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Jami Turnquist (left) and Jessica Harms, both students in chemical and biomolecular engineering, are the first two Nebraska Engineering students to complete the Grand Challenge Scholars Program.
May 07, 2020 - Jami Turnquist and Jessica Harms are the first two Nebraska Engineering students to complete the Grand Challenge Scholars Program (GCSP), and both look forward to tackling some of the world's big issues.  Full Story

Members of the first software engineering cohort are preparing to graduate.
May 06, 2020 - The University’s inaugural cohort of software engineering students will graduate from that program this weekend. Director of Software Engineering Suzette Person says the major has developed into what faculty envisioned thanks to this first cohort.  Full Story

Rajib Saha, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Nebraska, has received a $747,855 National Science Foundation CAREER award to study how an unusually versatile bacterium can be harnessed to more efficiently break down plant waste.
May 04, 2020 - Rajib Saha, assistant professor of chemical & biomolecular engineering at Nebraska, has received a $747,855 National Science Foundation CAREER award to study how an unusually versatile bacterium can be harnessed to more efficiently break down plant waste.  Full Story

A team of Nebraska architectural engineering students earned the national championship at the AEI International Student Design Competition on April 22.
May 01, 2020 - A team of Nebraska architectural engineering students became national champions, taking first-place honors at the American Society of Civil Engineers' Architectural Engineering Institute International Student Design Competition.  Full Story

ssociate professor of mechanical and materials engineering at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, and Keely Buesing, a trauma critical care surgeon at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, have developed a strategy for stacking two patients on the same ventilator. (Craig Chandler / University Communication)
April 17, 2020 - Benjamin Terry, professor of mechanical and materials engineering, is part of a team that has developed a strategy for stacking two patients on the same ventilator, addressing an equipment need during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Full Story

A scanning electron microscope image of a cocrystal (Py-POR-COF). A team including Nebraska Engineering's Siamak Nejati is exploring how these materials can be used to synthesize these organic solids for new applications. (Elham Tavakoli photo)
April 15, 2020 - Nebraska engineers are part of a team that has discovered a way to synthesize a special type of organic solids that are lightweight, intrinsically porous and can be assembled like LEGO bricks to form larger structures.  Full Story

The Nebraska student chapter was chosen the 2019 Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA) Student Chapter of the Year.
April 13, 2020 - The University of Nebraska-Lincoln student chapter has been awarded the Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA) 2019 Student Chapter of the Year.  Full Story

Liam Kruse (left) and Mary Radke (center), seniors in mechanical engineering, and Jordan Rosenbohm, a master's student in mechanical engineering and applied mechanics, were chosen to receive National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships.
April 09, 2020 - Three students in mechanical and materials engineering are among six from UNL awarded graduate fellowships from the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), one of the most prestigious graduate fellowships in the U.S.  Full Story

Nuwan Wijewardane, postdoctoral researcher in biological systems engineering, prepares to hydraulically plunge a penetrometer prototype into soil. (Greg Nathan / University Communication)
April 08, 2020 - By characterizing subsoil in the field, Biological Systems Engineering researchers Yufeng Ge and Nuwan Wijewardane believe the prototype penetrometer could emerge as a time- and cost-saving tool that informs precise irrigation and fertilizer application.  Full Story

Hunter Flodman, assistant professor of practice in chemical and biomolecular engineering, is a leader in a partnership between the University, the State of Nebraska and the ethanol industry, to manufacture hand sanitizer for healthcare workers during the COVID-19 crisis. (Nebraska Ethanol Board photo)
April 07, 2020 - Two members of the Nebraska Ethanol Board looking to make a difference during the COVID-19 crisis has created a statewide partnership, which includes the College of Engineering, to make hand sanitizer for frontline workers.  Full Story