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College of Engineering News Archives

Kazi Albab Hussain (left) holds his son while removing a plastic container of water from a microwave. Hussain and Nebraska Engineering colleagues have found that microwaving such containers can release up to billions of nanoscopic particles and millions of microscopic ones. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
August 29, 2023 - Four high-impact research projects from the College of Engineering, including one that aims to make food plastics safer for consumers, have been funded through the second Grand Challenges Catalyst Competition.  Full Story

In August 2023, four College of Engineering faculty - (from left) Justin Bradley, Shudipto Dishari, George Gogos and Rajib Saha - were awarded named professorships.
August 28, 2023 - In August 2023, four College of Engineering faculty - Justin Bradley, Shudipto Dishari, George Gogos and Rajib Saha - were awarded named professorships.  Full Story

Vinodchandran Variyam, professor in the School of Computing.
August 26, 2023 - Vinodchandran Variyam, professor in the School of Computing, and a group of colleagues turned an idea sparked during a 2019 dinner conversation into an algorithm that could potentially change mass data analysis by addressing a longstanding challenge.  Full Story

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

Ayden Uerling (left) and Daniel Noon.
August 10, 2023 - Two Nebraska Engineering graduating students - Ayden Uerling and Daniel Noon - will be recognized at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s combined graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremony Aug. 12 at Pinnacle Bank Arena.  Full Story

Maryam Sule, a chemical engineering student from Bellevue, Nebraska.
August 08, 2023 - Maryam Sule, a chemical engineering student and a Peter Kiewit Foundation Engineering Academy scholar, discusses working in the Rural Fellows program this summer on projects at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture.  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

Matthew Bigge (left) and fellow SUITS team members Peyton Comer, Joseph Seibel, and Charlie McIver during Testing Week at the NASA Johnson Space Center. Courtesy of NASA.
August 03, 2023 - School of Computing graduate Matthew Bigge missed UNL's commencement ceremony in May, but for a good reason: He was spending a week at NASA's Johnson Space Center with the Nebraska SUITS team competing in NASA's SUITS Artemis Challenge.  Full Story

Kazi Albab Hussain (left) holds his son while removing a plastic container of water from a microwave. Hussain and Nebraska Engineering colleagues have found that microwaving such containers can release up to billions of nanoscopic particles and millions of microscopic ones. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
July 21, 2023 - A new Nebraska Engineering research study shows microwaving plastic baby food containers can release huge numbers of plastic particles.  Full Story