Mechanical & Materials Engineering News

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

Shane Farritor, MME professor, will guide the first class taught in UNL's Nebraska Innovation Studio.
December 10, 2014 - Shane Farritor, professor of mechanical and materials engineering, and Liana Owad, Maker Space coordinator, will guide a new class - "Making for Innovation," which will be the first to meet at Nebraska Innovation Studio.  Full Story

John O'Neill
November 03, 2014 - <span>John O’Neill, a University of Nebraska mechanical engineering graduate and key member of NASA’s space flight teams for 35 years, died this past August at the age of 82.</span>  Full Story

MME professor George Gogos, MME assistant professor Sidy Ndao and EE professor Dennis Alexander lead a team that has received approximately $1 million in funding to do research into functionalizing metallic surfaces.
October 24, 2014 - <span>A team led by UNL College of Engineering professors has received nearly $1 million in funding to create surfaces that will provide more efficient thermal management systems for use in outer space.</span>  Full Story

Jinsong Huang
October 22, 2014 - MME associate professor Jinsong Huang has earned a four-year, $1.2 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy to improve solar cell efficiency.  Full Story

Carl Nelson, an Associate Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, was honored by the ASEE as one of the "20 Under 40" educators spotlighted in the September issue of its magazine, Prism.
September 23, 2014 - MME associate professor Carl Nelson was chosen as one of the "20 Under 40," a group of young educators honored by the ASEE in the September edition of its magazine, Prism.  Full Story

Sidy Ndao
September 10, 2014 - MME professor's article outlines use of jet impingement to keep electronic devices from overheating: <a href="http://item-media.uberflip.com/i/365204">Electronics Cooling magazine</a>  Full Story