Mechanical & Materials Engineering News

Shane Farritor, Lederer Professor of Engineering and a professor of mechanical and materials engineering, will give the commencement address on Aug. 15 at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
August 04, 2015 - Shane Farritor, Lederer Professor of Engineering, will address the graduates at the summer all-university commencement ceremony on Aug. 15 at Pinnacle Bank Arena.  Full Story

Reserach by UNL engineers to design a power harvesting system for railroad safety has earned an award from the Railway Division of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
July 24, 2015 - Research that led to a design for a power harvesting system that could make remote railroad crossings safer has led to a group of UNL engineers receiving an award from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.  Full Story

Jinsong Huang, Susan J. Rosowski associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering
July 21, 2015 - A study by UNL engineers shows the same quality that keeps foods from sticking to a pan or water to a raincoat can also boost the performance of solar cells.  Full Story

Jung Yul Lim (right), associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering, was awarded the Berton Rahn Research Fund Prize by the AO Foundation at a trustees meeting on June 19.
July 16, 2015 - Jung Yul Lim, associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering, was recently awarded the AO Foundation’s 2015 Berton Rahn Research Fund Prize Award for his research into bone regeneration.  Full Story

Benjamin Terry, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, holds a prototype of his team's tapeworm-inspired attachment mechanism. The device adhered to the wall of a live intestine for six days.
July 09, 2015 - UNL engineers have designed an adhesive mechanism that could allow ingestible cameras and biosensors to hang around the digestive system for unprecedented lengths of time.  Full Story

Linxia Gu, associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering, is lead author in a study that examines how improvised explosive devices impact blood vessel networks and can lead to traumatic brain injury. (Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communications)
July 06, 2015 - Linxia Gu, associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering, and a team of UNL engineers have found that blast waves from concussive explosions may put far greater strain on the brain than previously thought.  Full Story

Shane Farritor (left), MME professor, and Dmitry Oleynikov, director of UNMC's Center for Advanced Surgical Technology, have spent more than a decade developing small surgical robots.
May 29, 2015 - UNL professor's development of small surgical robots evokes the 1960s movie "Fantastic Voyage," but provides a glimpse of the future of surgery.  Full Story

Florin Bobaru, professor of mechanical and materials engineering
May 12, 2015 - The research of Florin Bobaru, professor of mechanical and materials engineering, on modeling corrosion damage has generated international news attention recently.  Full Story

Husker Motorsports team members work to repair the car on June 19 after its clutch pin was sheared.
May 01, 2015 - From Formula SAE racing to other student design competitions, Nebraska Engineering students have succeeded in gaining national and international recognition. Here’s a look at some of the recent successes for UNL teams and events coming up:  Full Story

Li Tan, associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering.
April 20, 2015 - <span>A team of UNL researchers has developed a structure that can begin mimicking patterns and designs by replicating color and texture within seconds of exposure to pulses of light.&nbsp;</span>  Full Story