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A transportation engineer travels to the medical school
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If you want to get the attention of an engineer, all you need to say is, “I think this could work better…” John Hourdos, a transportation engineer by training, embraces that engineering mindset.
When confronted by something that is not working, he says, “Let’s fix it!”
Reducing Defects in 3D Metal Printing by Scientific Machine Learning
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Qizhi He and Ju Sun are developing a physics aware machine learning framework to help predict defects in metal Additive Manufacturing (3D printing). Their novel, knowledge-augmented, machine learning tool will quickly and reliably predict thermal mechanical behavior and the induced defects, by utilizing both thermomechanical models and process monitoring data.
Yang Seeks Fine-grained Understanding of Sediment Transport
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Judy Yang, Assistant Professor in CEGE, received an NSF Grant in excess of $300,000 for her project “Collaborative Research: Grain to Channel Scale Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Cohesive Sediment Transport.”
NSF supports a new graduate program focused on resource and water circularity
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Can you imagine a world in which resources are conserved and reused, wastes are upcycled, and the cycling of resources is continuous and sustainable?
Researchers track insecticides in water
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The most widely used class of insecticides worldwide is neonicotinoids. Unfortunately, neonicotinoids act non-selectively against most insects and may adversely affect non-targeted organisms that consume plants or contact surfaces treated with these compounds. Researchers Matthew Berens, Paul Capel, and Bill Arnold from the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering are seeking more information about neonicotinoid insecticides in surface water, groundwater, and wastewater. Their work has been recognized by the journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (ET&C).
What happens to pesticides in compost?
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Grant Goedjen, a Ph.D. student at UMN, is trying to discover what happens to pesticides in compost. The Compost Research & Education Foundation (CREF) awarded him one of the two 2022 Compost Research Scholarships. Goedjen is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering in the College of Science and Engineering. He is co-advised by William Arnold and Paul Capel.
Dino Xykis appointed as Interim CEO at PSI
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Dino Xykis (BCE 1981, MSCE 1983, PhD 1988) was appointed Interim CEO of Power Solutions International of Wood Dale, Illinois.
Clean up waste and support gender equity
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Phoebe Edalatpour, a student in the Master’sSustainable Development Program, has won the 2022 Acara Challenge for her project to transform waste and catalyze gender equity in Sierra Leone. She developed a plan to bring a plastics recycling plant to remote villages of Sierra Leone, where she once worked as a Peace Corps volunteer.
Salomeh Rostami benefited from and now runs peer mentoring program
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Salomeh Rostami’s first year in the University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering was harder than she expected. One of the things that got her through her freshman year was the peer mentor she found through CSE Ambassadors.
News Digest - Spring 2022
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Spring 2022 - News from faculty, alumni, and students of the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering at the University of Minnesota.