News

2 faculty and 6 alumni who were named to the NAE in 2024
Awards-Grants

Two professors, six alumni 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.

Outside of Amundson Hall on the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus.
Awards-Grants, Nanotechnology

New program will train next generation to use AI for improving energy security, sustainability, and human health

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The University of Minnesota will receive $3 million over the next five years from the National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) program to fund a new program that will train scientists and engineers to use artificial intelligence (AI) for improving energy security, environmental sustainability, and human health.

Three generations of CSE alumni in front of a CEMS banner
People-Profiles

Three generations, one passion: When an engineering mindset runs in the family

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Three generations of College of Science and Engineering alumni share their story of persistence and their desire to leave a legacy for future students.

Researchers observe a “Pinhole” within an electronic device.
Digital Technology, Research

New discovery aims to improve the design of microelectronic devices

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A new study led by researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities is providing new insights into how next-generation electronics, including memory components in computers, breakdown or degrade over time. Understanding the reasons for degradation could help improve efficiency of data storage solutions.

Aditya Prabhu conducting field research on his startup Alure beetle traps
Research, Students

Start-up company aims to eliminate Japanese beetles with eco-friendly solution

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A start-up company co-founded by Aditya Prabhu while he was a University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering undergraduate student aims to attract and eliminate Japanese Beetles in large quantities with a new method that is environmentally safe.

Two people at the start of a luge track.
People-Profiles

Engineering alumna looks ahead to Italy, next Olympics

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College of Science and Engineering alumna Marge Hartfel continues to work with Olympic luge athletes long after studying the sport’s biomechanics in graduate school at the University of Minnesota.

new faculty headshots in a collage
People-Profiles

CSE welcomes 18 new faculty in fall 2024

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Experts in science, math, and engineering from across the globe join the University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering to teach, mentor, and research on the Twin Cities campus beginning fall 2024.

Abstract stock image of technology
Nanotechnology, Research

Manipulation of nanolight provides new insight for quantum computing and thermal management

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A recent study by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers provides fundamental insight into how light, electrons, and crystal vibrations interact in materials.

Vlad Pribiag portrait
Awards-Grants

Associate Professor Vlad Pribiag receives prestigious $1.25M physics investigators award

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University of Minnesota Twin Cities Associate Professor Vlad Pribiag is one of only 19 researchers nationwide to receive a prestigious five-year, $1.25 million Experimental Physics Investigators award from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.

3D printing system that can can identify the positions of randomly distributed organisms and safely move them to specific locations
Research

Adaptive 3D printing system to pick and place bugs and other organisms

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A first-of-its-kind adaptive 3D printing system developed by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers can identify the positions of randomly distributed organisms and safely move them to specific locations for assembly.