The UNL Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering provides quality educational programs for undergraduate and graduate students planning careers in mechanical engineering, engineering mechanics or allied fields.
The undergraduate and graduate programs offered by the Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering prepare students for successful careers and lifelong learning in mechanical engineering or allied fields in which the academic discipline serves as an educational base.
The B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org.
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Huang team research is Advanced Optical Materials' cover story
Research on "Photodetectors: Fullerene Photodetectors with a Linear Dynamic Range of 90 dB Enabled by a Cross-Linkable Buffer Layer" is the cover feature for Advanced Optical Materials' April 2013 edition. UNL MME Assistant Professor Jinsong Huang and colleagues report a low-noise, high-sensitivity, fullerene-based organic photo detector with a wide dynamic range. The enhanced dynamic range is achieved via an inserted cross-linkable buffer layer. The advance in light responsiveness is among the highest reported for any organic photodetector, and larger than those of inorganic photodetectors such as GaN and InGaAs.
Rehab device, co-developed by Nelson, wins daVinci award
Carl Nelson, associate professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, collaborated for three years with researchers at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Lincoln to develop the Intelligently Controlled Assistive Rehabilitation Elliptical Training System, or ICARE. It won the da Vinci award in the Recreation and Leisure category at an April 11 ceremony in Dearborn, Mich.
Dzenis' nanomaterials research in Nature: fibres toughen when stretched
When most tough fibres are stretched to make them thinner, they become brittle. But a group led by Yuris Dzenis has shown that this is not always the case. The March 21, 2013 issue of Nature reported that Dzenis' team made polyacrylonitrile fibres using a technique called electrospinning. As their diameters narrowed to below 250 nanometres, the fibres became tougher and so were less prone to fracture, but did not lose their strength. Nanofibres were up to 10-fold tougher and stronger than the best commercial fibres. Dzenis suggests that the toughening is possible because the nanofibres are less crystalline than larger fibres. He thinks that the fibres could be used in load-bearing aerospace structures and bulletproof materials. MORE...
OPEN FACULTY POSITIONS
- The Departments of Mechanical & Materials Engineering and Electrical Engineering are seeking applicants for two positions in the general area of materials for energy, particularly nanoscale materials. SEE JOB DESCRIPTION >>
