College of Engineering & Mines

  Tensar International, a leading geosynthetic products innovator known for its unique geogrid solutions, announced two winners of it first annual Tensar Civil Engineering Scholarship competition program. The two students each won a $1000 scholarship for completing a specific construction design challenge: one challenge was in flexible pavement design and the other in mechanically stabilized […]

Following is a list of grants received from January 2020 to May 2020. For a complete list of grants received by all colleges at UND, you can view them on the University Letter. Principal Investigator Sponsor Department Primary Sponsor Title Seames, Wayne North Dakota Corn Council Chemical Engineering Conversion of Corn Stover-Derived Lignin Seames, Wayne […]

The following appointments have been announced, all of which have been converted from interim appointments. Bailey Bubach will serve as Assistant Dean for Student Affairs. This position includes the following responsibilities: Coordinating advising, course registration, degree audits, petitions, and grievances. Working with faculty to develop and revise CEM policies and procedures Providing support to the […]

The 2020 issue of UND College of Engineering & Mines’ magazine, ENGINEERING, is officially released! This year’s magazine has been mailed to over 9,300 alumni and friends. The latest issue, along with previous issues of the magazine, can be viewed online on the College of Engineering & Mines’ website.

UND President Andy Armacost will preside over his first commencement, a virtual event that will be available Friday, Aug. 7, at 10 a.m. Nearly 500 candidates are eligible to graduate in UND’s second virtual ceremony. The number of graduates is similar to past summer commencements, and undergraduate and graduate students are nearly equal. “I wish […]

UND Alumni Association & Foundation establishes scholarships to help students overcome COVID-induced financial hardship To help the growing number of students in need of monetary support due to the coronavirus pandemic, the University Alumni Association and Foundation (AA&F) has created two new scholarships, the Angel Fund and the Open Door Scholarship. UND archival image.   […]

Editor’s note: A few weeks ago, Brian Tande, dean of the UND College of Engineering & Mines, interviewed then-Incoming President Andy Armacost about Armacost’s engineering degree and the importance of engineering in Armacost’s career. A video of the conversation is above, and a transcript is below. Brian Tande: So, the first question I have is just, what got you interested […]

Articles by Frank Xiao recognized as “Highly Cited Papers” by Web of Science Feng “Frank” Xiao Each year the Web of Science group, an information and technology provider for the global scientific research community, complies its Highly Cited Papers list. Two articles by Feng “Frank” Xiao, assistant professor of civil engineering, published in Water Research (2018 impact factor: […]

When COVID-19 pushed classes fully online, UND’s 31 years of training engineers remotely helped ensure a smooth transition Online students in Mechanical Engineering 201 at UND normally come to campus for a week-long, hands-on summer lab to build and test a robot prototype that they’ve spent the semester designing. This year, the project is to […]

Noé Lopez | B.S. Mechanical Engineering “Things are really going well this semester even through the transition that has taken place over the past few months.  I’m proud to say that UND has done such a top tier job ensuring that the transition to online classes has been a smooth one.  Additionally, the CEM faculty’s […]