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College of Engineering News Archives

On June 28, 2021, the College of Engineering held a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the beginning of construction on Kiewit Hall.
February 16, 2022 - The College of Engineering experienced a year of major milestones and growth in 2021, even as the college and the University of Nebraska system continued to deal with the changing demands of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Full Story

Wei Bao, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, has received a five-year, $756,713 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program to support his work to make quantum simulators function at room temperature. (Craig Chandler / University Communication)
February 16, 2022 - Wei Bao has received a five-year, $756,713 grant from the National Science Foundation's Faculty Early Career Development Program to support his work to make quantum simulators function at room temperature.  Full Story

Curtis Tomasevicz (left), associate professor of practice in biological systems engineering, was a member of the 2010 gold medal-winning U.S. four-man bobsled team.
February 15, 2022 - Curtis Tomasevicz, associate professor of practice in Biological Systems Engineering, recalls the ride in 2010 that resulted in he and his U.S. teammates taking home a bobsledding gold medal.  Full Story

Carl Nelson, professor of mechanical and materials engineering, has been named a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors. (Craig Chandler / University Communication)
February 11, 2022 - Carl Nelson, professor of mechanical and materials engineering, has been elected a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors. His work has resulted in 12 patents in surgical robotics and rehabilitation engineering.  Full Story

Polymer wrap, coating could protect bridge columns in explosive crashes
February 11, 2022 - Daniel Linzell, Jennifer Rasmussen, Chen Fang and Tewodros Yosef have developed two approaches - a fiber-reinforced polymer wrap and a coating of polyurea - as cost-effective options to strengthen columns that support highway bridges.  Full Story

Husker researchers have developed a new imaging system, HyperSeed, that uses infrared wavelengths to analyze the traits of grains produced under the stresses of heat and drought.
February 04, 2022 - The School of Computing's Hongfeng Yu and Tian Gao are part of a UNL team that developed an imaging system that could help capture the nutritional value of seeds from myriad crops by first capturing the invisible wavelengths reflecting from them.  Full Story

Jae Sung Park, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, aims to solve one of the great problems in science — discovering patterns or orders in turbulent flows and then developing methods of exploiting those orders to mitigate their impact on the world. (Craig Chandler / University Communication)
February 04, 2022 - With a five-year, $508,780 Early Career award from the National Science Foundation, Jae Sung Park aims to discover patterns or orders in turbulent flows of gases and liquids, and then developing methods of exploiting those orders to mitigate their impact  Full Story

The College of Engineering's fully online Master of Engineering Management (MEM) program remains highly ranked among the best in the nation, earning two top-20 spots in the 2022 U.S. News & World Report rankings released January 25.
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Andrew Hamann, research assistant professor of biological systems engineering.
January 28, 2022 - Andrew Hamann, research assistant professor of biological systems engineering, was selected to receive the 2022 American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy Career Development Award.  Full Story

Richard Wood and Christine Wittich spent much of June 2021 underground, using lidar scans to help conserve a 1,400-year-old Mayan temple in Honduras.
January 26, 2022 - Richard Wood and Christine Wittich spent much of June 2021 underground, using lidar scans to help conserve a 1,400-year-old Mayan temple in Honduras.  Full Story