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AJ Lincoln (left), a construction management student, and partner Garrett Woockman won the National Bass Anglers Association Championship and a $38,000 bass boat.
May 11, 2022 - AJ Lincoln, a senior construction management major, an Omaha resident Garrett Woockman teamed up to win the National Bass Anglers Association Championship in April, winning $42,000 in cash and prizes, including a new bass boat.  Full Story

Eleven students from the College of Engineering will be honored as Chancellor's Scholars during the May 14 spring undergraduate commencement at Memorial Stadium.
May 03, 2022 - Eleven College of Engineering students will be recognized as Chancellor’s Scholars during the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s undergraduate commencement ceremony May 14 at Memorial Stadium.  Full Story

Fourteen College of Engineering faculty were awarded promotion and/or tenure in 2022.
April 25, 2022 - Fourteen faculty from the College of Engineering are among the 111 University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty who have been awarded promotion and/or tenure in 2022.  Full Story

The team working on this DOE project includes: Sulaiman Mohaidat, Ph.D. student in the Durham School, Fadi Alsaleem, assistant professor in The Durham School, Jinying Zhu, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, Bibo Zhong, Ph.D. student in civil and environmental engineering, and Clayton Malone, Ph.D. student in civil and environmental engineering.
April 11, 2022 - Nebraska Engineering researchers Jinying Zhu and Fadi Alsaleem have received a three-year, $800,000 award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop a dual-sensing, health-monitoring system for a spent nuclear fuel canister.  Full Story

Josephine Lau, associate professor of architectural engineering, is leading a study of the efficacy of air cleaners in K-12 classrooms and how they impact students' health and learning.
February 17, 2022 - Josephine Lau is aiming to build on results gleaned from a previous federal study to help K-12 schools across Nebraska create better learning environments for students by studying the efficacy and impact of air-cleaning devices.  Full Story

On June 28, 2021, the College of Engineering held a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the beginning of construction on Kiewit Hall.
February 16, 2022 - The College of Engineering experienced a year of major milestones and growth in 2021, even as the college and the University of Nebraska system continued to deal with the changing demands of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Full Story

Samuel Underwood, Ph.D. student in architectural engineering.
November 23, 2021 - Samuel Underwood, a Ph.D. student in architectural engineering with an emphasis in acoustics, has been selected to receive two prestigious fellowships from the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) to support his graduate studies.  Full Story

Ahmad Almaghrebi, a doctoral student in architectural engineering, is incorporating data science into his career plans, including work this past summer as a data scientist intern for Valmont Industries.
September 30, 2021 - To address a need for more refined data analysis in his research, architectural engineering doctoral student Ahmad Almagrhrebi has found a passion for data science that he's incorporating into his academic and career paths.  Full Story

Lily Wang, the director of The Durham School and professor of architectural engineering.
August 27, 2021 - Lily Wang, the former associate dean for faculty and inclusion in the College of Engineering and a nationally recognized leader in acoustics research, is forging ahead in another new role as director of The Durham School of Architectural Engineering and C  Full Story

Aaron Young has been awarded the $10,000 Willis H. Carrier Scholarship from ASHRAE.
August 16, 2021 - Aaron Young, an architectural engineering student in The Durham School, has been awarded the $10,000 Willis H. Carrier Scholarship. The award is among 33 ASHRAE Society Scholarships for 2021-22, totaling $174,000.  Full Story