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Nancy Daubenberger: Building bridges
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Nancy Daubenberger (CivE M.S. ’97) thought of becoming an architect before changing her major to civil engineering. She now works as a planning engineer in the Bridge Office for the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
Amy Abouelenein: Serving the world by making food people love
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Amy Abouelenein (ChemE ’89, M.B.A. ’96), vice president of innovation, technology and quality for General Mills Global Baking platform, interviewed at several companies as an undergraduate before deciding on General Mills because of its environment for work-life balance.
Paving the way
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Five College of Science and Engineering female graduates have risen to the top of their professions by working hard, leaning on the support of other women, and finding their passion.
Groundbreaking technology successfully rewarms large-scale tissues preserved at very low temperatures
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University of Minnesota researchers have discovered a groundbreaking process to successfully rewarm large-scale animal heart valves and blood vessels preserved at very low temperatures. The discovery is a major step forward in establishment of tissue and organ banks.
Dream of energy-collecting windows is one step closer to reality
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Researchers at the University of Minnesota and University of Milano-Bicocca are bringing the dream of windows that can efficiently collect solar energy one step closer to reality thanks to high tech silicon nanoparticles.
Five CSE faculty named McKnight Land-Grant Professors for 2017-19
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Five College of Science and Engineering faculty members are among nine recipients of the 2017-19 McKnight Land-Grant Professorship, a program designed to advance the careers of the most promising junior faculty members who are at the beginning stages of their professional careers.
Researchers invent a breakthrough process to produce renewable car tires from trees and grasses
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A team of researchers, led by the University of Minnesota, has invented a new technology to produce automobile tires from trees and grasses in a process that could shift the tire production industry toward using renewable resources found right in our backyards.
Trap nasty carbon dioxide, save the world, become a 'Master of Filtering'
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University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering researchers have created a new computer game that lets players design and test new Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) within an interactive game center to become a “master of filtering.”
U of M engineering senior wins prestigious Churchill Scholarship to study at Cambridge
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Anthony Tabet, a senior majoring in chemical engineering, has been named a Churchill Scholar by the Winston Churchill Foundation of the United States, receiving one of the most selective and prestigious post-graduate scholarships worth about $60,000.
Caves in central China show history of natural flood patterns
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Researchers at the University of Minnesota have found that major flooding and large amounts of precipitation occur on 500-year cycles in central China. These findings shed light on the forecasting of future floods and improve understanding of climate change over time and the potential mechanism of strong precipitation in monsoon regions.