MME 10-Year Merge Anniversary (2011-2021)
We're celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the successful merge of the departments of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Mechanics. Enjoy some of the highlights as we emerged into Mechanical & Materials Engineering.
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Sutters' research highlighted on Office of Science website
The Department of Energy Office of Science recently published a highlight – “Wrapped, Layered Semiconductors Catch the Light” – about the research of Eli Sutter, professor of mechanical and materials engineering, and Peter Sutter, professor of electrical and computer engineering. The researchers used a simple and efficient new method to spontaneously form high-quality semiconductor layers with a core-shell structure. The simple process means these new heterostructures could be relatively easy to produce. The structures absorb light using their core, shell, and the interfaces between the components. This translates into enhanced light harvesting. The heterostructures are promising for applications using the sun to accelerate chemical reactions. For example, they could have a role in electricity and fuel production.
Parents Association honors 28 engineering faculty, staff
At the annual Parents Recognition Awards Reception on March 6, 28 faculty and staff from the College of Engineering received a Certificate of Recognition for Contribution to Students from the UNL Parents Association.
JASA spotlights paper authored by Turner, Nourouzian
"Ultrasonic Wave Propagation Predictions for Polycrystalline Materials Using Three-Dimensional Synthetic Microstructures: Phase Velocity Variations," a paper written by Joseph Turner, the Robert W. Brightfelt Professor of mechanical and materials engineering, and Masa Norouzian Reykandeh, a postdoctoral researcher in mechanical and materials engineering, has been chosen as the latest Technical Area Pick for Physical Acoustics by the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. The paper was written from Norouzian's doctoral dissertation as part of a project funded by the Air Force Research Laboratory.
Nebraska Engineering students take fourth in Ethics in Engineering competition
University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering students Maureen Winter, mechanical engineering, and Parker Segal, software engineering, took fourth place at the Lockheed Martin Ethics in Engineering Case Competition in Bethesda, Maryland, in late February. Mohamed Amar, a lecturer in Mechanical and Materials Engineering and the Master of Engineering Management program was the faculty advisor leading the Nebraska team.
It was the first time a team from Nebraska participated in the two-day event that requires teams to study a case filled with challenging ethical dilemmas. Teams assume the role of consultants to a company's leadership and provide recommendations that combines engineering, ethic and business issues. The 21 teams in the competition presented in three rounds. Then six semifinalists were chosen to give more presentations and answer judges' questions. As part of the competition, students get the opportunity to tour Lockheed Martin's Global Vision Center, Center for Leadership Excellence and Global Emergency Operations Center.
"I am very proud of Maureen and Parker. They showed the quality and the talent expected in the Huskers," said Amar. "I am very proud of them and very thankful to the College of Engineering leadership for providing our students with such opportunity to compete at the national level. It was hard, but I was confident the Huskers were up for the challenge, and they proved me right."
Mechanical engineering student Mark Nail receives honorable mention for Goldwater Scholarship
Mark Nail, a junior in mechanical engineering, was one of two Nebraska students chosen to receive honorable mention recognition for the Goldwater Scholarship. Nail has researched drones with Sebastian Elbaum, Bessey Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, and Carrick Detweiler, associate professor of computer science and engineering. That research has focused on depositing sensors underground using an unmanned aerial vehicle. Nail plans to pursue a doctorate in mechanical engineering and conduct research in robotics at a corporate or university laboratory.
Carl Nelson chosen to receive university's Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award
Carl Nelson, professor of mechanical and materials engineering, has been chosen to receive the University's Outstanding Undergraduate Mentor Award. Nelson will be recognized Sept. 13 at the university's annual The Laurels reception, an annual event to honor faculty.
Yang earns Early Stage Investor Project award
Ruiguo Yang (above), assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, earned an Early Stage Investor Project award from the Nebraska Center for Integrated Biomolecular Communication (NCICB). Yang and Limei Zhang, assistant professor of biochemistry, earned the ESIP awards. Along with partner Armen Petrosyan, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and other researchers, the center focuses on aspects of biomolecular communication within and between cells and tissues. The center's long-term goal is to foster the development of collaborative research teams with broad disciplinary representation to interrogate complex disease pathways.
Li, Turner earn UNL College Distinguished Teaching Awards
Yusong Li (left), associate professor of civil engineering, and Joseph Turner, professor of mechanical and materials engineering, were among the 12 University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty chosen to receive the 2017 College Distinguished Teaching Awards.
SME names Rao one of 17 Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineers
Prahalad Rao, doctoral candidate and assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, has been selected as one of 17 Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineers by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. Rao's research focuses on sensor-based monitoring and diagnosis of complex biophysical and manufacturing processes. His doctorate dissertation was nominated for the university-wide best dissertation award in 2013 and the IIE Pritsker Dissertation Prize in 2014 by the industrial engineering department at Ohio State University.
Qi Wang named NCMN Graduate Research Fellow
Qi Wang, a graduate student in mechanical and materials engineering, has been chosen as a 2017 Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience Graduate Research Fellow. His advisor is Jinsong Huang, professor of mechanical and materials engineering.