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06/25/08 -- Generous Gift Provides New Opportunities for Chemical Engineering Students
06/17/08 -- SUNRISE Researchers Awarded $2,786,268 in external grants
06/02/2008 -- Mechanical engineering grad blasts off for space
06/02/2008 -- Innovative UND Engineering Designs Win Awards
05/27/2008 -- Hesham El-Rewini Named UND Dean Of Engineering And Mines
04/28/2008 -- Local teams take part in international robotics competition
04/25/2008 -- Electrical engineering students win UND/NDSU contest
02/19/2008 -- UND's AgCam ready for launch to International Space Station
05/08/07 Winning UND School Of Engineering And Mines Design: Fuel From Algae For Mars Biosphere
9/5/06
UND Chemical Engineering Students Team with Center for Innovation to help Northwood Mills win $500,000 USDA Rural Development Grant For Biodiesel Plant
08/09/06 - - Chair of Geology and Geological Engineering Featured on Faculty Q&A on Global Warming
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07/17/06 -- UND Faculty Member Exploring New Approaches To Teaching Engineering Graduate Course
06/12/06 - - UND Names Gosnold a Chester Fritz Distinquished Professor
05/10/06 - - UND Engineering Students Win Andrew Freeman Innovation Awards
Innovation awards made annually in honor of SEM distinquished alumnus Andrew Freeman
05/01/06 - - UND vs. NDSU Electrical Engineering Design Competition
UND electrical engineering students take first and third place in annual competition
05/01/06 -- UND Helping Introduce Pre-engineering Curriculum at Grand Forks Central and Red River High Schools
High school students collaborate with UND mechanical engineering students on design project
04/20/06 -- ND EPSCoR Announces UND Undergraduate Research Award Winners (Electrical engineering student among winners)
Ottertail Power Company Presents Scholarship Gift to UND Foundation and SEM Electrical Engineering
UND Awarded $1.5 Million U.S. Department of Energy-EPSCoR Grant to Improve Sustainable Energy Research Infrastructure
UND: Students' jet fuel idea cleans up at major competition
Soybean-based product impressed panel of venture capitalist and angel investors
By David Dodds, Herald Staff Writer
3/3/06 reprinted with permission from the Grand Forks Herald
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Sen. Conrad Impressed by UND Biojet Fuel
Research, Potential For Markets
United States Sen. Ken Conrad, N.D. (seated) got a crash course from University of North Dakota chemical engineering faculty on their research to develop a biojet fuel that will run at colder temperatures, cost less and be more environmentally friendly than the conventional jet fuel.
UND Team Places Third in Steel Bridge Design Competition
UND Mechanical Engineering Students Receive DOE Scholarships
Chemical Engineering Faculty Members Receive Awards
Darrin S. Muggli, associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, The UND Foundation/Lydia and Arthur Saiki Prize for Individual Excellence in Teaching
Michael D. Mann, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, The UND Foundation/Thomas J. Clifford Faculty Achievement Award for Excellence in Research
Click here to read an interview with Darrin Muggli
Chemical Engineering Grad Wins Thesis Award
UND: Grads honored for scholarly work
By David Dodds Herald Staff Writer
Posted on GF Herald online version Thu, Mar. 02, 2006
Lockhead Martin to Provide UND with UAV
UND is represented by the Odegard School, the School of Engineering and Mines, the Northern Plains Center for Behavioral Research (Nursing and Psychology), and the Center for Innovation as partners in competition for a $3.4 million grant from the North Dakota Center of Excellence Commission for Economic Development.
SEM Mechanical Engineering Student Joe Polo Wins Bronze Medal in Men's Curling in Torino Games
Curling is Joe Polo’s passion – one that led him and his team to a bronze medal in the Winter Olympics last year. Click here to read article. Click here for biography.
Wind energy may provide an economical key to unlocking our most abundant energy source. Researchers at UND's School of Engineering and Mines and Energy and Environmental Research Center believe that wind energy could be an inexpensive, emission-free, renewable, and reliable power source for hydrogen generation.
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Steve Burian to receive Young Alumni Achievement Award
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Dorgan Announces $2.8 million DOD Research Contract
U.S. Sen. Byron Dorgan announced that the Department of Defense has awarded a $2.8 million research contract to Alion Technology and the School of Engineering and Mines to develop new manufacturing technologies that could revolutionize how engines and machine parts operate.
