College of Engineering News Archives
February 17, 2015 - Throwing old TVs or phones into the trash one day may not hurt the environment. Jinsong Huang, an assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, leads a team developing organic transparent transistors that are environmentally friendly.
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February 17, 2015 - A team that includes UNL engineering faculty and researchers has found that narrow grass hedges on agricultural plots can limit animal waste – and with it antibiotics and antibiotic-resistant bacteria – into nearby streams.
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February 12, 2015 - Durham associate professors Zhigang Shen and Wayne Jensen head a team of researchers who have developed a data management tool that could help U.S. officials monitor deteriorating bridges and prioritize their repair schedules.
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February 06, 2015 - <span>The Weather Channel has released a video highlighting how a hot-water drill and an underwater robotic vehicle designed, built and operated by a UNL engineering team, have helped in making discoveries about Antarctica’s geology and biology.</span>
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February 06, 2015 - Shane Farritor, professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, and his team have received a $2.8 million extension of their U.S. Army grant to fund research into developing devices for robotic telesurgery.
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January 30, 2015 - Jinsong Huang, associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering, and colleagues have discovered that the potential energy efficiency in a promising solar cell material is more promising than previously demonstrated.
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January 28, 2015 - With a new $1.5 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy, UNL electrical engineers are developing a health monitoring system that applies the same principle toward diagnosing and prognosticating damage in wind turbines.
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January 23, 2015 - Two graduate students from the College of Engineering - Yuchuan Shao and Phillipp Kuehne - were among those honored on Jan. 15 at the Graduate Awards Reception at the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center.
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January 23, 2015 - A team of UNL researchers led by Jinsong Huang, associate professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, had a paper published in the December 2014 edition of the prestigious journal Nature Materials.
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January 21, 2015 - Using a hot-water drill and an underwater robotic vehicle designed, built and operated by a team of UNL engineers, scientists have made discoveries about Antarctica's geology and biology.
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