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Santosh Pitla (center) has been chosen to receive the 2021 A.W. Farrall Young Educator Award from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.
August 27, 2021 - Santosh Pitla, associate professor of Biological Systems Engineering, has been chosen to receive the 2021 A.W. Farrall Young Educator Award from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.  Full Story

Jenna Huttenmaier (third from left) won the vaccine registry giveaway grand prize, a trip for two with Chancellor Ronnie Green (left) to a 2022 Husker football game in Ireland. (University Communication)
August 27, 2021 - Nine members of the Nebraska Engineering commuinity have been named winners of prizes in the first three weeks of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's voluntary COVID-19 Vaccine Registry.  Full Story

Lily Wang, the director of The Durham School and professor of architectural engineering.
August 27, 2021 - Lily Wang, the former associate dean for faculty and inclusion in the College of Engineering and a nationally recognized leader in acoustics research, is forging ahead in another new role as director of The Durham School of Architectural Engineering and C  Full Story

Carson Emeigh, a senior in mechanical and materials engineering, is introduced by Garth Brooks to the crowd of 90,000 fans in Memorial Stadium for the Aug. 14 concert. (Photo courtesy Carson Emeigh)
August 18, 2021 - Mechanical engineering student Carson Emeigh asked Garth Brooks for some career advice and wound up with an invitation to join the country superstar’s crew to work at the Aug. 14 concert at Memorial Stadium.  Full Story

Daniel Linzell, associate dean for graduate and international programs and Leslie D. Martin Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
August 16, 2021 - Daniel Linzell, associate dean for graduate and international programs and professor of civil and environmental engineering, will deliver the commencement address at the university's Aug. 13 ceremony for graduate and professional degree earners.  Full Story

Marilyn Wolf, founding director of the School of Computing and Elmer E. Koch Professor of Engineering
August 10, 2021 - Marilyn Wolf, founding director of the School of Computing, has been chosen to receive the 2022 IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award for inspirational teaching of graduate students in the IEEE fields of interest.  Full Story

The team of Husker researchers and engineers working on the asphalt project includes (from left) Nitish Bastola, Khalid Al Washahi, Mahdieh Khedmati and Hamzeh Haghshenas Fatmehsari.
July 30, 2021 - Civil and environmental engineering researchers are developing a recycled asphalt using corn and soybean oil. This recycled paving material, Hamzeh Haghshenas Fatmehsari said, would be greener, save money and create new markets for Nebraska crops.  Full Story

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Dr. Carol Swarts (left) chats with Angela Pannier during the July 13 ceremony recognizing Pannier as the inaugural Swarts Family Chair in Biological Systems Engineering.
July 20, 2021 - A friendship sparked by a scholarship has led to Nebraska Engineering’s Angela Pannier being named the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s inaugural Swarts Family Chair in Biological Systems Engineering.  Full Story

Marilyn Wolf, department chair and Elmer E. Koch professor of computer science and engineering.
July 19, 2021 - Marilyn Wolf, department chair of computer science and engineering, has been named General Chair of the International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks.  Full Story