Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering News

Peter Sutter (left), professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Eli Sutter, professor of mechanical and materials engineering, are among the 45 Nebraska Engineering researchers on a prestigious 2024 list of the world's most influential researchers.
October 23, 2024 - Thirty-nine researchers from the College of Engineering are among the 137 from UNL on a 2024 list of the world's most influential researchers.  Full Story

Rajib Saha, Richard L. and Carol S. McNeel Associate Professor and Graduate Chair in chemical and bimolecular engineering.
October 11, 2024 - Rajib Saha is one of 10 University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty chosen to participate in the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) leadership programs in the 2024-25 academic year.  Full Story

At the 2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference, Jena Asgarpoor (left) received the Excellence in Service Award, and Shudipto Dishari received the Outstanding Teaching Award.
September 13, 2024 - Nebraska Engineering faculty and students received six major awards from the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Midwest Section conference, which was held Sept. 8-10 at the University of Kansas.  Full Story

Twenty-six Nebraska Engineering undergraduate students received summer 2024 stipend awards from UCARE.
July 30, 2024 - Twenty-six College of Engineering students are among the 114 University of Nebraska–Lincoln undergraduate students who were awarded stipends to participate in research with a faculty mentor this summer.  Full Story

Three Nebraska Engineering students and a physics student from Nebraska Wesleyan University will gain unique experience for nine weeks this summer, staying at Kobe University, then transitioning to Toyohashi University of Technology, where they will work for eight weeks on a research project. (Google Maps)
May 29, 2024 - With support from a National Science Foundation IRES grant, Three Nebraska Engineering students and a physics student from Nebraska Wesleyan University will gain unique experience for nine weeks this summer, doing research at a university in Japan.  Full Story

(top row, from left) Stuart Bernstein, Shubhendu Bhardwaj, Chris Bourke, Bai Chi, Derek Heeren; (center row) Michael Hempel, Kelly Kopocis, Keegan Moore, Ryan Pedrigi; (bottom row) Santosh Pitla, Eva Schubert, Cody Stolle, Rebecca Wachs, Christine Wittich
April 16, 2024 - Fourteen faculty from the College of Engineering are among the 100 faculty to whom the University of Nebraska–Lincoln will award promotion and/or tenure in 2024.  Full Story

Students who led the winning projects at the 2024 Engineering Pitch Competition are (from left) Patrick McManigal, Brooke Bode and Alyssa Grube.
April 08, 2024 - Nebraska Engineering students Patrick McManigal, Brooke Bode and Alyssa Grube earned the top three places April 2 at the 2024 Engineering Pitch Competition, held at the Willa Cather Dining Complex.  Full Story

Nebraska AXP team members (left) launched balloons in Roswell, New Mexico during the October 2023 annular eclipse and will launch two balloons on April 8, 2024 during a total eclipse as part of the Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project, for which mechanical engineering student Isaac Cade designed the logo (right).
April 04, 2024 - A team of Nebraska students will launch two balloons in southeastern Missouri on April 8. The balloons will carry experiments as payloads to take advantage of the rare total eclipse.  Full Story

Chemical engineering doctoral students Karen Acurio (left) and Alyssa Grube.
April 04, 2024 - Chemical Engineering doctoral students Karen Acurio and Alyssa Grube have been selected to participate in the Epistimi-ACG-LUCE Summer Leadership Workshop for Women in Energy for a week in July in Athens, Greece.  Full Story

Rajib Saha (left), Richard L. and Carol S. McNeel associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, and Niaz Bahar Chowdhury, doctoral student. (University Communication and Marketing)
January 30, 2024 - A research team led by Nebraska engineers Rajib Saha and Niaz Bahar Chawdhury has built the largest-ever metabolic model of corn to study how temperature stress affects the plant and how a certain fungus can help alleviate the problem.  Full Story