Lassek, Rich among Building Design + Construction's 19th annual 40 Under 40 class
Nov. 12, 2024 - Nick Lassek and Brandon Rich, both master of architectural engineering alumni from the Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction, were among the eight engineers being selected by the editors of Building Design + Construction to the 40 Under 40 class for 2024. Honorees were chosen for their career achievements and passion for the AEC profession.
Lassek, now 29 and an associate, high-performance design engineer with LEO A DALY in Omaha, is recognized by BD+C as a Sustainable Disruptor. Lassek is one of his firm's youngest members promoted to associate and helped increase the firm's gross square footage modeled by nearly 800 percent in three years. He is an active member of ASHRAE, serves on the Univeristy of Nebraska Medical Center Sustainability Task Force, the board of Project StaSIO (Standard Simulations Inputs and Outputs) and volunteers with Green Omaha Coalition's Earth Day and Zero Waste programs and with Keep Omaha Beautiful.
Rich, 39 and principal at Alvine Engineering/IP Design Group, is recognized as an Active Volunteer. His volunteering includes work wiht Miss America Scholarship, Junior League of Omaha, Habitat for Humanity, United Way of the Midlands, Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure and Wellcom Trek up the Tower. Rich is a guest lecturer in the Durham School's AE program and is a member of the Architectural Engineering Institute, Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, Urban Land Institute, Institute of Electrical Engineering and Electronics and Illuminating Engineering Society.
Duncan, Shen chosen to 2024-25 FLAIR cohort
Nov. 8, 2024 - Nebraska Engineering faculty Brittany Duncan, Ross McCollum Associate Professor in the School of Computing, and Zhigang Shen, professor in the Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction, are among 16 UNL faculty selected by the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor for the 2024-25 cohort of the Faculty Leadership in Academia: From Inspiration to Reality (FLAIR) program.
FLAIR provides professional development for university faculty who are considering a leadership role or are in their first leadership position and considering continuing on a leadership path.
Durham School student teams win awards at ASC Region 4 competition
Oct. 25, 2024 - Student teams from the Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction won two categories and placed third in another at the Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) Region 4 Students Competition, held Oct. 21-22 in Nebraska City.
In all, six teams (five based on City Campus and one on Scott Campus) comprised of 40 students competed in the team categories and seven sophomores participated in the Skills Summit Competition.
The team award recipients
- First place, Electrical: Timothy Erickson, Ian Tinsley, Austin Rome, Evan Willits, and Dylan Rejcha (faculty advisor Tony Roebuck).
- First place, Commercial CMaR Capstone: Grace Engh, Joshua Marcy, Wyatt Uhing, Cody Niemiec, John Moulton, and Ashley Garrard (faculty advisor Matthew Barrows).
- Third place, Commercial GC: Oscar Bernabe, Carlos Valdez, Colton Wright, Caleb J. Branger Modlin, Kevin Fierroa Chavez, and Luke Dostal (faculty advisor Matthew Barrows).
Other DSAEC teams
- Commercial GC Capstone: Mary Tran, Joseph Floersch, Carson Clarys, Cameron Mulholland, Ricardo Sidon, and Jacob Kshywonis, with faculty advisor Brandon Kreiling.
- Electrical: Perry Anderson, Vinny Bui, Eldwin Caballro Acosta, Nikki Young, Will Campbell, and Grant Barker.
- Heavy Highway: Gabe Wermhoff, Wyatt Cassidy, Michael Mattiassi, Titus Miron, Lucas Wegner, and Charlie Janecek.
- Summit Skills Group: Isaac Everitt, Drew Kirk, Justin Knott, Jacob Thiellen, Loredmi Camacho, Ashley Garrard, and Rhylee Jensen.
Minert, Schellpeper, Munson chosen to Young Alumni Academy
Oct. 4, 2024 – The Nebraska Alumni Association announced that College of Engineering alums Brock Minert (2007, mechanical engineering) and Andrew Schellpeper (2011, construction management) and Nebraska Engineering recruitment coordinator Oliva Munson (2020, psychology) are among the 32 University of Nebraska–Lincoln graduates selected to the 2024 class of the Young Alumni Academy.
The academy provides an in-person experience dedicated to enhancing the connection and engagement of young alumni with the university. It offers participants exclusive opportunities for professional development, network-building with other successful alumni, personal meetings with university leaders and behind-the-scenes access to new campus facilities and initiatives. Members meet each month for an eight-month period.
Durham School teams earn two awards at ASHRAE student competition
Aug. 8, 2024 - Two teams of students from the Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction earned awards at the 2024 ASHRAE international design competition:
HVAC Systems Selection, first place: Benjamin Bugenhagen, Katie Frey, Reece Fuchs, Solana Honda and Will Randby.
HVAC Design Calculations, second place: Espen Avenson, Lynnae Bennett, Aidan Bertucci, Izzy Eltze and Eliott Meyer.
The teams, comprised of fourth-year architectural engineering students, were advised by David Yuill, Richard L. McNeel associate professor in architectural engineering, and mentored by Pete Uhing.
"I’ve been asked: why is UNL so unusually successful in these competitions? It’s the students. We have amazing students, who are passionate about sustainable HVAC design. Their coursework gives them strong fundamentals and theory. Almost all of them have internships, giving them real-world experience. The fundamentals plus practical experience seems to be a winning combination for the student design competition," Yuill said.
Durham School's Wang, Underwood co-author paper featured in Acoustics Today
Aug. 2, 2024 - Lily Wang, director of the Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction, and architectural engineering doctoral candidate Samuel Underwood, are co-authors of a paper that is featured in the July 23 edition of the journal Acoustics Today. Titled, "Autism and Indoor Sounds," the paper explores acoustic accessibility for autistic individuals in the built environment and ways to incoporate the perspectives of neurodivergent individuals into the design process.
Durham School MAE team chosen as finalists for AEI Student Design Competition
March 29, 2024 - A team of Durham School Master of Architectural Engineering students - Nick Abbott, Anna Diederich, Jillian Dlouhy, Blaine Kaup, Peyton Leute (team lead), Trevor Mensch, Jace Pauli, Drue Pecquet and Taytum Vance - have been selected as a team finalist in this year's AEI Student Design Competition.
The team, with mentorship from Clarence Waters, Aaron Douglas Professor of Architectural Engineering, and industry fellows Todd Feldman, Ericka Nienhueser and Pete Uhing, will travel to the AEI Forum 2024, held April 8-10 in San Jose, California, where it will compete.
Alsaleem co-authors paper on solar-powered air conditioner that is published in Solar Energy journal
March 29, 2024 - Fadi Alsaleem, associate professor in the Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction, is co-author of a paper - "Experimental Evaluation of a Solar-Powered Air Conditioner" - that was published in the April 2024 edition of the journal Solar Energy.
Ho, Ren receive Best Oral Presentation at International Conference on Big Data Analytics
March 29, 2024 - Chun-Hsing (Jun) Ho and graduate student Kewei Ren received the Best Oral Presentation Award at the 9th International Conference on Big Data Analytics, held March 14-16 in Tokyo, Japan. The paper Ho and Ren presented was titled, "Vibration Data Minking and Machine Learning for Anomaly Detection of Cycling Trails Using Instrumented Bike."
Asay honored by UNO as Academic Advisor of the Month for March
March 26, 2024 - Mallory Asay, academic advisor in the College of Engineering with emphasis on programs in the Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction, was recently named Advisor of the Month by the University of Nebraska Omaha Academic Advising Council (AAC) for the month of March. The award will be presented to Asay at the March Academic Advising Council meeting.