December 21, 2017 - The demolition of the Cather and Pound residence halls is expected to create a large cloud of dust immediately following the implosion, but that dust cloud should not pose a health concern to those who are outside the exclusion and evacuation zones.
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December 19, 2017 - The implosion of Cather and Pound residence halls will create more than 20 million pounds of debris and Nebraska Engineers will measure the effects of the blast load on nearby buildings.
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December 19, 2017 - Nebraska Engineering faculty will be using some of the latest technology available when they study the Cather-Pound buildings as they fall. Among that technology are unmanned mobile flight systems (drones).
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December 19, 2017 - Preparing the Cather and Pound residence halls for implosion has required alterations and demolition within the building, which has altered the dynamic behavior of the structures.
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December 15, 2017 - Nine College of Engineering students are among the 50 Fall Semester 2017 graduates who are featured on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Facebook page (@UNLincoln).
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December 08, 2017 - College of Engineering faculty have been awarded five of the 11 grants to University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty that will provide assistantships to graduate students doing research that contributes to global water and food security.
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December 08, 2017 - The razing of Cather and Pound halls on Dec. 22 provides a landmark study opportunity for Nebraska civil engineers Richard Wood and Daniel Linzell to define how multi-story buildings react to extreme events.
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November 30, 2017 - The Department of Civil Engineering hosted its third annual Fall Banquet on Friday, November 17th, 2017.
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October 25, 2017 - The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) has awarded David Gee, a Civil Engineering graduate student working with Dr. Chungwook Sim, the Daniel P. Jenny Research Fellowship for 2017-2018.
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October 06, 2017 - In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, Assistant Professor Dr. Richard Wood assessed various wind-damaged structures and sites along the gulf coast of Texas.
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