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College of Engineering News Archives

Kiley Pham, a senior civil engineering major. (University Communication and Marketing photo)
June 05, 2024 - To celebrate Pride Month, University Communication and Marketing talks to Kiley Pham, a senior civil engineering major, who is growing her skills through campus involvement, internships, mentoring others and making campus a more welcoming place.  Full Story

Three Nebraska Engineering students and a physics student from Nebraska Wesleyan University will gain unique experience for nine weeks this summer, staying at Kobe University, then transitioning to Toyohashi University of Technology, where they will work for eight weeks on a research project. (Google Maps)
May 29, 2024 - With support from a National Science Foundation IRES grant, Three Nebraska Engineering students and a physics student from Nebraska Wesleyan University will gain unique experience for nine weeks this summer, doing research at a university in Japan.  Full Story

Carrick Detweiler, Susan J. Rosowski Professor in the School of Computing, has been chosen to receive the 2024 NU President's Excellence Award. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
May 28, 2024 - Innovative research has earned Carrick Detweiler, Susan J. Rosowski Professor in the School of Computing, the President's Excellence Award, the University of Nebraska system's most prestigious faculty honor.  Full Story

Researchers fabricated an optical element that uses a forest of tiny, antenna-like nanorods, seen here, that together create a metamaterial able to control the spin of light. The metamaterial nanorods appear to be shaped like the letter “L” when seen at the nanoscale.
May 23, 2024 - Using metamaterials, researchers from Nebraska Engineering and Penn State created an ultra thin optical element that can control the direction of polarized electromagnetic light waves and identify the chirality of molecules.  Full Story

Twenty-three students from the College of Engineering are among the 197 graduating seniors in the Spring 2024 semester who have completed the requirements of the University Honors Program at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
May 15, 2024 - Twenty-three students from the College of Engineering are among the 197 graduating seniors in the Spring 2024 semester who have completed the requirements of the University Honors Program at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.  Full Story

Thirteen Nebraska Engineering graduates will be among the 81 University of Nebraska-Lincoln students recognized as Chancellor's Scholars at the May 18 undergraduate commencement ceremony at Memorial Stadium.
May 13, 2024 - Thirteen College of Engineering students will be among the 81 University of Nebraska–Lincoln students who will recognized as Chancellor’s Scholars during the May 18 undergraduate commencement ceremony at Memorial Stadium.  Full Story

The College of Engineering Senior Design Showcase is May 3 from 1-3:30 p.m. in Kiewit Hall.
May 01, 2024 - Senior design capstone teams will display innovative projects that tackle real-world professional challenges during the 2024 Senior Design Showcase – Nebraska’s premier undergraduate engineering student design event – Friday, May 3.  Full Story

Nirupam Aich, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering
April 26, 2024 - A research team headed by Nebraska Engineering’s Nirupam Aich has found a way to use nanomaterials to not only remove harmful "forever" chemicals targeted by new EPA regulations from water but also to effectively degrade or destroy them.  Full Story

Eric Markvicka (left), assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, holds a tray of liquid metal samples while graduate student Ethan Krings works on a sample at right. Markvicka has earned a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation to advance his work with room-temperature, non-toxic liquid metals. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
April 22, 2024 - Eric Markvicka received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program grant to support research to produce materials that could propel the fields of soft robotics, stretchable electronics and beyond.  Full Story

Tyler Wortman, Nebraska mechanical engineering alumnus, is designing and building pharmacy fulfillment centers for Amazon.
April 22, 2024 - Tyler Wortman, former Nebraska football player, earned two mechanical engineering degrees at UNL. Now, he's building and designing pharmacy fulfillment centers for Amazon.  Full Story