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Alex Hruby works on her research project in the Institute for Rehabilitation Science and Engineering at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital's Lincoln campus. (University Communication)
March 20, 2019 - Alex Hruby doesn't shy away from a challenge. The senior biological systems engineering major knew her career path presented plenty of roadblocks, but she's forging a path that combines her love for technology and helping others.
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Rebecca Wachs, assistant professor of biological systems engineering, earned a National Science Foundation CAREER award to support her development of a non-opioid treatment of back pain. (University Communication)
March 12, 2019 - To combat the growing opioid addiction epidemic, Rebecca Wachs is using a five-year, $510,400 NSF CAREER Award to develop a targeted, biomaterials-based treatment for low back pain.
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NESCO's Dalton Rabe and eSAB's Daniel Johnson
February 14, 2019 - With Engineers Week (E-Week) just around the corner (Feb 17-23), NESCO’s Dalton Rabe and eSAB’s Daniel Johnson discuss the Nebraska Engineering student experience and how the big college has the feel of family.
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Biological Systems Engineering faculty (from left) Jenny Keshwani, Jeyam Subbiah and Ashu Guru have developed AgPocalypse, a video game to teach farming.
February 07, 2019 - Biological systems engineering faculty Jeyam Subbiah, Jenny Keshwani and Ashu Guru have developed AgPocalypse 2050, a video game for middle school and high school students to promote learning about agricultural decision-making.
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Nebraska researchers Steven Barlow, (near left) and Greg Bashford (center) have developed a system to treat stroke victims using a functional transcranial Doppler ultrasound and somatosensory stimulation. The technology could prevent brain death.
January 23, 2019 - Greg Bashford, professor of biological systems engineering, is part of a team of Nebraska researchers who have developed new technology to improve acute ischemic stroke care. A partnership with an Omaha hospital will allow it to be utilized with patients.
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Santosh Pitla (center) assists students with a sensor-building project. Pitla is leading a new research project that will update techniques used to test tractors.
January 18, 2019 - A four-year, $472,887 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture is helping a Nebraska research team, led by Santosh Pitla, bring tractor testing into the modern era.
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Biological systems engineering graduate Aria Tarudji stands for a portrait outside the Nebraska Union on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, in Lincoln, Nebraska.
January 17, 2019 - When Aria Tarudji was a kid, one of his favorite activities was to experiment with beans he grew on little pieces of cotton. Story by The Daily Nebraskan.
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Three faculty – (from left) Daniel Linzell, Aemal Khattak and Lily Wang – have accepted new roles in the College of Engineering’s leadership team.
October 25, 2018 - Changes in the College of Engineering leadership team have brought new roles for three faculty – Daniel Linzell, Lily Wang and Aemal Khattak.
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Nebraska Engineering students Zvonimir Pusnik (left) and Nicholas Seier were chosen as 2018-19 Tau Beta Pi Scholars.
October 19, 2018 - Two Nebraska Engineering undergraduate students – Zvonimir Pusnik and Nicholas Seier – are among the 288 students who have been chosen Tau Beta Pi Scholars for the 2018-19 academic year.
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering is No. 18 in the U.S. News list of top U.S. undergraduate engineering programs.
September 10, 2018 - The University of Nebraska-Lincoln programs No. 61 ranking in the latest U.S. News college rankings is in part fueled by the College of Engineering's rise to No. 80 among U.S. undergraduate engineering programs.
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