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UND DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AWARDED $342,000 CONTRACT TO STUDY ISSUES IN GAS TURBINES RELATED TO USE OF SYN-GAS
The University of North Dakota Department of Mechanical Engineering at the School of Engineering and Mines has been awarded a $342,000 contract from the University Turbine System Research Program (UTSR) to study issues in gas turbines related to the use of Syn-Gas.
10/13/05 -- 3M Awards $93,000 To UND Engineering Mines For Access For American Indian Students For Engineering Education (AAISEE) Program
Continuous Grand Forks Herald Fuel Cell Car Coverage
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By David Dodds
Grand Forks Herald Staff Writer
reprinted with permission of the Grand Forks Herald
Rocket Girls Finish 17th Among 100 Teams at Team America Rocket Challenge
Grand Forks ND Red River High School seniors Courtenay Thaden, Sarah Thaden, and Bryn Putbrese, also won First Place for best time using a single-stage rocket and most innovative use of unconventional materials at the model rocket contest held May 21, 2005 at Great Meadow in The Plains, Virginia. SEM supported the team's trip to the competition.
Asphalt Testing Equipment Donated To Civil Engineering
The Dakota Asphalt Pavement Association donated approx. $100,000 to the UND Dept. of Civil Engineering to purchase an asphalt pavement analyzer. Click here for press release.
Fuel Cell Car Unveiled
UND's Fuel Cell car won the Technical Innovation Award at the 2005 Formula Sun Grand Prix in Topeka, KS. After unveiling the car on Earth Day, the Society for Energy Alternatives (SEA) set their sights on qualifying for the 2005 North American Solar Challenge race. The Formula Sun was their successful first stop on this journey. To keep up with the work of the SEA, click here.
Society for Energy Alternatives,
Sen. Dorgan Announce Donation
of PEM Fuel Cell Power Module 
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UND SEM, Alion Science and Technology Corp. Team Up For $2.8 Million Department of Defense Funds
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Research Experiences for Undergraduates
Applications are being accepted for the NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
program. Click here to review program details.
NASA Astronauts Visit SEM
Astronauts Sandra Magnus and Karen Nyberg (UND Alumna BSME "94) were the
special guests of SEM during National Engineers Week. Sandra and Karen made presentations to local middle and high school students and to the UND campus, including SEM's Engineers
Week Banquet. Click here for the full release. (photo caption: The AgCam team reviews their International Space Station bound remote sensing apparatus with the astronauts. Pictured L to R: Karen Nyberg, NASA, Richard Schultz, EE, Arnold Johnson, EE, William Semke, ME, Adam Webster, ME, Sandra Magnus, NASA, Doug Olsen, UMAC, and John Watson, SEM Dean.)
UND has stake shuttle launch
Barring future complications, AgCam project could go up in 2006
By David Dodds 
Grand Forks (N.D.) Herald
 reprinted with permission from the Grand Forks Herald
Flying high with Aerocam
UND organizations team up to build high-tech airborne camera
(Reprinted with permission from the Grand Forks Herald)
Civil Engineering Department Announces Donation
The Dakota Asphalt Pavement Association donated approx. $100,000 to the UND Dept. of Civil Engineering to purchase an asphalt pavement analyzer. Click here for press release.
Society for Energy Alternatives, Sen. Dorgan Announce Donation of PEM Fuel Cell Power Module
John Deere ePower Technologies and Hydrogenics Corporation donate fuel cell power module and technical expertise to SEA for new generation fuel cell car. Click here for full press release.
UND SEM, Alion Science and Technology Corp. Team Up For $2.8 Million Department Of Defense Funds
The University of North Dakota School of Engineering and Mines is teaming up with a national defense research company to develop new surfaces and coatings that will mean much longer lasting life for military aircraft and vehicle engine parts. Click here for full release.
National Science Foundation Awards Three Year Grant for Undergraduate Research in Environmental/Green Chemistry Research
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Top Student and Outstanding Professor Awards Presented
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Mechanical Engineering Students Awarded Internships at Johnson Space Center
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Mechanical Engineering Students Receive Scholarships
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Chemical Engineering Receives Coal Research Award
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SEM to Develop Online Laboratory Courses
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Heidi Williams Receives 3M Award
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