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Stock image of AI.
Digital Technology, Research

Researchers develop state-of-the-art device to make artificial intelligence more energy-efficient

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Engineering researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have demonstrated a state-of-the-art hardware device that could reduce energy consumption for artificial intelligent (AI) computing applications by a factor of at least 1,000.

Student conducting stormwater research at the College of Science and Engineering’s St. Anthony Falls Laboratory.
Awards-Grants

University of Minnesota co-leads new national center to accelerate urban stormwater research and technical assistance

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A University of Minnesota Twin Cities team is co-leading a new center funded by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) aimed at enhancing efforts to support the nation’s water infrastructure and protect water quality.

CSE Professor Bharat Jalan in a lab
Awards-Grants, People-Profiles

Professor Bharat Jalan named 2024 American Vacuum Society Fellow

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University of Minnesota Twin Cities College of Science and Engineering Professor Bharat Jalan was named an American Vacuum Society (AVS) Fellow.

St. Anthony Falls Laboratory.
Awards-Grants

Research Infrastructure Investment Program awards over $5 million

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The University of Minnesota Research and Innovation Office has awarded $2.6 million to 13 projects as part of the 2024 Research Infrastructure Investment Program, including five projects that will benefit researchers in the College of Science and Engineering.

Faculty member giving a tour of the Minnesota Nano Center
Nanotechnology

Minnesota Nano Center plays key role in national security workforce program

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The University of Minnesota recently hosted academic, business, and government leaders to launch the University’s participation in a new workforce development program sponsored by the Department of Defense.

Portrait of four new department heads
Awards-Grants, People-Profiles

Four new CSE department heads begin in 2024-25

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University of Minnesota CSE Dean Andrew Alleyne has named four new department heads in the college who bring a wealth of academic, research, and leadership abilities to their departments.

UMN Rocket Team at the 2024 Spaceport America Cup.
Students

UMN Rocket Team defends title, wins 30,000-ft category at 2024 Spaceport America Cup

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The student-run University of Minnesota Rocket Team launched their rocket nearly 30,000 feet to take first place in one of the most challenging categories at the 2024 Spaceport America Cup.

Professor John Gulliver side-by-side with a stock image of flooding.
Infrastructure/Transportation

Expert Alert: Dam in southern Minnesota in danger of “imminent failure” due to flooding

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Severe flooding in southern Minnesota has put the Rapidan Dam near Mankato in an "imminent failure condition," according to officials in Blue Earth County. Civil engineering professor John Gulliver speaks on how extreme storms are impacting man-made infrastructure.

Professor Paige Novak at Fulton Brewing Co.
Research

Energy drink: What can you do with wastewater from brewing beer?

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Paige Novak, head of the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering at the University of Minnesota, and her team are exploring whether the carbon in a brewery's wastewater could be recovered and turned into something useful.

Steve Koester talking with other UMN leaders
Nanotechnology, People-Profiles

CSE Professor Steven Koester named UMN's first chief semiconductor officer

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The University of Minnesota named Steven Koester as its first Chief Semiconductor Officer and launched a website devoted to the University’s semiconductor and microelectronics research and education.