John Riedl, computer scientist and U of M Distinguished McKnight Professor, is best known as the inventor of recommender systems–the powerful Web-based tools used to identify user preferences.

Jian-Ping Wang is at the cutting edge of an astonishingly wide range of research areas.

Distinguished McKnight Professor Daniel Frisbie describes a world with infinite technological possibilities: a world where printable electronics and flexible substrates change the way we interact with our devices and with one another.

The University of Minnesota recently earned a patent on a radio for use in sensors, hearing aids and other applications, which require very little power. Read more and see a roundup of other patents from the past quarter.

An electrical engineer by training and medical device entrepreneur by trade, Gerry Timm serves as associate director of external relations with the Institute for Engineering in Medicine. Here, he offers his perspective on an ever-changing field.