ECE News Archives

In a building that used to house the Cornhusker football team, engineering faculty are playing a big role in the Nebraska Intelligent Mobile Unmanned Systems (NIMBUS) lab developing the future of drone technology.
February 17, 2016 - In a building that used to house the Cornhusker football team, engineering faculty are playing a big role in the Nebraska Intelligent Mobile Unmanned Systems (NIMBUS) lab developing the future of drone technology.  Full Story

Electrical and computer engineering students (from left) Alexander Meier, Sarah Porath and Drew Wiseman have received IEEE Power & Energy Society scholarships. Jacob Eckstrom, who also received one of the scholarships, is not pictured.
December 04, 2015 - Four UNL electrical engineering students – Jacob Eckstrom, Alexander Meier, Sarah Porath and Drew Wiseman – have been awarded $2,000 scholarships through the IEEE Power & Energy Society Scholarship Plus Initiative.  Full Story

Daktronics founder Al Kurtenbach, who received a master's degree in electrical engineering from UNL, speaks to students in the ELEC 121 class during Masters Week in early November.
November 20, 2015 - Al Kurtenbach knew little about running a business when he started Daktronics, but after nearly a half century of building an electronics manufacturing giant the UNL Alumni Master advised engineering students to prepare to change their plans.  Full Story

Put A Sock In It accepts donated socks at 85 locations across UNL's campuses and has distributed more than 3,000 pairs to people in need.
October 27, 2015 - Put A Sock In It, a nonprofit organization founded by three UNL students, is putting its collective engineering experience toward helping Lincoln's homeless population and is also finding a foothold nationally.  Full Story

Jie Cheng, doctoral student in electrical engineering, stands next to the partial prototype of a wind turbine system that research suggests could yield 8.5 percent more electricity than conventional counterparts. (Troy Fedderson / University Communications)
October 13, 2015 - <span>A new prototype from the electrical engineering doctoral student Jie Cheng could give a second wind to turbines that currently waste Mother Nature's strongest breaths.</span>  Full Story

Lance Perez (left), professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Dennis Molfese, founding director emeritus of UNL’s Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior, are part of the team that received an NSF grant to study how the brain correlates spatial relationships and problem solving.
September 25, 2015 - With the support a three-year, $1.25 million grant from the National Science Foundation, a team of researchers co-headed by ECE professor Lance Pérez is aiming to reveal the first physiological links between two skill-sets in problem solving.  Full Story

Travis Deyle, a 2005 computer and electronics engineering graduate, was chosen by MIT Technology Review to receive its "35 Innovators Under 35" award.
August 26, 2015 - Travis Deyle, a senior hardware engineer at Google(X) Life Sciences and a 2005 UNL computer engineering graduate, was chosen by the MIT Technology Review as one of the "35 Innovators Under 35" award winners.  Full Story

Khalid Sayood,
August 26, 2015 - Khalid Sayood, Henson Professor of Engineering in electrical and computer engineering, is a partner in a start-up bioinformatics company that has signed on to be the latest partner at Nebraska Innovation Campus.  Full Story

Mathias Schubert, professor of electrical and computer engineering, receivedan honorary doctorate of technology from Linkoping University in Sweden during the May 23 commencement ceremony.
June 16, 2015 - <span>Mathias Schubert, professor of electrical and computer engineering, was awarded a the title of Honorary Doctor of Technology at the by Linkoping University in Sweden during the May 23 commencement ceremony.</span>  Full Story

Daryl Dodoo, a junior computer engineering major, explains how to work the controls of a robot to 9-year-old Mia Vogel during the Nebraska Robotics Expo on Feb. 21 at the Strategic Air Command Museum.
March 17, 2015 - With larger numbers of competitors and spectators attending this year's Nebraska Robotics Expo &amp; CEENBoT Robotics Showcase, a bigger group of UNL engineering student volunteers helped make the event run smoothly.  Full Story