Mechanical & Materials Engineering News

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March 21, 2013 - <span>When most tough fibres are stretched to make them thinner, they become brittle. But a group led by Yuris Dzenis at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln has shown that this is not always the case.</span>  Full Story

A UNL team led by Yuris Dzenis (left) is making continuous carbon nanofibers, which offer advantages over nanotubes alone in structural materials. Images on the right are from Northwestern University via ACS Nano.
March 14, 2013 - <span>University of Nebraska-Lincoln engineers have demonstrated a promising new way to exploit carbon nanotubes' unusual structure and properties more easily and less expensively.</span>  Full Story

The UNL RASC-AL Robo-Ops team of engineering students must build a rover and remotely navigate it through obstacles in a NASA-sponsored competition versus other selected university teams' rovers. The team includes (from left): Allison Miller, Alex Adams, Eric Markvicka, Mark Reichenbach, Joe Bartels, Effie Greene, Lukas Renker and Kearney Lackas. Not pictured: Tom Frederick and Walter Bircher.
March 12, 2013 - <span>The University of Nebraska-Lincoln was one of eight teams chosen to compete in the 2013 RASC-AL Exploration Robo-Ops Competition, an engineering challenge sponsored by NASA and organized by the National Institute of Aerospace.</span>  Full Story

Linxia Gu
March 06, 2013 - <span>Each year, more than a million Americans receive stents to prop open clogged heart arteries and other blood vessels, a<span>&nbsp;UNL engineer’s research may help save millions of people from</span>&nbsp;high risk for suffering reblockages.</span>  Full Story

Front row (left-to-right): Eli Van Boening, Blake Stewart, Christian Laney, Shawn Schumacher, Maggie Clay, Caleb Berggren, Nicholas Goeser, Jake Reher (team captain), Eric Fritz, Brad Steiner. Back row (left-to-right): Ryan Wood, Hunter Severin, Ethan Monhollon, Tricia Foley, Effie Greene, Carl Nelson (adviser), Dustin Dam (adviser). Not pictured: Ellie Ahlquist, Brendan Byal, Peng Liu, Timothy Mastny, Taylor Noel, Parise Reynolds, Kyle Wroblewsi and Joan Yule.
January 03, 2013 - <span>This year, a team of University of Nebraska-Lincoln engineering students will pilot a free-flying vehicle--like the radio-controlled helicopters--not to escape their courses, but to help NASA research.</span>  Full Story

Jinsong Huang
December 19, 2012 - <span>&nbsp;Jinsong Huang, an assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, envisions a future when solar energy devices will become so inexpensive that nearly any surface will harness the sun.</span>  Full Story

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November 13, 2012 - <span>Research by Jinsong Huang, assistant professor with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Mechanical &amp; Materials Engineering</span><span>, is featured in the Nov. 11 edition of <em>Nature Nanotechnology</em></span><span>.</span>  Full Story

Karen Stelling
November 06, 2012 - In November 2012, Karen Stelling adds her perspective to the College of Engineering and the Department of Mechanical &amp; Materials Engineering.  Full Story

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October 01, 2012 - <span>With its namesakes present, UNL’s Voelte-Keegan Nanoscience Research Center was dedicated Sept. 27.</span>  Full Story

From left: assistant professors Jennifer Melander (BSE), Sidy Ndao (MME) and Changbum Ahn (DSAEC) are some of NEbraska Engineering's new faculty in 2012.
September 17, 2012 - <span>The UNL College of Engineering introduces its newest faculty members.</span>  Full Story