Mechanical & Materials Engineering News

Rachael Wagner and Shane Farritor look over a robotic surgery device in the Virtual Incision facility. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
November 30, 2022 - While working toward a master's degree in mechanical engineering and applied mechanics, Rachael Wagner makes the most of opportunity to help prepare a surgical robot for its test in space.  Full Story

Nebraska Engineering researchers - (top photo from left) Jongwan Eun, Yuris Dzenis, and Seunghee Kim; and (bottom photo from left) Peter Sutter and Eli Sutter. (Photos by University Communication and Marketing)
November 29, 2022 - More than $1.4 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will allow two College of Engineering teams to expand innovative energy-related research in partnership with national laboratories.  Full Story

Ten faculty from the College of Engineering have been honored with new named professorships, bringing to 27 the total of named professorships in the college.
November 22, 2022 - Ten faculty from the College of Engineering have been honored with new named professorships, bringing to 27 the total of named professorships in the college.  Full Story

Nebraska’s Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experience (UCARE) Program has awarded academic-year stipends to 43 students in the College of Engineering.
November 11, 2022 - The Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experience (UCARE) Program has awarded stipends to 202 Husker undergraduates — including 43 College of Engineering students — to participate in research with a faculty mentor this fall.  Full Story

Forty first-year students have been chosen to the inaugural cohort of the Peter Kiewit Foundation Engineering Academy.
September 23, 2022 - Forty first-year students in the College of Engineering – including 10 who will be based on Scott Campus in Omaha – have been chosen to the inaugural cohort of the Peter Kiewit Foundation Engineering Academy.  Full Story

Samuel Gibson, senior majoring in mechanical engineering
September 16, 2022 - Sam Gibson, a senior majoring in mechanical and materials engineering, was chosen to receive the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) International Standards & Certification Scholar Award.  Full Story

Students working together on a large drone.
September 02, 2022 - President Biden on Sept. 2 announced Nebraska’s Heartland Robotics Cluster, which includes the College of Engineering, will receive $25 million in funding as a recipient of the American Rescue Plan Regional Challenge.  Full Story

Santosh Pitla, assistant professor of biological systems engineering.
August 28, 2022 - Santosh Pitla, associate professor of biological systems engineering, is leading a team of researchers from University of Nebraska institutions focusing on improving the cybersecurity of autonomous farm vehicles, such as tractors and robots.  Full Story

As small “slippery” particles or microorganisms such as Cryptosporidium travel through a pipe, they tend to concentrate in the middle. A Nebraska Engineering study looks to exploit this knowledge to determine better ways for energy and environmental sectors to achieve greater efficiency at mitigating contamination or in providing cheaper fuel.
August 22, 2022 - Jae Sung Park and Yusong Li are working on a three-year, $418,120 NSF grant to learn how small particles – some less than one-tenth the width of a human hair – better move through confined fluid flows in transport systems, such as pipes.  Full Story

Nebraska Governance and Technology Center announces 2022-23 classes of Faculty and Student Fellows.
August 16, 2022 - The Nebraska Governance and Technology Center announced its new University of Nebraska-Lincoln fellows, selecting six College of Engineering faculty and six Nebraska Engineering graduate students to those classes.  Full Story