Construction program golden anniversary celebration: Call for Luminaries
In the spring of 2025, the Durham School is gearing up to celebrate the Golden Anniversary of its Construction Program, which has played a pivotal role in shaping the landscape of construction education for over 55 years. The Golden Anniversary celebration is slated to take place in April 2025 at the school's new home on the City campus in Lincoln: the state-of-the-art Kiewit Hall.
Durham School team, Waters earn awards at AEI International Student Design Competition
April 04, 2016 - Clarence Waters, professor of architectural engineering, is honored as the AEI 2016 Outstanding Architectural Engineering Educator Award for his work in the classroom and his role in elevating the program to national prominence.
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March 31, 2016 - The UNL student chapter of Mechanical-Electrical Specialty Contracting (MESC) led a sweep of the major awards at the Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA) conference March 20-24 in Orlando, Florida.
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March 08, 2016 - A year of unparalleled successes was reason to celebrate as Nebraska Engineering students, alumni and faculty were honored at the annual Architectural Engineering Awards Banquet on Thursday, March 3 in Omaha.
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March 03, 2016 - Terri Norton, associate professor of construction engineering in The Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction, has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program grant to further her research into disaster debris management.
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February 12, 2016 - Tim Wentz, associate professor of construction management, won't be there to shepherd the UNL student team in the final four of a national competition, so he recruited his son, a UNL alumnus and previous winner, to pinch-hit.
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February 11, 2016 - David Yuill's journey isn't traditional, but it led the assistant professor of architectural engineering to his receiving the 2016 ASHRAE New Investigator Award, given annually to one of the world's top new engineering faculty.
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December 22, 2015 - An interdisciplinary UNL team aims to find out if that humming HVAC system in the classroom could be harming kids' ability to learn.
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December 09, 2015 - An acoustical study performed by Brenna Boyd, a UNL junior architectural engineering major, suggests loud cheering at hockey games probably doesn’t help the home team and might be detrimental to the fans in the stands.
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November 20, 2015 - Inspired by a former graduate student who is a construction contractor and iron worker, three UNL engineers are hoping their upcoming project will help make construction job sites safer.
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November 03, 2015 - <span>To honor its Architectural Engineering lighting program and the International Year of Light, The Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction will host a Nov. 5 celebration at the Peter Kiewit Institute in Omaha.</span>
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