Mechanical & Materials Engineering News

Shane Farritor (right), professor of mechanical and materials engineering, helps University of Nebraska president Ted Carter control a surgical robot in a Virtual Incision lab at Nebraska Innovation Campus. (Craig Chandler / University Communication)
December 14, 2020 - Virtual Incision, co-founded by Shane Farritor, professor of mechanical and materials engineering, has reached another milestone on its road to transforming abdominal surgeries by way of a miniaturized, first-of-its kind surgical robot platform.  Full Story

Researchers from the Nano-engineering Research Core Facility (NERCF) – (from left) Andrew Menendez, Ziyad Smoqi, Jeff Shield, Wen Qian, Joseph Turner, Prahalada Rao – stand with the new Nikon X-Ray Computed Tomography machine that can make high-powered, 3D scans of materials.
December 08, 2020 - A new $1 million tomography machine, similar to the magnetic resonance imaging devices used in medicine but with greater power, will provide College of Engineering researchers and Nebraska businesses a deeper, 3D look at materials and printed products.  Full Story

College of Engineering faculty, alumni and projects received recognition at the 2020 NUtech Ventures Innovator Awards.
November 09, 2020 - A number of College of Engineering faculty and alumni were recognized during the 2020 NUtech Ventures Innovator Celebration, held virtually on Nov. 2 as part of Nebraska Research Days.  Full Story

George Gogos, professor of mechanical and materials engineering, examines machinery that uses heat for certified organic weed control.
November 09, 2020 - Agricultural Flaming Innovations, a startup company co-founded by a Nebraska Engineering faculty member George Gogos and doctoral alumnus Chris Breuning, was honored as the Startup Company of the Year at the 2020 NUtech Ventures Innovator Awards.  Full Story

Taylor Kerl (center, yellow face covering) and her colleagues work in a control room at Maxar Technologies.
October 29, 2020 - Chosen by SSPI as one of the top young aerospace professionals, Taylor Kerl has had her eyes on the stars as long as she can remember and has blazed her own path - both at the College of Engineering and in industry - to a career in aerospace engineering  Full Story

Taylor Kerl, a mechanical and materials engineering alumnus, was chosen to receive the 2020 Promise Award by Space and Satellite Professionals International (SSPI).
October 29, 2020 - Taylor Kerl, a systems engineer at Maxar Technologies in Palo Alto, California and a 2016 Nebraska mechanical engineering graduate, was chosen to receive the 2020 Promise Award by Space and Satellite Professionals International (SSPI).  Full Story

Nine engineering faculty chosen as Research Development Fellows for 2020-21.
October 19, 2020 - Nine College of Enginering faculty are among the 25 University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty selected to serve as 2020-21 Research Development Fellows.  Full Story

Junior mechanical engineering major Jon Haag is one of the founding students of the Collegiate Recovery Community, a new campus organization that supports students in their path to sobriety. (Craig Chandler / University Communication)
October 06, 2020 - Mechanical engineering major Jon Haag is using his experience to give back as one of the founding members of the Collegiate Recovery Community, a new organization designed to support Huskers healing from addiction.  Full Story

Srivatsan Kidambi, Francisco Munoz-Arriola, Michael Sealy and Cody Stolle are among the inaugural cohort of NGTC Faculty Fellows.
October 05, 2020 - Four College of Engineering faculty - Srivatsan Kidambi, Francisco Munoz-Arriola, Michael Sealy and Cody Stolle - have been chosen to join the inaugural cohort of Faculty Fellows in the Nebraska Governance and Technology Center.  Full Story

Ricardo Jacome, graduate student in mechanical engineering.
September 16, 2020 - Ricardo Jacome, a graduate student in mechanical and materials engineering and a researcher at the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility (MwRSF), has been chosen as a Doctoral Research Fellow by the Society of Automotive Engineers for 2020-21.  Full Story