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College of Engineering News Archives

Face shields have been assembled from 3-D printed and laser-cut parts, and now, injection molding will be used to mass-produce parts for face shields. (University Communication)
April 03, 2020 - College of Engineering faculty and staff are among those working around the clock at Nebraska Innovation Studio to produce face shields for hospitals and healthcare workers across the state.  Full Story

U.S. Air Force personnel carry a dummy on a stretcher during a 2018 simulated mission in which Durham School faculty Kelli Herstein and Terry Stentz studied the performance of personnel and equipment in missions to retrieve people exposed to infectious diseases.
March 31, 2020 - Engineering faculty Terry Stentz and Kelli Herstein studied the effects on long missions on Air Force personnel to retrieve patients exposed to highly infectious diseases and identified areas of improvement for training, equipment and crew performance.  Full Story

The Nebraska Ethanol Board is working with the FDA and other federal agencies to loosen regulations to allow ethanol producers to provide a sufficient amount of alcohol to meet the world’s demand for hand sanitizer.
March 30, 2020 - The Nebraska Ethanol Board and Hunter Flodman, a board member and technical advisor, are working to lessen regulations and allow ethanol producers to provide sufficient amounts of alcohol to meet the world's demand for hand sanitizer.  Full Story

Ryan Pedrigi, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, will use a five-year, $543,000 award from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program to lay the groundwork for a targeted, noninvasive treatment for atherosclerosis. (Craig Chandler / University Communication)
March 30, 2020 - Ryan Pedrigi will use a five-year, $543,000 award from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program to lay the groundwork for a targeted, noninvasive treatment for atherosclerosis.Ryan Pedrigi will use a five-year, $543,000 a  Full Story

Justin Humphrey (left), a senior civil and environmental engineering major and a cadet in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Air Force ROTC, has been chosen to receive the SAME ROTC Award of Merit.
March 25, 2020 - Justin Humphrey, a senior civil engineering major, has been chosen to receive the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) ROTC Award of Merit as one of the top engineering students/ROTC cadets in the nation.  Full Story

Madison Miller (left), a senior in chemical and biomolecular engineering, and Agustin Olivo, a graduate student in biological systems engineering, are among the 10 University of Nebraska-Lincoln students chosen to receive the 2020 Student Luminary Awards.
March 17, 2020 - Madison Miller, a senior in chemical and biomolecular engineering, and Agustin Olivo, a graduate student in biological systems engineering, are among the 10 University of Nebraska-Lincoln students chosen to receive the 2020 Student Luminary Awards.  Full Story

Christine Wittich (left) was chosen to receive the Harold & Esther Edgerton Junior Faculty Award, and Hunter Flodman (center) and Jiong Hu were chosen to receive the College Distinguished Teaching Award.
March 09, 2020 - Two College of Engineering faculty will receive presigious honors from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Christine Wittich, the Harold & Esther Edgerton Junior Faculty Award; and Hunter Flodman, the College Distinguished Teaching Award.  Full Story

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March 09, 2020 - At the annual Parents Recognition Awards Reception on March 6, 28 faculty and staff from the College of Engineering received a Certificate of Recognition for Contribution to Students from the UNL Parents Association.  Full Story

Vitaly Alexandrov, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Nebraska, has received a $520,244 Early Career Development Program award from the National Science Foundation to advance basic understanding of how nanocrystals dissolve in aqueous environments. (University Communication photo)
March 02, 2020 - Vitaly Alexandrov has received a NSF Early Career Development Program award to advance understanding of how nanocrystals dissolve in aqueous environments. This could help to make nanomaterials with better stability and more controllable chemical activity.  Full Story

Students play a maze game by piloting a CEENBot robot through the course at the Nebraska Robotics Expo.
February 19, 2020 - This year's Nebraska Robotics Expo will see an increase of 200 participants from last year, bringing more than 1,000 K-12 students to the event on Saturday, Feb. 22.  Full Story