Mechanical & Materials Engineering News

MME assistant professor Jinsong Huang (left) and graduate student Yehau Deng work to create organic transistors in Huang's lab. (Photo by NET News)
February 17, 2015 - Throwing old TVs or phones into the trash one day may not hurt the environment. Jinsong Huang, an assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, leads a team developing organic transparent transistors that are environmentally friendly.  Full Story

Shane Farritor (left), MME professor, and Dmitry Oleynikov, director of UNMC's Center for Advanced Surgical Technology.
February 06, 2015 - Shane Farritor, professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, and his team have received a $2.8 million extension of their U.S. Army grant to fund research into developing devices for robotic telesurgery.  Full Story

Jinsong Huang
January 30, 2015 - Jinsong Huang, associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering, and colleagues have discovered that the potential energy efficiency in a promising solar cell material is more promising than previously demonstrated.  Full Story

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January 23, 2015 - Two graduate students from the College of Engineering - Yuchuan Shao and Phillipp Kuehne - were among those honored on Jan. 15 at the Graduate Awards Reception at the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center.  Full Story

Jinsong Huang, associate professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, had a paper published in the December issue of Nature Materials.
January 23, 2015 - A team of UNL researchers led by Jinsong Huang, associate professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, had a paper published in the December 2014 edition of the prestigious journal Nature Materials.  Full Story

The WISSARD research team set up an ultraviolet light collar at the top of the bore hole in Antarctica. (Photo by Frank Rack, UNL Science Management Office)
January 21, 2015 - Using a hot-water drill and an underwater robotic vehicle designed, built and operated by a team of UNL engineers, scientists have made discoveries about Antarctica's geology and biology.  Full Story

David Jones (left), a professor of Biological Systems Engineering and associate dean of the College of Engineering, and Shane Farritor, professor of mechanical and materials engineering, are among the six UNL faculty and administrators who attended the Pathways to Innovation Program Jan. 14-15 at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.
January 20, 2015 - Engineering associate dean David Jones (left) and MME professor Shane Farritor are part of a UNL team that will participate in a two-year federal program to boost innovation and entrepreneurship in undergraduate engineering education.   Full Story

MME graduate student Mahmoud Elzouka (left) and MME assistant professor Sidy Ndao.
January 12, 2015 - The performance of electronic memory devices is known to degrade at high temperatures, but Nebraska Engineering researchers have proposed a new memory that requires temperatures in excess of 620 degrees Fahrenheit to operate.  Full Story

Jinsong Huang, professor of mechanical and materials engineering.
December 18, 2014 - Led by MME associate professor Jinsong Huang, UNL engineers have doubled the efficiency of a prominent solar cell technology by finding the origins of a phenomenon known to hinder cell performance, stability and evaluation.  Full Story

Brittney Bridger-Burton (left) and Zully Perez Sierra have been chosen to the McNair Cohort as part of the UNL McNair Scholars Program.
December 18, 2014 - Three UNL engineering students were chosen to take part in UNL’s McNair Scholars Program for the fall semester of the 2014-15 academic year.  Full Story