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CEM’s Alumni Academy welcomes three newest members

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The College of Engineering & Mines celebrated the achievements of three alums during the annual Alumni Academy Induction Ceremony. Hosted in the Memorial Union, family, friends, and colleagues gathered to celebrate the induction into the Academy, the highest honor bestowed by the College of Engineering & Mines to alums. This year’s group of inductees include Scott Boe (Electrical Engineering, ’83), Kristine H. Brindle (Chemical Engineering, ’78) and Leslie R. Honeyman (Geology, ’69, ’78, posthumously).

Ice Station Dakota

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UND joins four-year $17 million Arctic research project with DoD. CEM collaborators on the project include David Apostal, instructor in computer science; DjeDje Kossu Zahui, associate professor of mechanical engineering; Naima Kaabouch, director of the UND Artificial Intelligence Research Institute; and Aymane Ahajjam, post-doctoral student in AI. Additional undergraduate and graduate student team members will be joining the team in the Fall.

Minnkota Power Cooperative celebrates student research in annual Freeman Competition

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  An award ceremony, held on May 10, 2022, celebrated the senior research projects of several CEM students who competed in this year’s Andrew L. Freeman Innovation Award competition. On the previous Friday, several undergraduate teams presented their senior design projects to industry leaders – including representatives from Minnkota, which has sponsored the Freeman Competition […]

Meeting basic human needs

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Grand Challenge Scholar Jonathan Wirkkala designs water storage system for a Guatemalan community from a distance. While still on active duty, Jonathan Wirkkala, ’22, enrolled in UND’s online bachelor’s program in electrical engineering. He hoped to one day design the computers he repaired in the U.S. Air Force. Jonathan continued as an online student two […]

The south entrance of Upson II to the College of Engineering & Mines on a beautiful sunny day.

New engineering degree, certificate programs approved

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The south entrance of Upson II to the College of Engineering & Mines on a beautiful sunny day.

UND’s College of Engineering & Mines to offer bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering, three new cybersecurity certificates To meet strong employer demand, the College of Engineering and Mines (CEM) at the University of North Dakota will now offer a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering as well as three new certificates for master’s students. The four […]