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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

Three UNL Architectural Engineering faculty – (from left) professors Clarence Waters and Lily Wang and assistant professor Josephine Lau – are teaming with Jim Bovaird (right), associate professor of educational psychology, on a four-year EPA grant to study indoor environmental factors and their effects on the scholastic achievement of students from kindergarten through 12th grade. (Photo by Greg Nathan, University Communications)
January 15, 2015 - Three faculty from The Durham School are part of a multidisciplinary UNL team that has secured nearly $1 million from the EPA for a four-year study of the effect of indoor environmental factors on students from kindergarten through 12th grade.  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

The Peter Kiewit Institute in Omaha will host the second annual Project Lead The Way (PLTW) Partners in Engineering pathway event on January 10.
December 18, 2014 - <span>The UNL College of Engineering is partnering with the Omaha Public Schools to host the second annual Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Partners in Engineering Pathway event on January 10 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Peter Kiewit Institute in Omaha.</span>  Full Story

John Woollam
December 16, 2014 - John Woollam, George Holmes Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering at UNL, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.  Full Story

Peter Kiewit Institute
December 12, 2014 - With the U.S. economy expected to have 1.5 million engineering and computer science job openings by 2020, the Peter Kiewit Institute is a key part of Chancellor Harvey Perlman's 2015-17 biennial budget request.  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

Students in Mark Riley's introductory biological systems and agricultural engineering class will build and demonstrate edible cars.
December 09, 2014 - Teams of freshman builders will demonstrate their edible car designs Wednesday on East Campus in the annual "Incredible, Edible Vehicle Competition" as part of Mark Riley's introductory biological systems and agricultural engineering class.  Full Story