ECE News Archives

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.  Full Story

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.  Full Story

Three faculty – (from left) Daniel Linzell, Aemal Khattak and Lily Wang – have accepted new roles in the College of Engineering’s leadership team.
October 25, 2018 - Changes in the College of Engineering leadership team have brought new roles for three faculty – Daniel Linzell, Lily Wang and Aemal Khattak.  Full Story

Yi Qian, professor of electrical and computer engineering, is the new editor-in-chief of IEEE Wireless Communications magazine.
September 12, 2018 - Yi Qian, professor of electrical and computer engineering, was chosen recently to be the editor-in-chief of one of the top journals in the field of wireless communications, telecommunications and computer networks – IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine.  Full Story

Aaron Ediger, graduate student in electrical and computer engineering.
September 10, 2018 - Aaron Ediger, a graduate student in electrical and computer engineering, has received the Graduate Directed Energy Scholarship in High Energy Laser and High Power Microwave Technologies from the Directed Energy Professional Society (DEPS).  Full Story

University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering is 80th in the U.S. News list of top U.S. undergraduate engineering programs.
September 10, 2018 - The University of Nebraska-Lincoln programs No. 61 ranking in the latest U.S. News college rankings is in part fueled by the College of Engineering's rise to No. 80 among U.S. undergraduate engineering programs.  Full Story

Blurred water droplets roll off of a section of wire used to transmit electricity. Dennis Alexander's lab is pursuing a project that will modify power line wires so that they repel precipitation. The work shows promise in reducing ice formation on power lines.
July 27, 2018 - Shark skin offers a near-perfect design for gliding effortlessly through water. A Nebraska Engineering research team led by Dennis Alexander is working to give metal the same unique properties, allowing it to be used for defense and industrial purposes.  Full Story

Christos Argyropoulos, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering.
June 11, 2018 - Christos Argyropoulos, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been elevated to the status of Senior Member of the Optical Society of America (OSA).  Full Story

Aurubis, a leading manufacturer of non-ferrous metals, used a walkway between two buildings in Pirdop, Bulgaria, to test the conductive concrete invented by Nebraska Engineering professors Chris Tuan and Lim Nguyen with an iron-rich sand that is a by-product of their copper production.
May 07, 2018 - When a global manufacturer wanted to join forces with Nebraska engineers to test a new material in their conductive concrete, NUtech Ventures helped broker a deal that is taking the invention global.  Full Story

As a unique collaboration between civil engineering and electrical and computer engineering departments - students John Strudl (left), Derek Nelsen (second from left), Jacob Eckstrom (right) and Isaac Knutson (not pictured) and senior design instructor George Hunt (second from right), assistant professor of practice in civil engineering - created a working model of a water treatment plant that could be used for K-12 and general public outreach.
April 23, 2018 - A working model of a water treatment plant - created in a "pilot project" collaboration between two engineering departments - could create opportunities for outreach and new senior design capstone formats.  Full Story