Society of Women Engineers Conference, the University of Minnesota chapter received several awards for its work in K-12 outreach, resource promotion, and public policy.

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University of Minnesota students are finalists in Bayer Big Ten Alka-Rocket Challenge

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Members of the Rocket Team at the University of Minnesota will head to the Houston Space Center in Texas on Nov. 8 to compete as one of three finalists in the Bayer Big Ten Alka-Rocket challenge.

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Physics student awarded U.S. Department of Energy research program award

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Zachary Loren Robinson is one of only 52 graduate students from across the nation selected by for the Department of Energy’s 2017 Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program.

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CSE students share insights from their internship with Land O'Lakes

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As Land O’Lakes’ Global Food Challenge Emerging Leaders, mechanical engineering majors Rachel Anderson and Audrey Sebastian traveled to Africa where they learned how to take a global approach to solving world hunger.

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CSE by the numbers: Going global

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This infographic gives a few numbers that tell you more about our college’s international student and alumni population.