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MSI PI Keshab Parhi (professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering) Keshab Parhi has been named as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). This is the highest professional honor given to academic inventors. Professor Parhi will be inducted into the NAI at the group’s annual meeting in June.

On Wednesday, February 3, 2021, MSI staff will perform scheduled maintenance and upgrades to various MSI systems. Primary Storage, Mesabi, and Mangi will be unavailable throughout much of the day. A global system reservation will start at 5:00 a.m. on February 3. Jobs that cannot be completed before 5:00 a.m. on February 3 will be held until after maintenance and then started once the system returns to production status. February maintenance will include:

MSI PI Paul Dauenhauer (professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science) is featured in the Winter 2021 issue of the University of Minnesota Foundation’s magazine, Legacy. The article discusses Professor Dauenhauer’s research into using renewable resources like grasses and other plants as raw materials for consumer goods. The story can be read on the Foundation’s website: Turning Plants Into Everyday Products.

An interview with MSI PI Damien Fair (professor, Institute of Child Development (ICD); Pediatrics; co-director, Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain) appeared recently in the magazine Minnesota Monthly. The interview discusses his research into ADHD and autism, as well as his academic activism.

MSI PI Bill Arnold (professor, Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering) and members of his research group were interviewed by Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) about their recent publication on pesticides in Minnesota lakes and rivers. The researchers discovered that low levels of neonicotinoid pesticides, which have been implicated in declines in pollinator numbers, can be found in Minnesota’s waters. The researchers emphasize that the levels are too low to affect humans, but could be an environmental problem.

MSI PI Professor and Chair Dante Cicchetti (Institute of Child Development) has received the 2021 William James Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science. This award recognizes a researcher’s lifetime of significant intellectual contributions to the basic science of psychology.

MSI PIs in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering are among the researchers featured in a UMNews story about the Minnesota Robotics Institute (MnRI), which opened in 2019. The story is available on the News site: Building a Brighter Future With Robotics. The MSI PIs are:

On Wednesday, December 2, 2020, MSI staff will perform scheduled maintenance and upgrades to various MSI systems. Primary Storage, Mesabi, and Mangi will be unavailable throughout much of the day. A global system reservation will start at 5:00 a.m. on December 2. Jobs that cannot be completed before 5:00 a.m. on December 2 will be held until after maintenance and then started once the system returns to production status. December maintenance will include:

In a recent paper, researchers led by the University of Minnesota describe a method of measuring changes in biodiversity by using spectral images taken from an aircraft. The paper was published in the journal Natural Ecology & Evolution: Remote spectral detection of biodiversity effects on forest biomass.