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College of Engineering News Archives

Fadi Alsaleem, assistant professor of architectural engineering.
January 25, 2019 - Nebraska engineer Fadi Alsaleem has a patent pending for a micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) technology that will allow a soft material to perform complex computing and respond without the need of a conventional computer system.  Full Story

Don Nelson, a longtime professor of electrical engineering and a driving force in bringing the University of Nebraska into the computing age, died on Jan. 23. He was 88.
January 25, 2019 - Don Nelson, a longtime professor of electrical engineering and a driving force in bringing the University of Nebraska into the computer age, died Wednesday, Jan. 23. He was 88.  Full Story

Nebraska researchers Steven Barlow, (near left) and Greg Bashford (center) have developed a system to treat stroke victims using a functional transcranial Doppler ultrasound and somatosensory stimulation. The technology could prevent brain death.
January 23, 2019 - Greg Bashford, professor of biological systems engineering, is part of a team of Nebraska researchers who have developed new technology to improve acute ischemic stroke care. A partnership with an Omaha hospital will allow it to be utilized with patients.  Full Story

Dean Lance C. Pérez
January 18, 2019 - On this inaugural episode of the Complete Engineering Podcast, get to know Dean Lance C. Pérez and learn more about the future growth and projects going on at the University of Nebraska College of Engineering.  Full Story

Nebraska’s Christos Argyropoulos has received a three-year, $750,000 early career grant from the Office of Naval Research’s Young Investigator Program. He will use the award to advance research into using ultrafast, short-pulse lasers to modify metal surfaces. The work has potential use in national defense applications.
January 18, 2019 - An Office of Naval Research award is helping Nebraska’s Christos Argyropoulos advance laser research with an array of national defense applications. He is the first Husker researcher to receive this honor since the program's founding in 1985.  Full Story

Santosh Pitla (center) assists students with a sensor-building project. Pitla is leading a new research project that will update techniques used to test tractors.
January 18, 2019 - A four-year, $472,887 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture is helping a Nebraska research team, led by Santosh Pitla, bring tractor testing into the modern era.  Full Story

A rendering of a millimeter-scale, sugar-based stent designed by Nebraska's Ali Tamayol and his colleagues.
January 11, 2019 - Stitching together millimeter-scale arteries during surgeries is difficult for even the most skilled surgeons, but a 3D-printed stent being developed by Ali Tamoyal, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, may make the process easier.  Full Story

Bill Quatman, general counsel for Burns & McDonnell, on Feb. 18 will discuss the lessons learned from the 1981 Hyatt Regency skywalk collapse.
January 06, 2019 - Years before the Oklahoma City bombing or the 9/11 attacks, the 1981 collapse of the skywalks inside the Hyatt Regency hotel in Kansas City, Missouri was called “the most devastating structural collapse ever to take place in this country.”  Full Story

Civil engineering researchers (from left) Daniel Linzell, Richard L. Wood and Christine E. Wittich discuss what they've learned from sifting through data collected during the December 2017 demolition of Cather and Pound residence halls.
January 03, 2019 - The razing of Cather and Pound residence halls was quite a sight to see. But for Nebraska civil engineering researchers collecting data that day, it was a moment of silence during the blast sequence that may be the most resonant.  Full Story

Jerry Hudgins (left), chair of electrical and computer engineering, presents students Megan Stokey (center) and Matthew Penne with their certificates for being chosen to receive the 2018-19 IEEE Power and Energy Society Scholarship Plus Initiative awards.
December 12, 2018 - Two Nebraska electrical and computer engineering students - seniors Megan Stokey and Matthew Penne - have been chosen as IEEE Power & Energy Society Scholars for 2018-19.  Full Story