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Ahmad Almaghrebi, a doctoral student in architectural engineering, is incorporating data science into his career plans, including work this past summer as a data scientist intern for Valmont Industries.
September 30, 2021 - To address a need for more refined data analysis in his research, architectural engineering doctoral student Ahmad Almagrhrebi has found a passion for data science that he's incorporating into his academic and career paths.  Full Story

Jongwan Eun and a team of Nebraska researchers are testing a new landfill ground covering system shown to improve landfill gas emissions.
September 28, 2021 - researchers are testing a new landfill ground covering system shown to improve landfill gas emissions.  Full Story

Dennis Hensen, director of Biological Process Development Facility.
September 23, 2021 - Dennis Hensen has been named director of the Biological Process Development Facility in the College of Engineering, beginning September 2021. He also serves as the project management lead for the facility.  Full Story

Funded by a three-year NSF grant, engineering faculty Grace Panther and Heidi Diefes-Dux are studying the extent that engineering instructors have retained and extended teaching practices and strategies adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Justin Wan / Lincoln Journal Star)
September 13, 2021 - Funded by a three-year NSF grant, engineering faculty Grace Panther and Heidi Diefes-Dux are studying the extent to which engineering instructors have retained and extended teaching practices and strategies adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Full Story

NGTC student fellows attend their first meeting of the academic year on Sept. 2 at the College of Law.
September 13, 2021 - Three College of Engineering graduate students - Bogac Canbaz, Mitchell Clark and Garrett Wirka - are among the University students chosen to the second class of Nebraska Governance and Technology Center student fellows.  Full Story

Rick Stowell, professor of Biological Systems Engineering.
September 13, 2021 - Rick Stowell, professor of Biological Systems Engineering, received the G.B. Gunlogson Countryside Engineering Award from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers at the 2021 Annual International Meeting, held virtually in July.  Full Story

Daran Rudnick, associate professor of Biological Systems Engineering.
September 13, 2021 - Daran Rudnick, associate professor of Biological Systems Engineering, received the Larry W. Turner Young Extension Professional Award from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE).  Full Story

Christine Wittich compares a damaged anchor from the field with three-dimensional point cloud data of the structure. Wittich is an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering. (University Communication photo)
September 13, 2021 - Twenty years ago, the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Center helped to inspire Civil and Environmental Engineering assistant professor Christine Wittich, then in eighth grade, in making a decision on her career path.  Full Story

A graduate student collects a wastewater sample from a sewer connected to Harper Residence Hall. (Craig Chandler / University Communication)
September 07, 2021 - Xu Li, professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and a team of researchers are exploring the feasibility of tracking coronavirus trends and identifying hotspots at the scale of ZIP codes.  Full Story

Five members of the College of Engineering community - including (from left) Peter Hilsabeck, Hunter Flodman and Heather Newell - were among the 11 from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln who were honored by the state on Aug. 30 for their roles in a collaboration that produced hand sanitizer for the state. Not pictured are Leonard Akert and Terry Howell Jr.
September 07, 2021 - Five people from the College of Engineering were among 11 who were given the State of Nebraska's highest honor for their roles in a collaboration to produce hand sanitizer during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Full Story