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Congrats to Assistant Professor Natasha Wright on being named a 2025 McKnight Land-Grant Professor! 🎉 Her impactful research in sustainable technologies is changing the world. Learn more about her work and the award here: z.umn.edu/ad2p #UMNProud #McKnightLandGrant

Big congrats to Prof. Julianna Abel on receiving the 2025 Morse–Alumni Award for outstanding contributions to undergrad education! Learn how her work bridges smart materials research + dynamic teaching: z.umn.edu/adcw #UMNproud #MechanicalEngineering #TeachingExcellence

🎉 Back-to-back wins for MEGSA! They’ve earned the 2024–2025 Tony Diggs Excellence Award for Officer Transition 👏 Read more: z.umn.edu/adsw #UMNME #MEGSA #TonyDiggsAward #GradLife #StudentLeadership

Professors Erin E. Carlson and Lian Shen were recently named University of Minnesota Distinguished McKnight University Professors. Congratulations! 👏 Read more at z.umn.edu/DistinguishedM… UMN Department of Chemistry UMN Mechanical Engineering University of Minnesota

👏 Congratulations to Professor Cari Dutcher for receiving the Charles E. Bowers Faculty Teaching Award! Her dedication to innovative teaching and student success is truly inspiring. Read more: z.umn.edu/ae8w #TeachingExcellence #FacultyAward #HigherEd

UMN Mechanical Engineering professor Rajesh Rajamani, has been studying challenges for autonomous vehicles on winter roads and using the technology on the U of M-owned autonomous vehicle. Check out his latest interview with Axios Twin Cities at axios.com/local/twin-cit… University of Minnesota U of M Research

🏆 Congrats to Matt Anderson on receiving the first-ever CSE Instructional Faculty Teaching Award! His passion for teaching and student success is truly inspiring. 🌟 Learn more: z.umn.edu/aei3 #CSE #TeachingExcellence #MechanicalEngineering #AwardWinner

Prof. Tianhong Cui (UMN) and Dr. Michael Crisp (Cambridge) lead the first joint project between UMN and Cambridge to develop portable tools for early lung cancer detection — backed by $1M from U.S. National Science Foundation & Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council . 🔗 z.umn.edu/aese #CancerResearch #UMN #Cambridge

Congrats to Prof. William Northrop on being named an SAE Fellow! SAE International® His work in emissions, EV optimization & more is fueling the future of engineering. 🔗 Read: z.umn.edu/af6h #SAEFellow #EngineeringExcellence #UMNproud #MechanicalEngineering #STEMleaders

🚨 Major Achievement! 🚨 Taaresh Taneja, Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, advised by Assistant Professor Suo Yang, wins the 2025 Pui Best Dissertation Award for his plasma-assisted combustion research! 🌍🔥 Read more: z.umn.edu/afgx #PuiBestDissertation #umnproud

🎉 Big News! 🎉 We’re proud to share that Professor Xiaojia Wang has been elevated to ASME.org Fellow for her groundbreaking research in mechanical engineering, including heat transfer and energy efficiency! Read more: z.umn.edu/afrp #ASME #MechanicalEngineering #CSE

Thrilled to share that Professor Ognjen Ilic has received the NASA Early Career Faculty Award! 🚀 His lightsail research is propelling the future of space exploration. 👏 Congrats, Professor Ilic! 📖 z.umn.edu/ag17 #NASA #NASAECF #UMNproud #MechanicalEngineering

Congrats to Prof. Daniel Escobar & Prof. Jeff Tithof for receiving the 2025 Nugent Family Faculty Teaching Award! 🏅 This award honors their outstanding dedication to student success in the classroom. 🌟 Read more: z.umn.edu/ag9x #MechanicalEngineering #NugentFamilyAward

👏Big shoutout to Pauly, Shivangi & Nefertari — winners of the 2025 #CSEImpact Awards! They're not just students — they're changemakers helping shape a better ME for everyone. 👏Learn how they’re making an impact: z.umn.edu/agqs #UMNproud #FutureLeaders

Bold Ideas, Big Impact! Celebrating #UMN ME Ph.D. students funded by the Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship—a program that gives top researchers the time + support to finish their work strong Read their stories: z.umn.edu/agxh #PhDLife #ResearchExcellence #Innovation

Shoutout to Yusra Farhat Ullah & Zak Kujala, winners of the 2024–25 Goldstein Teaching Award! Both have demonstrated remarkable dedication to student learning — through patience, innovation, and unwavering support. 📖 Read more: z.umn.edu/aia1 #UMNME #GoldsteinAward

Prof. Natasha Wright has received a 2025 Institute on the Environment UMN Impact Goal Grant!🌱Her project supports farmers in Kenya and Minnesota with greenhouse drying technology to reduce food loss. #UMNproud #FoodSovereignty #Sustainability Read more: z.umn.edu/ajb6

🎉 Exciting news PhD student Michael Feldkamp has been awarded the U.S. National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship! Advised by Professor Rachel Gehlhar Humann, he’s advancing research to improve powered prosthetic legs. 🦿💡 Read more: z.umn.edu/ajz1 #NSFGRFP #GraduateResearch

We remember Regents Professor Benjamin Liu, a trailblazer in aerosol science and beloved mentor. Join us Aug. 21 at 10 a.m. in Keller Hall as we honor his legacy. Light breakfast at 9:30 a.m., lunch to follow. 🔗 Register: z.umn.edu/akng #UMNproud #MechanicalEngineering

Congrats to Rudram Dushe, who has been awarded the Abplanalp-Sanders Memorial Fellowship! Guided by Professor Suo Yang, his research on aerosol spray breakup is advancing high-speed propulsion systems in aerospace. Learn more: z.umn.edu/alrq #Fellowship #Aerospace #UMN