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Shannon Bartelt-Hunt (left), professor and chair of civil and environmental engineering, and Spencer Perry, a graduate student in environmental engineering, discuss a wastewater sample taken from the Harper Schramm Smith residence halls. (Craig Chandler / University Communication)
September 25, 2020 - Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, professor and chair of civil and environmental engineering, is leading a team of graduate students who are sampling wastewater to track the spread of COVID-19 on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus.  Full Story

NWEA Mentoring Program
September 04, 2020 - The Nebraska Water Environment Association is seeking applicants for their new mentoring program.  Full Story

The College of Engineering welcomes 13 new faculty for the 2020-21 academic year.
August 31, 2020 - The College of Engineering has added 13 new faculty for 2020-21, increasing total faculty hires to 58 over the past four years. The new faculty include five in Computer Science and Engineering and three in Civil and Environmental Engineering.  Full Story

Jacob Mohler, a senior in civil and environmental engineering, is a summer intern with Kiewit and a pitcher on the University of Nebraska Omaha baseball team.
August 11, 2020 - With a fastball that can reach 96 mph, Jacob Mohler could have pursued a career in professional baseball this summer.  Full Story

In March 2019, flooding along the Loup River between Genoa and Monroe wiped out roads and left some homes surrounded by water.
July 30, 2020 - Pop-up courses, like those studying the recovery from the March 2019 floods and he COVID-19 pandemic, are helping the College of Engineering and students to connect to real-time issues with immediate impact.  Full Story

Grace Panther (left), assistant professor of Engineering Education in Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Heidi Diefes-Dux, professor of Engineering Education in Biological Systems Engineering.
July 20, 2020 - The COVID-19 pandemic caused faculty to change their teaching practices immediately with little research available about teaching in a crisis. Faculty in the Engineering Education Research program contucted a study about faculty responses to the crisis.  Full Story

The Nebraska Environmental Trust has awarded 21 grants to University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers, including five totaling $520,900 to Nebraska Engineering projects.
July 10, 2020 - The Nebraska Environmental Trust has awarded 21 grants to University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers, including five totaling $520,900 to Nebraska Engineering projects.  Full Story

An employee at Lincoln's Teresa Street treatment facility pours a sample of outgoing treated water into a bottle held by Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, chair of civil and environmental engineering.
July 07, 2020 - With assistance from the Lincoln Wastewater System, researchers from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have launched projects to use wastewater samples for early detection of the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus.  Full Story

Dwight Mosby earned his Ph.D. in civil engineering in 2010.
July 06, 2020 - Dwight Mosby grew up wanting to be a dentist, but with encouragement from his mother, teachers and Nebraska Engineering faculty, his career as a payload operations supervisor at NASA is "out of this world."  Full Story

Justin Humphrey (right), who graduate this spring with a degree in civil engineering, recently received his military commission as a second lieutenant in the Air Force. He is one of six 2020 Nebraska Engineering graduates and ROTC cadets to receive commissions.
May 15, 2020 - Six recent graduates of the College of Engineering were among the 26 University of Nebraska-Lincoln ROTC cadets who became officers in the military upon receiving their commissions May 8-12.  Full Story



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