November 22, 2017 - To showcase the versatility and fine-touch of his virtual incision mini-robot, Shane Farritor, professor of mechanical and materials engineering, recently used the Nebraska-developed surgical device to carve into a rotisserie chicken.
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November 13, 2017 - Nebraska engineer Ali Tamayol and his team have developed a flexible, biodegradable membrane made from a polymer containing nanoparticles of zinc oxide that could help combat gum disease.
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November 08, 2017 - A team that includes Nebraska mechanical engineering researchers -- Benjamin Terry, Carl Nelson and Hossein Deghani -- have developed a "soft" robot that could make colonoscopy procedures less invasive, less uncomfortable and less expensive.
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November 01, 2017 - Engineering alumnus Norman Newhouse is one of nine alumni featured for Masters Week Nov. 1-3, sponsored by the Nebraska Alumni Association, Nebraska Student Alumni Association and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor's Office.
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October 17, 2017 - A space tool developed by Nebraska undergraduate engineering students is on its way to NASA's Langley Research Center for its first structural test before being launched on a suborbital rocket in spring 2018.
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October 05, 2017 - Ali Tamoyal, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, and researchers from Harvard and MIT have designed a smart bandage that could eventually heal chronic wounds or battlefield injuries and be controlled via smartphone.
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October 02, 2017 - Jung Yul Lim, associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering, has earned a 2017 Pilot Program grant from UNMC's Great Plains IDeA-Clinical Translational Research network.
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September 01, 2017 - As the flood waters begin to recede in Texas, mechanical engineering student Ryan Green awaits a possible Nebraska Army National Guard deployment. Student veteran support services on campus are helping Green navigate this uncertain time.
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August 23, 2017 - Starting in Sidney, a new project led by the University - including College of Engineering faculty Shane Farritor and Jennifer Keshwani - aims to build a network of makerspaces around the state in small towns and places they wouldn't normally exist.
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August 08, 2017 - Prahalada Rao, assistant professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, was named one of 17 Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineers nationally, age 35 or younger, for his exceptional contributions and accomplishments in the manufacturing industry.
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