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Warren Lecture Series
The Warren Lecture Series is made pos- sible by a generous, renewing gift given by Alice Warren Gaarden in 1961. Since 1989, we have been bring- ing in accomplished researchers to share their work with students, faculty,
and friends of the department.
The spring 2021 session was online only. Recordings are available on YouTube, search for Warren Lecture Series.
Spring 2021
FEBRUARY 12 JAMES HAMBLETON
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University
“Modeling Soil-Machine Interaction: Evolving Research on Evolutionary Plasticity Problems”
MARCH 26 ANDREW J. WHELTON
Civil Engineering and Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Purdue University “Preventing Future Safety and Environmental Problems: Experiences of Polymers in Water Infrastructure Systems”
APRIL 16 NIKOLAOS GEROLIMINIS
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland “On the Inefficiency of Ride-sourcing Services Towards Urban Congestion”
APRIL 30 JOHN S. GULLIVER
Civil, Environmental and Geo- Engineering, University of Minnesota “Gizmos for Stormwater Runoff”
Recordings are available on our website at www.cse.umn.edu/cege.
STUDENTPROFILE RENEESAILOR
A Student and a Leader
RENEE SAILOR (BCE 2021) has an analyt- ical mind and an interest in science. Engineering has been a
way for her to apply these natural attributes.
As a high school student in Oregon, Wisconsin, Sailor became an officer in DECA, a business club. “I tend to be organized, and learned that I was good at the behind-the-scenes administrative side of things. I don’t specifically seek out leadership roles, but as I pursue what I like, things tend to work out that way.”
At the University of Minnesota, Sailor has been part of the Steel Bridge Team and treasurer of the student chapter of the American Public Works Association (APWA). Currently, she
is Captain of the Concrete Canoe Team and President of the ASCE Student Chapter. In her role as president, Sailor helped plan the ASCE Career Fair and is presiding over the 100th anniversary of the student chapter at UMN.
Sailor is a member of Chi Epsilon, the civil engineering honor society, and recipient of both the 3M/Coleman Family Foun- dation Scholarship and the James and Sharon Weinel Chi Epsilon Scholarship. These scholarships have been helpful in allowing Sailor time to devote to her studies and to student group leadership roles where she has excelled.
Upon receiving the James and Sharon Weinel Chi Epsilon Scholarship, Sailor wrote to her benefactors: “Thank you for your generosity. This fall I will start my senior year studying Civil Engineering. I am looking forward to finishing my degree and finding a full-time position to best utilize what I have learned. Your scholarship will help make that happen.”
Read Sailor’s full story online at cse.umn.edu/cege.
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