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College of Engineering News Archives

Forty first-year students have been selected to the Peter Kiewit Foundation Engineering Academy 2023-24 cohort.
September 15, 2023 - Forty first-year students in the College of Engineering – including 11 who will be based on Scott Campus in Omaha – have been chosen to the 2023-24 cohort of the Peter Kiewit Foundation Engineering Academy.  Full Story

Simon Thengvall, a senior in mechanical engineering, plays trumpet in the Cornhusker Marching Band.
September 15, 2023 - Simon Thengvall, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering, finds the experiences he's had as a student and as a trumpet player in the Cornhusker Marching Band prepare him for his future.  Full Story

Shudipto Dishari, Ross McCollum associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
September 14, 2023 - Shudipto Dishari and her research team are converting plant wastes into antimicrobial agents that could help prevent pathogenic infections and death while significantly lowering the cost of antimicrobial treatments and being a boon to the bioeconomy.  Full Story

Witawas (Witty) Srisa-an, director of the School of Computing.
September 13, 2023 - Witawas (Witty) Srisa-an, professor in the School of Computing, has been appointed as director of the school.  Full Story

Massimiliano Pierobon, associate professor in the School of Computing.
September 11, 2023 - Massimiliano Pierobon is one of the research leads on a team awarded a $24.5 million contract to develop a first-of-its-kind prophylactic to help protect U.S. troops from the effects of acute radiation syndrome.  Full Story

Aemal Khattak, director of the Mid-America Transportation Center (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
September 07, 2023 - The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Mid-America Transportation Center has won a five-year, $15 million grant to remain the transportation research and workforce development hub for the U.S. Department of Transportation Region 7.  Full Story

Shudipto Dishari, the Ross McCollum Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, was recognized by as one of the PMSE 2023 Early Stage Investigator Award recipients at the Fall Meeting in August.
September 05, 2023 - Shudipto Dishari was honored by the American Chemical Society (ACS) and its Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) division as one of the recipients of its 2023 Early Stage Investigator Award.  Full Story

The Nebraska Industrial Assessment Center (NIAC) faculty directors (from left) Bruce Dvorak, Robert Williams and Karen Selling and technical advisor Sam Ghormley - hold the plaque designating the NIAC as the U.S. Department of Energy's 2023 IAC of the year.
September 05, 2023 - The Nebraska Industrial Assessment Center, which since 2017 has helped 80 manufacturers save more than $8.7 million on energy costs, is the US Department of Energy's 2023 IAC of the Year.  Full Story

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln team working on the MICRA project includes (from left) Saleh Taghvaeian, biological systems engineering; Daniel Schachtman, agronomy and horticulture; Taro Mieno, agricultural economics; and Seunghee Kim, civil engineering.
September 05, 2023 - Seunghee Kim and Saleh Taghvaeian are on a team that is focusing on water stress in the High Plains that is threatening agriculture and rural communities to find ways to improve soil moisture preservation and help rural areas be more climate resilient.  Full Story

Eight new faculty joined the College of Engineering in the fall semester 2023 - (clockwise from top left) Nirupam Aich, Jeffrey Falkinburg, Bhuvaneswari Gopal, Abia Katimbo, Craig Zuhlke, Seth Polsley, Andre Messner and Neal Lewis.
September 01, 2023 - The College of Engineering has added eight faculty for the 2023-24 academic year, increasing total faculty hires to 75 over the past seven years.  Full Story