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NESCO's Dalton Rabe and eSAB's Daniel Johnson
February 14, 2019 - With Engineers Week (E-Week) just around the corner (Feb 17-23), NESCO’s Dalton Rabe and eSAB’s Daniel Johnson discuss the Nebraska Engineering student experience and how the big college has the feel of family.
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Alisa Gilmore
January 31, 2019 - Combining her love of engineering and robotics with a passion for STEM outreach programs for kids, Alisa Gilmore is helping to reach the next generations of engineers.
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Don Nelson, a longtime professor of electrical engineering and a driving force in bringing the University of Nebraska into the computing age, died on Jan. 23. He was 88.
January 25, 2019 - Don Nelson, a longtime professor of electrical engineering and a driving force in bringing the University of Nebraska into the computer age, died Wednesday, Jan. 23. He was 88.
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Nebraska’s Christos Argyropoulos has received a three-year, $750,000 early career grant from the Office of Naval Research’s Young Investigator Program. He will use the award to advance research into using ultrafast, short-pulse lasers to modify metal surfaces. The work has potential use in national defense applications.
January 18, 2019 - An Office of Naval Research award is helping Nebraska’s Christos Argyropoulos advance laser research with an array of national defense applications. He is the first Husker researcher to receive this honor since the program's founding in 1985.
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Jerry Hudgins (left), chair of electrical and computer engineering, presents students Megan Stokey (center) and Matthew Penne with their certificates for being chosen to receive the 2018-19 IEEE Power and Energy Society Scholarship Plus Initiative awards.
December 12, 2018 - Two Nebraska electrical and computer engineering students - seniors Megan Stokey and Matthew Penne - have been chosen as IEEE Power & Energy Society Scholars for 2018-19.
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Robert "Bob" Williams, the vice chancellor for research and economic development and Kate Foster Professor of mechanical and materials engineering, has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.
December 12, 2018 - Robert “Bob” Wilhelm, vice chancellor for research and economic development and professor of mechanical and materials engineering, and Lyle Middendorf, a 1973 electrical engineering graduate, were named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors.
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Yi Qian, professor of electrical and computer engineering.
November 28, 2018 - Yi Qian, professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been named an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE) Fellow.
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Tareq Daher, director of the Engineering and Computing Education Core.
November 12, 2018 - Seven doctoral students from the College of Engineering are the first cohort participating in the Graduate Student Training Fellows Program (GSTFP), which aims to prepare students to become successful teachers when they become faculty at a university.
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Nebraska Engineering faculty John Woollam (left) and Benjamin Terry were recognized at the NUtech Ventures 2018 Innovator Celebration.
November 09, 2018 - Nebraska Engineering faculty John Woollam and Benjaim Terry were among the University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty recognized at the Nov. 6 NUtech Ventures Innovator Celebration.
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Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District Gothenburg Division Manager Devin Brundage was approved Friday morning as the district’s new general manager. He is the ninth general manager in CNPPID’s history since 1935. He will succeed Don Kraus, who has served in that role since 1992. (Photo by Lori Potter / Kearney Hub)
October 29, 2018 - Devin Brundage, a 1992 electrical engineering graduate, was approved on Oct. 26 as the new general manager of Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District. Brundage takes over in January as the ninth GM in the organization's 84-year history.
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