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University of Minnesota receives $18M grant for materials research
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The University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $18 million in renewed funding over the next six years for the University’s Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC).
U of M and collaborators receive $26M for new NSF engineering research center
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The National Science Foundation awarded the University of Minnesota Institute for Engineering in Medicine and Massachusetts General Hospital’s Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery $26 million over five years to create the Engineering Research Center (ERC) for Advanced Technologies for the Preservation of Biological Systems (ATP-Bio).
U of M partners with NASA and Chicago’s Adler Planetarium to advance citizen science
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As part of a new partnership agreement, NASA has pledged two years of support for the Zooniverse team at the Adler Planetarium and the University of Minnesota. This funding will contribute to Zooniverse’s efforts to develop and maintain its cutting-edge citizen science research platform.
Abbott Professorships to introduce prospective students to STEM
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The Institute for Engineering in Medicine (IEM) at the University of Minnesota has named College of Science and Engineering Professor Rhonda Franklin and Medical School Professor Chris Pennell as the inaugural recipients of the IEM Abbott Professorships in Innovative Education.
NSF awards $20M to Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology
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University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers announced today that they are part of a team of researchers from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology who have received a five-year, $20 million grant from the NSF Division of Chemistry.
Two CSE faculty elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Two University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering professors have been elected as members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
CSE alumnus receives prestigious award for graduate school
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CSE alumnus Anthony Tabet, a 2017 University of Minnesota chemical engineering and chemistry graduate, is one of only 30 graduate students named as a 2020 Fellow by the Trustees of The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, a merit-based graduate school program for immigrants and children of immigrants.
CSE student receives prestigious national Goldwater Scholarship
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CSE student Henry Twiss, a junior majoring in mathematics, is one of two students at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities to receive the prestigious national Goldwater Scholarship
University of Minnesota Professor Graham Candler elected to National Academy of Engineering
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University of Minnesota Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics Professor Graham V. Candler has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, one of the highest professional distinctions awarded to an engineer.
Professor Georgios Giannakis to be inducted into the National Academy of Inventors
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University of Minnesota Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Georgios B. Giannakis has been named a National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellow and will be inducted into the NAI at the academy’s annual meeting this spring.