September 13, 2021 - Twenty years ago, the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Center helped to inspire Civil and Environmental Engineering assistant professor Christine Wittich, then in eighth grade, in making a decision on her career path.
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September 07, 2021 - Xu Li, professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and a team of researchers are exploring the feasibility of tracking coronavirus trends and identifying hotspots at the scale of ZIP codes.
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September 07, 2021 - Five people from the College of Engineering were among 11 who were given the State of Nebraska's highest honor for their roles in a collaboration to produce hand sanitizer during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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August 16, 2021 - Daniel Linzell, associate dean for graduate and international programs and professor of civil and environmental engineering, will deliver the commencement address at the university's Aug. 13 ceremony for graduate and professional degree earners.
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July 30, 2021 - Civil and environmental engineering researchers are developing a recycled asphalt using corn and soybean oil. This recycled paving material, Hamzeh Haghshenas Fatmehsari said, would be greener, save money and create new markets for Nebraska crops.
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July 12, 2021 - Gathered by Nebraska civil engineering researchers, data from the December 2017 implosion of the 13-story Cather and Pound Hall dormitories could help investigators yield insights into what might have caused a high-rise Florida condominium to collapse on
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May 26, 2021 - Six projects from the College of Engineering have received 2021 grants from The Nebraska Environmental Trust. NET has awarded 23 grants totaling more than $2.1 million to University of Nebraska–Lincoln projects.
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May 17, 2021 - Hamzeh Haghshenas is leading a research team that is evaluating the effect of soybean oil on the performance of asphalt pavements containing recycled materials.
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May 05, 2021 - A team of transportation research organizations, including UNL, the College of Engineering, and the Midwest Roadside Safety Facilty, was awarded a $571M Federal Railroad Administration contract for research, testing, engineering and training services.
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May 05, 2021 - The devastation of an April 2015 earthquake in his native Nepal inspired Yajyoo Shrestha, a graduating senior in civil and environmental engineering, to pursue degrees at Nebraska with a goal of working to make the world a safer place.
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