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Jung Yul Lim, an assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, has received a five-year, $430,554 Faculty Early Career Development Program Award from the National Science Foundation for his research.
May 13, 2014 - <span>A type of stem cell that morphs into fat cells may hold secrets to reducing obesity, a major public health problem. A UNL engineer's research to understand that process may one day lead to therapies to control obesity.</span>  Full Story

Shane Farritor, professor of mechanical and materials engineering and faculty adviser for the UNL Maker Club, spoke about the importance of hands-on learning and the value of creativity at the group's first meeting on Feb. 5.
April 30, 2014 - <span>More than 200 students, staff, faculty and community members met up for the first meeting of the UNL Maker Club, a new student organization on campus that promotes student-initiated projects that fuse engineering, art, design and technology.</span>  Full Story

Carl Nelson displays a walker device that finished among the top devices entered in the 2014 Design of Medical Devices Conference "Three-in-Five" competition.
April 29, 2014 - <span>An engineering concept designed at UNL was ranked among the top three finishers at the annual Design of Medical Devices Conference "Three in Five" competition.</span>  Full Story

A research project between Angela Pannier and Andrew Dudley is one of three UNL/UNMC collaborations funded through the Bioengineering for Human Health Grants Initiative. Funds for the program are provided by vice chancellors for research on both campuses.
April 28, 2014 - <span>University of Nebraska engineers and doctors are teaming up across campus lines to advance bioengineering research.</span>  Full Story

NASA Johnson Space Center | Courtesy photo UNL alumnus Dana Valish serves as a test subject in NASA's Z-1 spacesuit testing at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. He is part of a team developing the Z-2, NASA's newest prototype spacesuit.
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Baling corn residue at a University of Nebraska-Lincoln field experiment site in Saunders County, Neb.
April 21, 2014 - <span>Using corn crop residue to make ethanol and other biofuels reduces soil carbon and can generate more greenhouse gases than gasoline, according to a study published today in the journal Nature Climate Change.</span>  Full Story

Associate Professor Ayse Kilic studies water resource mapping | photo by Mekita Rivas, UNL School of Natural Resources
April 01, 2014 - <i>Kilic’s expertise augments water conservation information for public use</i>  Full Story

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March 28, 2014 - <span>A group of UNL College of Engineering students traveled to Kansas City for spring break in March and connected with Nebraska alumni for future careers.</span>  Full Story

Craig Chandler | University Communications Biological Systems Engineering Prof. Curt Weller and Steve Weier, FPC Pilot Plant manager, look over equipment.
March 20, 2014 - A new partnership involving UNL’s College of Engineering and the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources as well as Central Community College in Grand Island will help small- and medium-sized manufacturers fuel Nebraska’s economy.  Full Story

Crowds fill the Strategic Air and Space Museum for Nebraska's Robotics Expo
March 12, 2014 - <span>On a cold Saturday in February, heated competition filled Ashland’s Strategic Air &amp; Space Museum as SASM hosted the Fifth Annual Nebraska Robotics Expo.</span>  Full Story