Mechanical & Materials Engineering News

Mechanical engineering students Colton Bailey, Alex Drozda, Kyle Stewart and Tory Weeder designed a robot to automate the drilling process for airliner construction for both their senior design capstone project and the Airbus Shopfloor Challenge in Stockholm, Sweden.
July 15, 2016 - Creating a drilling robot as their senior design capstone project and for the Airbus Shopfloor Challenge in Sweden has provided a launching pad for the careers of four UNL mechanical engineering students.  Full Story

Senior Luke Monhollon presents the UNL Air and Space Research Team's design to a group of NASA engineers in early June at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
July 15, 2016 - UNL Air and Space Research Team meets challenges from NASA and in the design process that may set the team up for more successes in years to come.  Full Story

Shane Farritor, Lederer Professor of Engineering and a professor of mechanical and materials engineering, will be one of three speakers from UNL at the 2016 TEDxLincoln event July 19 at Nebraska Innovation Campus.
July 06, 2016 - Shane Farritor, Lederer Professor of Engineering and a professor of mechanical and materials engineering, will be one of three speakers from UNL at the 2016 TEDxLincoln event July 19 at Nebraska Innovation Campus.  Full Story

The Husker Motorsports Formula SAE team took 12th place in design and finished among the top 26 in three dynamics events at the Formula SAE Lincoln Student Design Challenge at Lincoln Airpark, June 15-18.
June 21, 2016 - The two Husker Motorsports teams capped off impressive seasons with strong finishes at SAE Student Design Challenge events, including the Formula SAE event at Lincoln Airpark.  Full Story

Student engineers from UNL's Air and Space Research (ASR) test a gap spanner in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, in early June. The device was designed as part of the NASA Micro-g NExT Challenge.
June 15, 2016 - During the NASA Micro-g NExT Challenge at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, in early June, a team of UNL student engineers had a successful test of a gap spanner device they designed.  Full Story

The Husker Motorsports team finished ninth at the recent Formula SAE event in Barrie, Ontario. It was the best finish in club history.
June 14, 2016 - Husker Motorsports team confident being better prepared will translate to a big finish at the season-ending Formula SAE Collegiate Design Series event Wednesday-Saturday at Lincoln Airpark.  Full Story

Sidy Ndao, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, helps two students detect a problem on their robot during the Pan-African Robotics Competition. (Sam Phelps / New York Times)
June 01, 2016 - A New York Times article features the efforts of UNL's Sidy Ndao, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, to bring STEM and robotics to children in West Africa.  Full Story

Constantine Tarawneh, who received master's and doctoral degrees in mechanical engineering at UNL, has been appointed associate dean for research in the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
May 19, 2016 - Constantine Tarawneh, a mechanical engineering alumus, has been appointed associate dean for research in the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.  Full Story

Driver Eric Rice pilots the Husker Racing Baja SAE car through a water crossing during an April competition in Cookeville, Tennessee. The team took fifth place at that event and competes this weekend in Gorman, California.
May 18, 2016 - Fresh off a fifth-place finish in April, one of the best performances in team history, and recovering from the grind of finals week, the Husker Racing Baja SAE team is ready for a trip to sunny Southern California.  Full Story

The new Nano-Engineering Research Core Facility (NECRF), a 32,000-square foot facility in the Voelte-Keegan Nanoscience Research Center, will feature $5 million of state-of-the-art research instrumentation and aims to put the university and the state of Nebraska at the forefront of advance materials manufacturing and nano-engineering.
May 18, 2016 - The new Nano-Engineering Research Core Facility (NERCF), home to research in advance materials manufacturing and nano-engineering, will have an open house Tuesday, May 24.  Full Story