Mechanical & Materials Engineering News

Zachary Meade (left), an electrical and computer engineering major, and Scott Schenkelberg, who graduated May 6 with a degree in mechanical engineering, were chosen winners of the Al and Dorothy Schewe Leadership Awards.
May 12, 2017 - Scott Schenkelberg and Zachary Meade have been selected as the winners of the 2017 Al and Dorothy Schewe Leadership Award, given annually to College of Engineering students in recognition of achievement in leadership within the college.  Full Story

University of Nebraska Mechanical Engineering Professor Benjamin Terry holding an swallowable sensor
May 10, 2017 - In the near future, you may monitor your health and diagnose illness – all by swallowing a biosensor. Ben Terry, professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, describes this technology, which may sound like science fiction to many.  Full Story

Hossein Dehghani, a doctoral candidate in mechanical and materials engineering, holds a prototype of his alternative to the traditional colonoscope that physicians use when searching for pre-cancerous or cancerous polyps in the large intestine.
April 19, 2017 - Hossein Dehghani, doctoral candidate in mechanical and materials engineering, has designed a robotic alternative to the traditional colonoscope that could make the procedure a painless and less costly procedure.  Full Story

Sidy Ndao, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, and graduate student Mahmoud Elzouka have created a thermal diode that will allow computers to use heat as an energy source to allow their operation in ultra-high temperatures.
April 14, 2017 - Instead of combatting the heat that is detrimental to computers, two University of Nebraska-Lincoln engineers have embraced it as an alternative energy source that would allow computing at ultra-high temperatures.  Full Story

Ruiguo Yang, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, and his colleagues found a way to analyze the fibrous nanostructure of beetles. Better understanding the structure and properties of beetle exoskeletons could help scientists engineer lighter, stronger materials. (Craig Chandler/University Communication)
February 27, 2017 - Nebraska's Ruiguo Yang, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, and his colleagues found a way to analyze the fibrous nanostructure of beetles and their findings were recently featured on the cover of Advanced Functional Materials.  Full Story

A team of engineering students will perform on-site assessments aimed at helping manufacturers learn to use energy more efficiently. The assessments will also give the students training in energy management and manufacturing processes.
February 21, 2017 - A team headed by three Nebraska Engineering faculty has been awarded a $1.4 million US Department of Energy grant to help small manufacturers use energy efficiently and train engineering students in energy management and manufacturing processes.  Full Story

Andy Neal, a mechanical engineering major, is on the UNL track team and has indoor times in the 60-meter hurdles and 400-meter dash that are among the best in the nation.
February 03, 2017 - Andy Neal, a mechanical engineering major, is getting comfortable running the 60-meter hurdles and 400-meter dash for the UNL track team, recording some of the best indoor times in the country this season.  Full Story

Bai Cui (left), assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, and Jian Wang, associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering.
January 19, 2017 - Materials engineers Bai Cui (left) and Jian Wang at UNL’s Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research, are developing radiation-tolerant nanomaterials that are self-healing and could extend the durability of metals used at nuclear reactors.  Full Story

Li Tan, associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering
January 02, 2017 - Nebraska engineers and colleagues from China have combined to design a device with unparalleled sensitivity to low-frequency sound waves that can propagate miles below the ocean's surface.  Full Story

Shane Farritor, Lederer Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.
December 13, 2016 - Shane Farritor, the Lederer Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.  Full Story