Engineering Kudos
Doctoral student Moeun receives RSOA Doctoral Student Small Grant award
Youra Moeun, a Ph.D. student in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been chosen as one of five recipients of the Research Society on Alcoholism (RSOA) Doctoral Student Small Grants. This award provides $5,000 to each recipient to support their research projects. Moeun's research will focus on a biomimetic approach to elucidating the role of stiffness in alcoholic fatty liver disease and she will present at the Research Society on Alcoholism's 2023 annual conference, June 24-28 in Bellevue, Washington.
Nebraska Engineering takes five awards at Grad Student Symposium
Nebraska Engineering took home five awards from the recent 2022 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Graduate Student Symposium.
- Dianna Morris, doctoral candidate in chemical and biomolecular engineering, took first place in the 3in5 Pitch.
- Jiating Li, graduate student in biological systems engineering, and Akbota Aitbayeva, graduate student in civil and environmental engineering, tied for second in the 3in5 Pitch.
- Bahareh Tajvidi Safa, doctoral student in biomedical engineering, earned first place in the Poster competition.
- Diaz Chowdhury, graduate research assistant in chemical and biomolecular engineering, was second in the Poster competition.
Argyropoulos article chosen Editor's Pick for Applied Physics Letters
Christos Argyropoulos, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, published “Multiqubit entanglement and quantum phase gates with epsilon-near-zero plasmonic waveguides,” an article that was selected as an Editor’s Pick by the editors at Applied Physics Letters. Editor’s Picks are selected to highlight noteworthy articles that have excellent scientific quality.
Variyam receives 2022 ACM SIGMOD Research Highlight Award
School of Computing professor Vinodchandran Variyam received the 2022 ACM SIGMOD Research Highlight Award. The SIGMOD Research Highlight Award is a highly selective and prestigious award that aims to showcase a set of research projects that exemplify core database research.
Durham School Career Fair draws 400+ students, 87 employers
The 2021 Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction Career Fair was a success. Split over two days - Oct. 4 and 5, 2021, at the Scott Conference Center - 87 employers participated in person with more than 240 students visiting the first day and more than 160 visiting on the second day. Another 20 employers participated in the virtual career fair on Oct. 26. The modified format allowed for a lower density of occupants, giving each exhibitor more space and less students waiting in line. Many thanks to the emoployers who exhibited this ear and a special shoutout to the College of Engineering's Engineering Student Services team - especially Emili Jones, Sarah Kavan, Jen Skidmore and Theresa Luensmann) for their work in coordinating and managing this fair.
Bankrate.com lists AE, Construction degrees among most valuable college majors
Recently bankrate.com rated the most valuable college majors in 2021 from reviewing 159 different degrees, and the two that topped that list are offered by the Durham School -Architectural Engineering, and Construction. For this study, Bankrate looked at the median incomes and unemployment rates of American workers based on the subject of their bachelor's degrees. The higher the income level and the lower the unemployment rate, the better.
Four Durham School faculty recognized at College's 2021 Excellence in Research reception
Four Durham School faculty - Josephine Lau, Marc Maguire, Zhigang Shen and David Yuill - were among the faculty who were recognized at the College of Engineering's 2021 Excellence in Research reception.
Durham School student team takes second in ASC Region 4 competition
A team of students from the Durham School took second place in the Commercial 2 Healthcare track at the Associated Schools of Construction Region 4 Student Competition on Oct. 24-26. Congratulations to the students - Jay Davis, Edward Miller, Logan Jacobsen, Terrance Ball, Caden Rimers, and Breson Pillen, and to team mentor Matt Barrows.
Lau's paper selected by Indoor and Built Environment for Open Access
Josephine Lau, associate professor of architectural engineering, had a recent paper – "The Facility Infection Risk Estimator™: A web application tool for comparing indoor risk mitigation strategies by estimating airborne transmission risk" – selected by the journal Indoor and Built Environment to be available by Open Access at no cost. The paper presents the development of a web application that meets two needs created during the COVID-19 pandemic - estimating the existing airborne risk of infection from CARS-CoV-2 in existing facilities and new designs, and estimating and comparing the impacts of engineering and behavioral strategies for reducing the risk.
Alsaleem selected to join UNMC's Center for Intelligent Health Care
Fadi Alsaleem, assistant professor of architectural engineering, has been selected to join the Center for Intelligent Health Care (CIHC) as one of the faculty representing the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Alsaleem is an active researcher in the areas of nonlinear dynamics of MEMS, smart MEMS, IoT, smart building, online monitoring and diagnostics, and Big Data analysis.
Part of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, the CIHC draws from all four University of Nebraska campuses, uniting clinicians, clinical informaticists, data scientists, and computer scientists to envision with a goal of enabling the next generation of healthcare in three core areas – good data, good design, and optimization of human and computer cognition.