April 07, 2021 - The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering has launched the Engineering Research Visioning Alliance (ERVA), the first engineering research visioning organization of its kind. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is a founding partner.
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March 29, 2021 - Laurence Rilett, professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the Nebraska Transportation Center and Mid-America Transportation Center, was chosen as one of three University of Nebraska faculty to receive President's Excellence Awards.
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March 29, 2021 - Nicole Iverson, assistant professor of biological systems engineering, is developing nanoscopic sensors aimed at detecting earlier hints of disease at the cellular level. Learn more about Iverson's work in this video from the "She's A Scientist" series.
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March 09, 2021 - With key research from Rajib Saha, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, a State of Nebraska project shows conventional vehicles can use higher ethanol blend E-30 with no negative impact on vehicle performance after a year's use.
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March 08, 2021 - A team of researchers from three University of Nebraska institutions finished among the Top 10 teams a global competition to develop an artificial intelligence-driven model to advise policymakers on how it is best to handle the COVID-19 pandemic.
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March 08, 2021 - Looking many millennia into the future, a research team headed by Nebraska engineering faculty is developing a new barrier material that would make the deep geologic disposal and storage of spent nuclear fuel a much safer proposition.
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March 08, 2021 - Kossi Loic Avegnon, a Ph.D. student in mechanical engineering and applied mechanics, was selected for the Black Trailblazers in Engineering (BTE) Fellowship from Purdue University.
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February 18, 2021 - Carrick Detweiler, Susan J. Rosowski Associate Professor of computer science and engineering, has been elected a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors.
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February 11, 2021 - A team of researchers from three University of Nebraska institutions is among the finalists in a global competition to develop an artificial intelligence-driven model to advise policymakers on how it is best to handle the COVID-19 pandemic.
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February 11, 2021 - In August 2020, a deadly derecho swept the Plains - with straight-line winds, torrential rain and hail, and tornadoes - and caused $7.5 billion in damage. Christine Wittich is working to help communities be less susceptible to natural hazards.
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