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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.

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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.

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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.

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Awards-Grants

University of Minnesota provides new hands-on training for semiconductor workforce

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University of Minnesota’s Technological Leadership Institute (TLI) and the Minnesota Nano Center recently announced the addition of new training modules to help build the next generation semiconductor workforce through the Minnesota Semiconductor Manufacturing Consortium.

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Awards-Grants, People-Profiles

IPRIME names Chris Ellison as new faculty director

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Professor Chris Ellison has been named the new faculty director for the University of Minnesota Industrial Partnership for Research in Interfacial and Materials Engineering (IPRIME), a university/industry partnership supporting fundamental, collaborative research on materials.

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Energy-Environment, Research

AI-powered underwater robots revolutionize marine conservation

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A team of faculty and student researchers in the Minnesota Interactive Robotics and Vision Laboratory are using autonomous underwater vehicles to accurately identify and track invasive species.

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CSE at the 2024 Minnesota State Fair

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A variety of College of Science and Engineering exhibits will showcase the relevance of science, engineering, and mathematics to people’s everyday lives at the 2024 Minnesota State Fair.

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Awards-Grants, People-Profiles

Dinosaur expert Professor Peter Makovicky named Fulbright U.S. Scholar

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University of Minnesota Twin Cities College of Science and Engineering Professor Peter Makovicky was recently named a Fulbright U.S. Scholar in paleontology.

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Research

New visual technique could advance early detection of neurodegenerative diseases

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Researchers at the University of Minnesota, have developed a new visual diagnostic technique that can be used to advance early detection for neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's disease.