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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.

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Kiewit Hall is scheduled to open for Spring semester 2024.


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A team from Durham School of Architectural Engineering won three major awards at the AEI International Student Design Competition April 14-16.

Durham School team, Waters earn awards at AEI International Student Design Competition






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Construction management students from the Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction get a tour of the JE Dunn Logistics Center on October 22 in Overland Park, Kan.
October 28, 2015 - Construction management students and faculty from The Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction got a taste of the working world during a recent trip to the Kansas City metropolitan area.  Full Story

Meagan Kurmel, an architectural engineering alumnus, was recently crowned Miss Czech-Slovak U.S. at the Wilber Czech Festival.
September 08, 2015 - After being recently crowned Miss Czech-Slovak U.S., architectural engineering graduate Meagan Kurmel will spend part of the next year balancing her engineering career with promoting her heritage.  Full Story

David Yuill, associate professor of architectural engineering.
August 28, 2015 - With first-place finishes in two categories and a third-place finish in another, UNL became the first school to gain top-three finishes in three categories of the annual ASHRAE student design competitions.  Full Story

BRIDGE-ing Big Data Workshop
August 24, 2015 - The college is hosting the<a href="node/2899"> BRIDGE-ing Big Data Workshop</a> Oct. 8-9, 2015, focusing on creating and maintaining safer bridges for the nation's infrastructure. The workshop will be held at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska.  Full Story

Two UNL architectural engineering graduate students -- Sean Poulicek and Nathan Ritta -- have won the Howard Brandston Student Design Lighting Grant from the Illuminating Engineering Society.
July 23, 2015 - <span>Sean Poulicek, Nathan Ritta and Michael Assad&nbsp;–&nbsp;graduate students in The Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction –&nbsp;have recently earned national awards.&nbsp;</span>  Full Story

Jay Puckett, a professor of civil and architectural engineering at the University of Wyoming, has been chosen as the new director of The Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction.
July 10, 2015 - Jay A. Puckett, V.O. Smith Professor of Civil and Architectural Engineering at the University of Wyoming, has been named director of The Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction.  Full Story

A team of UNL student engineers earned a $7,500 award from NCEES for its design work on a vertical farm project for an AEI competition.
June 05, 2015 - A team of UNL student engineers' vertical farm project for an Architectural Engineering Institute competition has earned one of five $7,500 national prizes awarded by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying.  Full Story

Husker Motorsports team members work to repair the car on June 19 after its clutch pin was sheared.
May 01, 2015 - From Formula SAE racing to other student design competitions, Nebraska Engineering students have succeeded in gaining national and international recognition.&nbsp;Here’s a look at some of the recent successes for UNL teams and events coming up:  Full Story

The UNL team of (from left) Geof Wright, Andrew Reinke and Josh Wilson took first place in electrical systems design at the recent Architectural Engineering Institute’s student design competition in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
April 30, 2015 - A team of UNL architectural engineering students took home two awards from the recent Architectural Engineering Institute’s student design competition, including first place in electrical systems design.  Full Story

Troy Fedderson | University Communications UNL engineering students write down answers during an interview with Kirk Conger. The students are conducting energy audits of UNL buildings as part of a pilot course in engineering.
March 03, 2015 - Through a new pilot course, engineering and architecture students are gathering data that UNL plans to use to reduce the energy consumption of campus buildings.  Full Story

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