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Doug Durham of Don’t Panic Labs during a keynote address -
Mark Riley, associate dean of research, speaks during a panel discussion at the ASEE Conference in September -
Industry panelists included Ross Barron, state bridge engineer with the Nebraska Department of Transportation; Theresa Luensmann, College of Engineering Career Services; Alex Flamme, engineer with Huffman Engineering, Inc.; and Meghan Behrens-Kleinschmit and Taylor Sutton of NPPD; and moderator, Phil Carter, College of Engineering
Workforce readiness and preparing STEM graduates for the future were the themes around the 2023 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Midwest Section Conference at the Nebraska Union in September. The College of Engineering hosted the conference, which featured papers and sessions on industry collaborations, panelists and workshops on workforce preparedness, diversity and inclusion, entrepreneurship, integrating technology into the classroom, and more.
Co-chaired by Sohrab Asgarpoor, Ph.D., associate dean for undergraduate programs, and Jena Shafai Asgarpoor, Ph.D., CPEM, professor of practice and director of the Master of Engineering Management program, the seminar included a keynote address on Sept. 11 from Doug Durham, CEO and cofounder of Don’t Panic Labs in Lincoln, and keynote speaker Shonna Dorsey, executive director of the Nebraska Tech Collaborative on Sept. 12.
The three-day conference was supported by Visit Lincoln and the UNL College of Engineering and engineering faculty and students from Kansas State University, Kansas State University – Salina, the University of Kansas, Missouri University of Science and Technology, the University of Arkansas, Arkansas State University, Oklahoma State University, the University of Oklahoma, and University of Missouri at Columbia.
UNL engineering faculty honored with first place in the Full Papers category were Oghenetega A. Obewhere, Karen Acurio Cerda, Rajesh Keloth and Shudipto Dishari for “Implementing a Virtual STEM Camp for Middle and High Schoolers in a Post-COVID Climate Leveraging Prior Experience” while UNL engineering students Kaylee Cunning, Joseph Tighi, Braden Olson, Nitish Bastola, Isabela Bueno, Jamilla E.S.L. Teixeira and Jessica Deters received first place in the Student Poster Awards category for “Enhancing Engineering Education through Undergraduate Research Experiences: A Case Study on Waste Plastic in Sustainable Infrastructure.”
Guests of the conference were also treated to tours of UNL’s Engineering Research Center on City Campus and the Nebraska State Capitol.
Co-chaired by Sohrab Asgarpoor, Ph.D., associate dean for undergraduate programs, and Jena Shafai Asgarpoor, Ph.D., CPEM, professor of practice and director of the Master of Engineering Management program, the seminar included a keynote address on Sept. 11 from Doug Durham, CEO and cofounder of Don’t Panic Labs in Lincoln, and keynote speaker Shonna Dorsey, executive director of the Nebraska Tech Collaborative on Sept. 12.
The three-day conference was supported by Visit Lincoln and the UNL College of Engineering and engineering faculty and students from Kansas State University, Kansas State University – Salina, the University of Kansas, Missouri University of Science and Technology, the University of Arkansas, Arkansas State University, Oklahoma State University, the University of Oklahoma, and University of Missouri at Columbia.
UNL engineering faculty honored with first place in the Full Papers category were Oghenetega A. Obewhere, Karen Acurio Cerda, Rajesh Keloth and Shudipto Dishari for “Implementing a Virtual STEM Camp for Middle and High Schoolers in a Post-COVID Climate Leveraging Prior Experience” while UNL engineering students Kaylee Cunning, Joseph Tighi, Braden Olson, Nitish Bastola, Isabela Bueno, Jamilla E.S.L. Teixeira and Jessica Deters received first place in the Student Poster Awards category for “Enhancing Engineering Education through Undergraduate Research Experiences: A Case Study on Waste Plastic in Sustainable Infrastructure.”
Guests of the conference were also treated to tours of UNL’s Engineering Research Center on City Campus and the Nebraska State Capitol.