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College of Engineering News Archives

Midwest Roadside Safety Facility continues development of a modified guardrail system for U.S. Transportation Command through a new $800,000 contract award.
February 17, 2023 - Researchers at the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility are continuing development of a modified guardrail system to protect American facilities for U.S. Transportation Command through a new $800,000 Department of Defense contract award.  Full Story

Though not scheduled to open until early 2024, Kiewit Hall takes its place as what University of Nebraska President Ted Carter called one of City Campus' "landmarks."
February 13, 2023 - With the future sharply in focus, the College of Engineering experienced another year of growth and milestones in 2022 with construction projects that will expand educational capabilities and research gaining attention around the world and in outer space.  Full Story

Congrui Grace Jin's research team is testing combinations of fungi and bacteria to identify the best applications for creating self-healing concrete.
February 06, 2023 - Congrui Grace Jin believes the process for creating self-healing concrete on Earth could inspire a process for growing bricks that would be built into structures for humans to populate Mars and received a $175,000 grant from an innovative NASA program.  Full Story

Students begin building a "machine" during a City Campus section of the class, "Improvisation Skills for the Complete Engineer," offered during the three-week Spring Pre-Session in January 2023.
January 30, 2023 - "Improvisation Skills for the Complete Engineer," offered during the three-week Spring Pre-Session, is intended to help engineering students learn outside-the-box communication skills that can prepare them for success in their careers.  Full Story

Mark Stone has been selected as the next head of the Department of Biological Systems Engineering.
January 27, 2023 - Mark Stone has been selected as the new head of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Department of Biological Systems Engineering. Stone will begin his new role on July 1, 2023.  Full Story

Nebraska's Master of Engineering Management program in the College of Engineering is ranked in the 2023 U.S. News & World Report’s rankings of Best Online Master’s in Engineering Programs, and sixth in the same category for veterans
January 24, 2023 - The Master of Engineering Management (MEM) program in the College of Engineering is ranked ninth in the 2023 U.S. News & World Report’s rankings of Best Online Master’s in Engineering Programs, and sixth in the same category for veterans.  Full Story

Nebraska Engineering researchers Kai Peng and Wei Bao created a polariton that allows for the first time the study of quantum fluids at room temperature.
December 20, 2022 - Kai Peng and Wei Bao are lead authors of a paper published in the Nov. 30, 2022 edition of Nature Communications that shows it is possible to demonstrate the quantum mechanical effects of light on electronic materials at room temperature.  Full Story

Kazi Albab Hussain, doctoral student in civil engineering.
December 16, 2022 - Kazi Albab Hussain, a doctoral student in civil engineering, was chosen as one of the 2022-23 Buffett Early Childhood Institute Graduate Scholars and received a $25,000 award.  Full Story

Arafat Alam, doctoral student in civil engineering.
December 16, 2022 - Arafat Alam, a doctoral student majoring in civil engineering, has been chosen as one of eight recipients of the Transportation Research Board’s 2022-23 Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Graduate Research Awards.  Full Story

Theresa Luensmann and McKellan Clarke.
December 16, 2022 - To grow his professional skills and find an internship, sophomore software engineering major McKellan Clarke worked closely with Engineering Career Services, and as a result, Clarke said, expanded his job experience and knowledge in the field.  Full Story