Mechanical & Materials Engineering News

George Gogos, Wilmer J. and Sally Hergenrader Chair of Mechanical Engineering and director of the Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research.
August 23, 2023 - George Gogos, Wilmer J. and Sally Hergenrader Chair of Mechanical Engineering, is the new director of the Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research. He replaces interim director Jerry Hudgins, professor and chair of electrical and computer engineering.  Full Story

Mohammad Ghashami (left), assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, speaks with LPS teachers at Morrill Hall. (University Communication and Marketing)
August 11, 2023 - Nebraska Engineering researchers were among the 22 University of Nebraska-Lincoln research groups who shared their latest work with 150-plus Lincoln Public Schools science teachers at a STEM fair on Aug. 9, hoping to help the teachers to better educate th  Full Story

Rachael Wagner and Shane Farritor look over a robotic surgery device in the Virtual Incision facility. (University Communication and Marketing)
August 03, 2023 - Innovative ideas that stretch from rich farmlands to high-tech medical and computer labs have again landed the University of Nebraska System among the world’s leading academic institutions for earning U.S. patents.  Full Story

Postdoctoral researcher Mohammadjavad Dowran works with diamond quantum sensing microscopes in Abdelghani Laraoui’s lab. (Craig Chandler / University Communication & Marketing)
July 06, 2023 - A pair of multidisciplinary teams with many of the same researchers, and supported by EQUATE, are developing processes that allow scientists to better see into the nanoscale and harness possibilities of the quantum realm.  Full Story

Nebraska Engineering researchers (from left) Yongfeng Lu, Bai Cui, Piyush Grover, and Keegan Moore are on teams that received three-year, $600,000 grants from the Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR). (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
June 29, 2023 - Mechanical and Materials Engineering researchers Bai Cui and Piyush Grover have each been awarded three-year, $600,000 grants from the Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR) for Fiscal Year 2022.  Full Story

Capstone team members Summer McGrew and Evan Harner display a 6-foot section of the tunnel they designed to replicate the experiences of flight crew members aboard a B-36 bomber.
June 16, 2023 - A team of mechanical engineering students gained real-world experience designing an exhibit that will allow visitors to the SAC Museum to simulate what it was like to fly on a B-36, one of the world's largest combat aircraft.  Full Story

Keegan Moore, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, will use high speed cameras to capture the interface contact conditions — the surfaces the bolts hold together. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
June 09, 2023 - Keegan Moore is studying how the loosening of bolts happens over time and how it might be prevented with a five-year, $727,410 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program.  Full Story

The College of Engineering's Aerospace Club includes teams competing in the NASA Robotic Mining Challenge (left) and a Rocketry team heading to the Spaceport America Cup.
May 24, 2023 - The College of Engineering’s Aerospace Club is capping off a successful spring semester with the Lunabotics team in the NASA Robotic Mining Challenge, the Rocketry team being relaunched, and the VEXU team competing at the World Championships.  Full Story

Mechanical engineering alum Mohsin Al Barwani (right) and Jae Sung Park, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, receive the International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition Young Engineers Paper Contest first-place certificate at the conference Oct. 30-Nov. 3, 2022, in Columbus, Ohio.
April 28, 2023 - Mohsin Al Barwani, a mechanical engineering alumnus, was chosen as the first-place recipient in the 2022 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE) Young Engineers Paper (YEP) Contest.  Full Story

Engineering students Zachary Wallenburg (second row, second from left) and Amber Tannehill (second row, second from right), were part of the UNL Debate Team's 2022 and 2023 national championships.
April 28, 2023 - For a second consecutive year, Nebraska Engineering students Zachary Wallenburg and Amber Tannehill were key contributors as the UNL Debate Team won a national championship.  Full Story