Mechanical & Materials Engineering News

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

The College of Engineering welcomes 13 new faculty for the 2020-21 academic year.
August 31, 2020 - The College of Engineering has added 13 new faculty for 2020-21, increasing total faculty hires to 58 over the past four years. The new faculty include five in Computer Science and Engineering and three in Civil and Environmental Engineering.  Full Story

College of Engineering Dean Lance C. Pérez and representatives of Hausmann Construction were among the people who signed the final steel beam in the new Link before it was raised and put into place Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020.
August 27, 2020 - The College of Engineering celebrated the Topping Out of the new Link on City Campus Aug. 26 as the final steel beam was raised and put into place, ending the framing work of its $75 million Phase 1 facilities project.  Full Story

Luz Sotelo, doctoral student in mechanical engineering and applied mechanics.
June 25, 2020 - Luz Sotelo is busy with doctoral research, course work and teaching a few courses, and is also active in many student organizations. For that involvement, Sotelo was recognized as one of the nation’s top engineering graduate students.  Full Story