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Dr. Shannon Bartelt-Hunt
July 22, 2016 - Dr. Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, associate professor of civil engineering, was recently featured on NET Nebraska discussing her research on the ties between climate, agriculture, and groundwater quality.  Full Story

Dr. Yusong Li
June 20, 2016 - Dr. Yusong Li recently earned the Maher and Lorees Tadros Faculty Recognition Award, recognizing the most improved researchers and teachers in the Department of Civil Engineering.  Full Story

ASCE members with their canoe, The Pershing
May 27, 2016 - Students from the American Society of Civil Engineers competed in events including concrete canoe races, steel bridge construction and concrete bowling. Hosted by the Missouri University of Science and Technology.  Full Story

Derek Schriner, a senior in civil engineering, has earned a John A. Focht Chi Epsilon National Scholarship.
April 29, 2016 - Derek Schriner, a senior who expects to graduate next week with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering, has been given a $3,500 John A. Focht Chi Epsilon National Scholarship.  Full Story

An 80,000-pound tractor-trailer crashes during a test of a concrete barrier on April 13 at the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility.
April 20, 2016 - UNL's Midwest Roadside Safety Facility spent nearly seven months setting up a test of a concrete roadside barrier, but it's possible the lasting impact of the April 13 test will be felt for years to come.  Full Story

Five engineering students honored as Chancellor's Scholars.
April 18, 2016 - Five students from the College of Engineering will be among the 32 UNL seniors recognized as Chancellor's Scholars during the All-University Honors Convocation at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 24 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts.  Full Story

A UNL engineering team that includes Tian Zhang (left), professor of civil engineering; and John Stansbury, associate professor and associate chair of civil engineering -- received the Rudolph Hering Medal for its paper, "Contributions of Internal and External Fouling to Transmembrane Pressure in MBRs: Experiments and Modeling."
April 08, 2016 - A paper co-authored by UNL civil engineering faculty Tian Zhang and John Stansbury and graduate student Meng Hu, has been chosen to receive the prestigious Rudolph Hering Medal, given by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).  Full Story

Randy Peters, associate professor of practice in civil engineering, is teaching a senior design capstone course after retiring as director/state engineer of the Nebraska Department of Roads.
March 09, 2016 - After 38 years at the Nebraska Department of Roads, the last three as director, Randy Peters said it was "a natural fit" for him to return to UNL to teach the civil engineering senior design capstone course.  Full Story

Rachel Levine, vice president of UNL's AWWA/WEF student chapter and a graduate student in civil engineering, shows middle school students an experiment during the Global Day of the Engineer, Feb. 24 at the Nebraska Union.
March 02, 2016 - The UNL student chapter of AWWA/WEF made an impact on the next generation of engineers by showing middle-school students how to solve environmental problems during the Feb. 24 Global Day of the Engineer.  Full Story

Pam Dingman, a civil engineering graduate and the Lancaster County Engineer, is one of three stories about women engineers spotlighted in a CNN Money article.
February 26, 2016 - Pam Dingman, a civil engineering alum and Lancaster County Engineer, is featured in a CNN Money article on women engineers who are entrepreneurs and inspiration to the next generation of women engineers.  Full Story



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