Current Graduate News

Current Graduate Student News

Chemical engineering doctoral students Karen Acurio (left) and Alyssa Grube.
April 04, 2024 - Chemical Engineering doctoral students Karen Acurio and Alyssa Grube have been selected to participate in the Epistimi-ACG-LUCE Summer Leadership Workshop for Women in Energy for a week in July in Athens, Greece.  Full Story

Using new mixes of metals and state-of-the-art 3D printing in Nebraska's NEAT Labs, Joseph Turner's team developed roller bearings for railcars that tested to be just as robust as those produced with conventional techniques. This, Turner said, could open a pathway to new ways to making these bearings. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
March 29, 2024 - When Nebraska Engineering researchers began cooking up new recipes for manufacturing railcar bearing components, they found new powders and production techniques offer robust alternatives that could change future production techniques.  Full Story

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has been recognized as one of the top three 2024 Best Grad School Programs in Engineering by Money, earning a five-star designation from the magazine.
January 03, 2024 - The University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering has been recognized as one of the top three 2024 Best Grad School Programs in engineering by Money, earning a five-star designation from the magazine.  Full Story

Kazi Albab Hussain (left) holds his son while removing a plastic container of water from a microwave. Hussain and Nebraska Engineering colleagues have found that microwaving such containers can release up to billions of nanoscopic particles and millions of microscopic ones. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
August 29, 2023 - Four high-impact research projects from the College of Engineering, including one that aims to make food plastics safer for consumers, have been funded through the second Grand Challenges Catalyst Competition.  Full Story

Rachael Wagner and Shane Farritor look over a robotic surgery device in the Virtual Incision facility. (University Communication and Marketing)
August 03, 2023 - Innovative ideas that stretch from rich farmlands to high-tech medical and computer labs have again landed the University of Nebraska System among the world’s leading academic institutions for earning U.S. patents.  Full Story

Kazi Albab Hussain (left) holds his son while removing a plastic container of water from a microwave. Hussain and Nebraska Engineering colleagues have found that microwaving such containers can release up to billions of nanoscopic particles and millions of microscopic ones. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
July 21, 2023 - A new Nebraska Engineering research study shows microwaving plastic baby food containers can release huge numbers of plastic particles.  Full Story

Meredith Sutton, doctoral student in environmental engineering.
June 07, 2023 - Meredith Sutton, Ph.D. student in environmental engineering, was selected to the Voices for Science fellow cohort, whose participants conduct outreach activities in local communities to educate general audiences about science and engineering.  Full Story

Andrew Donesky (left), graduate student in biological engineering, and Mark Nusterer, senior majoring in chemical engineering.
May 05, 2023 - Two Nebraska Engineering students – Andrew Donesky and Mark Nusterer – received 2023 UNL Student Luminary Awards to recognize their exceptional leadership and commitment to improving the campus and community.  Full Story

Mechanical engineering alum Mohsin Al Barwani (right) and Jae Sung Park, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, receive the International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition Young Engineers Paper Contest first-place certificate at the conference Oct. 30-Nov. 3, 2022, in Columbus, Ohio.
April 28, 2023 - Mohsin Al Barwani, a mechanical engineering alumnus, was chosen as the first-place recipient in the 2022 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE) Young Engineers Paper (YEP) Contest.  Full Story

Judges and participants pose for a group photo during the NUtech Ventures and College of Engineering pitch competition.
April 19, 2023 - Teams of Nebraska Engineering students swept the top three prizes at the annual pitch competition sponsored by NUtech Ventures and the College of Engineering.  Full Story