ECE News Archives

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

Andre' Tharp III, an electrical and computer engineering major from Portland, Oregon, returns to Nebraska after spending the fall semester 2021 studying in Valencia, Spain.
January 10, 2022 - Andre' Tharp III, an electrical engineering major from Portland, Oregon, said spending the fall semester 2021 studying in Valencia, Spain, was "the perfect time for me to grow."  Full Story

Travis Deyle, 2005 electronics engineering and computer engineering graduate and co-founder and CEO of Cobalt Robotics.
December 03, 2021 - Travis Deyle, a 2005 electronics engineering & computer engineering graduate and co-founder and CEO of Cobalt Robotics, will receive the Citation for Alumni Achievement during the University of Nebraska Omaha commencement ceremony Dec. 17 at Baxter Arena.  Full Story

Microscopic mounds formed from a copper surface struck by 719 laser pulses and later treated with citric acid.
November 11, 2021 - A team of Nebraska engineers are developing a process of using picosecond-long laser pulses to modify the surface of copper and thereby increasing heat transfer capabilities for power generation, refrigeration, and air conditioning.  Full Story

Military members work in an open server rack. The university has earned a $25 million contract with the National Nuclear Security Administration. The work will support strategic deterrence and nuclear threat reduction efforts. (Shutterstock)
October 20, 2021 - Electrical and Computer Engineering researchers Wei Qiao and Mark Bauer are supporting a new $25 million contract between the University of Nebraska's National Strategic Research Institute and the National Nuclear Security Administration.  Full Story

NGTC student fellows attend their first meeting of the academic year on Sept. 2 at the College of Law.
September 13, 2021 - Three College of Engineering graduate students - Bogac Canbaz, Mitchell Clark and Garrett Wirka - are among the University students chosen to the second class of Nebraska Governance and Technology Center student fellows.  Full Story