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CSE student Lexi Kedzierski, who was part of the Duo Pouch
Medical-Health Technology, Students

Student-led innovation aims to reduce maternal mortality

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Biomedical engineering students’ invention, dubbed the DuoPouch, assists in diagnosing hemorrhages—a leading cause of maternal deaths.

12 students sitting and standing together for a group photo outside.
Students

Learning, growing, and finding her place in CSE

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Biomedical engineering junior Sadhika Prabhu’s college experience includes a research study with infants at the Bakken Medical Device Center and a leadership role on the CSE D&I Alliance Student Action Committee.

Students gathered outside a building, talking to each other or eating.
Research, Students

PPG invests in future leaders with safety in mind

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Fortune 500 company PPG shares a goal of recruiting and retaining diverse students, and building a pipeline of talent with two CSE departments: CHEM and CEMS.

Side-by-side portraits of two students
Students

Podcast by students for students

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An audio series produced by five CSE undergraduates features conversations with professors about their research and favorite past times, plus career tips for students.

Ph.D. student Alireza Golgouneh poses next to several wearable devices he helped create
Medical-Health Technology, Research, Students

For CSE grad student, soft robotics plus smart fabric equals huge potential

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In the College of Design’s Wearable Technology Lab, electrical engineering Ph.D. student Alireza Golgouneh helps design electrical components for smart garments, from wearable assistive devices and exoskeletons to pressurized astronaut suits.

Six women standing outside.
People-Profiles, Students

CSE junior advocates for underrepresented in STEM

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Grace Hansen co-founded the Green Girls STEM Foundation to foster diversity in science and engineering and encourage youth to explore robotics.

CSE student Ilsa Shobe speed skating
People-Profiles, Students

Ilsa Shobe: Future doctor, Olympic hopeful, CSE student

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Biomedical engineering student Ilsa Shobe—completing her degree remotely from Salt Lake City, Utah, as she trains for the 2026 Winter Olympics—is using physics to help the U.S. speedskating team skate more efficiently.

CSE grad student Yutong Pang putting samples into a micro-catalytic reactor
People-Profiles, Research, Students

Yutong Pang’s secret to finding sustainable solutions

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After discovering the key to the technology behind sustainability startup Låkril Technologies, chemical engineering graduate student Yutong Pang is ready to bring more chemistry applications to market.

CSE student Swati Rampalli
Students

Computer science senior bridges the STEM gap

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Swati Rampalli, who receives the E. Reuben and Gladys Flora Grant Scholarship and the Maximilian N. Lando Scholarship, is introducing underrepresented kids to science and tech fields.

Max Van Wyk de Vries poses in front of a glacial formation in Patagonia, Argentina
Energy-Environment, Research, Students

Displaced in Scotland, CSE student uses local landscape to raise awareness about climate change

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When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, earth and environmental sciences Ph.D. student Max van Wyk de Vries turned an unfortunate situation into a science outreach project on climate change.