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Alumnus Thomas Coughlin is 2023 IEEE President-Elect

Posted December 12, 2022

A 1981 graduate, Coughlin is an expert in digital storage technologies and is President of Coughlin Associates, a technology consulting firm.

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Alumnus Karthik Srinivasan and CEMS student Pang-Hsiao Liu win best poster at MMM 2022

Posted December 9, 2022

The poster presents a new exfoliation technique that could be the ultimate “cold-process” for materials integration.

Aditya Dave in a blue jacket standing outside the Northrop Auditorium against the backdrop of the Northrop mall and Morrill Hall
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No frontier too challenging

Posted September 20, 2022

Read about Aditya Dave's experience participating in and ultimately winning the prestigious Caltech Space Challenge

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Chatterjee, de Sousa, and Zhang receive doctoral dissertation fellowships

Posted September 12, 2022

The Graduate School's doctoral dissertation fellowships support highly accomplished students so they can focus their efforts on completing their dissertations

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Vinit Chugh and Dong Jun Lee are Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship winners

Posted May 24, 2022

Chugh and Lee are working on portable diagnostic devices that will positively impact access to healthcare

Renata Saha standing in front of a quote from Gerald Timm painted on a wall, called the Wall of Innovation
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Renata Saha receives 2022-23 MnDRIVE Graduate Fellowship

Posted April 6, 2022

The fellowship will support Saha's research on implantable treatment options for neuromodulation

Kai Wu standing on pedestrian bridge across from Coffman Memorial Union with his back to downtown Minneapolis
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Alumnus Kai Wu wins best poster at 2022 Joint MMM-INTERMAG

Posted January 27, 2022

Poster presents magnetic particle spectroscopy for quick detection of virus that causes COVID-19

Doctoral student Duarte de Sousa standing in front of a building on the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus
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Duarte de Sousa awarded IEEE EDS PhD Student Fellowship

Posted November 4, 2021

The IEEE EDS fellowship recognizes de Sousa's excellence in research in electron devices.

Aditya Dave and Yali Zhang
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Applause for MPACT members Yali Zhang and Aditya Dave

Posted August 27, 2021

Yali Zhang's 3MT thesis and Aditya Dave's paper recognized at separate IEEE events.

Doctoral students left to right: Reza Zamani, Rachit Shrivastava, Vidya Chhabria
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Reza Zamani, Rachit Shrivastava, Vidya Chhabria receive doctoral dissertation fellowships

Posted June 7, 2021

The dissertation fellowship allows exceptional doctoral students to focus their effort on their research