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Training Engineers to Think Holistically
STEAMAssistant Professor Mohsen Tahmasebi Nasab joined St. Thomas as the newest member of the civil engineering faculty, and he is on a mission to help students find their passion and to design experiential, interdisciplinary, and holistic learning experiences in water resources engineering. What kind of research are you doing? My research is primarily focused on…
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At the Intersection of Race and Transportation
STEAMHonors: Transportation and Race, an interdisciplinary honors seminar course from the School of Engineering’s Dr. Rita Lederle and the School of Education’s Dr. Aura Wharton-Beck, has been a draw for students looking to analyze the implementation of racist policies that have impacted communities of color in the United States from the lens of two different… -
Linglong He: Rocketing to the Top
STEAMIt’s not easy to climb the ladder to the C-suite of a publicly traded company as a woman of color in the male-dominated fintech industry, but Linglong He has seized a top rung as chief leadership advisor of Rocket Central. She has been shaking up the technology industry for more than 20 years at one… -
$1.5M NSF Grant Readies STEM Transfer Students
STEAMAcademically talented engineering students with demonstrated financial need who are considering a transfer to the School of Engineering at University of St. Thomas have an opportunity to receive $10,000 per academic year for up to three years thanks to an expanded scholarship opportunity that started accepting applications this spring for fall 2022 enrollment. The scholarship… -
Tommie Award Finalist: Kevyn Perkins '22
Humans of St. ThomasTommie Award finalist and electrical engineering major Kevyn Perkins '22 has successfully balanced a challenging academic schedule with campus involvement during his time at St. Thomas. He's president of the Black Empowerment Student Alliance, been both an Ignite Research Scholar and a Ciresi Walburn Scholar, served as the student liaison to the Board of Trustees… -
Intro to Engineering Design Students Inspire 4th Graders
Quotes from the QuadFourth grade students from the Visitation School in Mendota Heights met virtually with St. Thomas School of Engineering students to ask questions about the structures that they built and tested in tornado, flood, tsunami, mudslide, earthquake and hurricane simulators. Engineering Professor Deb Besser wrote about the experience on LinkedIn. She said: From Besser's social post:…