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Abdullahi Abdullahi on Northrop Mall.
Students

CSE graduating senior embraces numbers and learning from others

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Student clubs, mentors, and an internship give Abdullahi Abdullahi, a transfer student and mechanical engineering major, both technical and leadership skills.

CSE math graduate Delanna Do
Students

CSE senior finds community, creativity in UMN math program

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Delanna Do, a self-proclaimed math nerd, taps mentors in her department and student mathematics groups to prepare for a future in applied mathematics.

illustration of aluminum and tungsten periodic table images
Research

Energy researchers invent chameleon metal that acts like many others

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A team of energy researchers led by the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have invented a groundbreaking device that electronically converts one metal into behaving like another to use as a catalyst for speeding chemical reactions.

CSE Professor Larry Que
Awards-Grants

CSE professor Larry Que elected to the National Academy of Sciences

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Larry Que is a Regents and Distinguished University Teaching Professor in the University of Minnesota Twin Cities Department of Chemistry who has made a tremendous impact in the field of bioinorganic chemistry.

Satellite image of Amalia Glacier in Patagonia
Energy-Environment, Research

Study finds that landslides can have a major impact on glacier melt and movement

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Using satellite imagery to study the effects of a 2019 landslide on the Amalia Glacier in Patagonia, a University of Minnesota-led research team found the landslide helped stabilize the glacier and caused it to grow by about 1,000 meters over the last three years.

CSE senior Clay Hall
Students

CSE senior means business—in the engineering field

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Graduating senior Clay Hall reflects on his time as a leader in CSE and looks ahead to his career in industrial and systems engineering.

A hand holding a phone with a wifi signal
Medical-Health Technology, Research

Researchers develop smartphone-powered microchip for at-home medical diagnostic testing

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A University of Minnesota Twin Cities research team has developed a new microfluidic chip for diagnosing diseases that uses a minimal number of components and can be powered wirelessly by a smartphone. The innovation opens the door for faster and more affordable at-home medical testing.

High tech agriculture
Energy-Environment

New study could help reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions

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A team of researchers has significantly improved the performance of numerical predictions for agricultural nitrous oxide emissions that could significantly reduce greenhouse gases from agriculture.

CSE student Tyler Littmann
Research, Students

For CSE senior, undergraduate research paves way to grad school

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Knowledge and experience from his time in CSE faculty member Vlad Pribiag’s lab has prepared physics student Tyler Littmann to enter the quantum—er, real—world.

CSE professor Sayan Biswas in his lab
Energy-Environment, Research

UMN researchers' $10 plasma igniter produces zero emissions and doubles fuel economy

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Driven by the urgency of climate change, mechanical engineering assistant professor Sayan Biswas invented a spark plug alternative that leaves no carbon footprint. The project earned him the University's inaugural Innovation Impact Case Award.