ECE News Archives

Benjamin Riggan, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, is part of WatchID — a team of researchers from across the country participating in a competitive federal government research program to develop software systems capable of performing whole-body biometric identification from long distances and at elevated pitch angles. (Craig Chandler / University Communication)
June 21, 2022 - Benjamin Riggan and the WatchID team of researchers from across the U.S. are working in a competitive federal research grant program to develop software systems for whole-body biometric identification.  Full Story

Wei Bao, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering
June 20, 2022 - Researchers, including Nebraska Engineering's Wei Bao and his team, have developed a new photonics device that could get scientists closer to the "holy grail" of quantum materials - finding the global minimum of mathematical formulas at room temperature.  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

Prize winners at the March 23 Engineering Pitch Competition were: First place – Auto Planter, Ian Tempelmeyer (grad student in biological systems engineering); second place – Transverse Direct Drive, Matthew Penne (grad student in electrical and computer engineering); third place – UNL Maker Group, Isaac Regier (senior in mechanical and materials engineering) and Brendan Colford (senior in architecture).
April 08, 2022 - Ian Tempelmeyer, a graduate student in biological systems engineering, won first place in the Engineering Pitch Competition on March 23 for a pitch on a robotic system with a planter attachment to aid corn farmers.  Full Story

Sam Murray, a Ph.D. student in electrical engineering, is teaching an embedded systems class using integrated circuit solutions created by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
March 25, 2022 - Sam Murray, a doctoral student in electrical engineering, developed Electrical and Computer Engineering's embedded systems class (ECEN 398) and is teaching it this semester. Students in the class are using integrated circuit solutions developed in ECE.  Full Story

Lasers in the Center for Electro-Optics and Functionalized Surfaces are creating surfaces that can help keep power lines from freezing and whipping in the wind. (KETV)
March 25, 2022 - Nebraska Engineering faculty and students working with femtosecond lasers in the Center for Electro-Optics and Functionalized Surfaces are creating surfaces that can help keep power lines from freezing and whipping in the wind.  Full Story

Hyperbolic shear polaritons are coupled light-matter waves which were discovered to exist at the surface of monoclinic crystals. Due to the low crystal symmetry, these waves are not mirror-symmetric. (Credit: FHI / Wernerwerke)
March 03, 2022 - Research conducted at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering "planted a seed" for discovery of a new class of materials that could change the way the field of photonics research.  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

Wei Bao, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, has received a five-year, $756,713 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program to support his work to make quantum simulators function at room temperature. (Craig Chandler / University Communication)
February 16, 2022 - Wei Bao has received a five-year, $756,713 grant from the National Science Foundation's Faculty Early Career Development Program to support his work to make quantum simulators function at room temperature.  Full Story