Mechanical & Materials Engineering News

The Nebraska Environmental Trust has awarded 23 grants totaling more than $2.1 million to University of Nebraska–Lincoln projects.
May 26, 2021 - Six projects from the College of Engineering have received 2021 grants from The Nebraska Environmental Trust. NET has awarded 23 grants totaling more than $2.1 million to University of Nebraska–Lincoln projects.  Full Story

The Nebraska EPSCoR-Emergent Quantum Materials and Technologies collaboration includes (from left): Abdelghani Laraoui, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering at Nebraska; Jonathan Wrubel, associate professor of physics at Creighton University; Xia Hong, associate professor of physics and astronomy at Nebraska; Christian Binek, Charles Bessey Professor of physics at Nebraska; Rebecca Lai, associate professor of chemistry at Nebraska; and Matt Andrews, Nebraska EPSCoR director.
May 25, 2021 - Abdelghani Laraoui is part of a collaboration that has received a five-year, $20 million NSF award to create a research and education cluster to enhance the state’s competitiveness in the field of emergent quantum materials and technologies.  Full Story

Nine researchers from the College of Engineering are among 31 from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will be part of the university's inaugural interdisciplinary cohort of National Strategic Research Institute Fellows.
May 20, 2021 - Nine researchers from the College of Engineering are among 31 from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will be part of the university's inaugural interdisciplinary cohort of National Strategic Research Institute Fellows.  Full Story

Grayson Minnick, graduate student in mechanical engineering and applied mechanics.
May 10, 2021 - Grayson Minnick, graduate student in mechanical engineering and applied mechanics, and two Nebraska Engineering alumni – Ryan Regan and Maureen Winter – have been chosen to receive 2021 Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation.  Full Story

Logan Pettit, first-year Ph.D. student in mechanical engineering
April 27, 2021 - Logan Pettit, a first-year Ph.D. student in mechanical engineering, has been selected to receive the NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunities (NSTGRO) Fellowship. Pettit is only the second UNL student ever to earn the fellowship.  Full Story

Kossi Loic Avegnon, Ph.D. student in mechanical engineering and applied mechanics.
March 08, 2021 - Kossi Loic Avegnon, a Ph.D. student in mechanical engineering and applied mechanics, was selected for the Black Trailblazers in Engineering (BTE) Fellowship from Purdue University.  Full Story

The system's trapezoidal platforms are pulled apart to stress the junction between two mature cells.
February 04, 2021 - Ruiguo Yang and his team have achieved a breakthrough in measuring the breaking point and resilience of intercellular junctions. This could lead to new treatments for heart disease and other maladies.  Full Story

Malik Askar, a University of Nebraska–Lincoln graduate who interned with Kiewit Corp. in 2019, now works as a field engineer for Kiewit on a multi-billion-dollar liquified natural gas project.
January 28, 2021 - Key leaders of the international construction and design engineering firm, established in Omaha in 1884, are creating the Kiewit Scholars Program, a full-tuition scholarship combined with a rigorous leadership program.  Full Story

Jae Sung Park (top) and Ruiguo Yang, each an assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, are working to improve drug delivery systems by applying electrical charges to cell surfaces.
January 22, 2021 - By applying electrical charges to cell surfaces, two College of Engineering researchers are working to find a way to improve drug delivery systems that could help fight cancer, heart disease and other neurodegenerative diseases.  Full Story

College of Engineering 2020 Year in Review.
January 06, 2021 - While 2020 was a challenging year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering had a year of success stories and major milestones.  Full Story