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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>
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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>
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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.
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Wei Qiao
January 28, 2015 - With a new $1.5 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy, UNL electrical engineers are developing a health monitoring system that applies the same principle toward diagnosing and prognosticating damage in wind turbines.
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January 23, 2015 - Two graduate students from the College of Engineering - Yuchuan Shao and Phillipp Kuehne - were among those honored on Jan. 15 at the Graduate Awards Reception at the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center.
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John Woollam
December 16, 2014 - John Woollam, George Holmes Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering at UNL, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.
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Peter Kiewit Institute
December 12, 2014 - With the U.S. economy expected to have 1.5 million engineering and computer science job openings by 2020, the Peter Kiewit Institute is a key part of Chancellor Harvey Perlman's 2015-17 biennial budget request.
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