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College of Engineering News Archives

Mike Loehring, senior associate to the dean, died on Oct. 13 after a long battle with cancer. He was 37.
October 16, 2018 - Mike Loehring, who in the past five years served in multiple leadership roles in the College of Engineering, died on Oct. 13 after a long battle with cancer. He was 37.  Full Story

Kieren Smith, a graduate student in architectural engineering, has received the Leo and Gabriella Beranek Scholarship from the Acoustical Society of America.
October 05, 2018 - Kieren Smith, a graduate student in architectural engineering, has received the Leo and Gabriella Beranek Scholarship in Architectural Acoustics and Noise Control from the Acoustical Society of America (ASA).  Full Story

Jian Wang, professor of mechanical and materials engineering.
September 26, 2018 - Jian Wang, professor of mechanical and materials engineering, recently received a three-year, $799,270 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.  Full Story

Jeffrey Shield, department chair and Robert W. Brightfelt professor of mechanical and materials engineering.
September 26, 2018 - Nebraska's MRSEC and Tuskegee University are partners in an NSF diversity-focused materials research grant that will also increase academic opportunities to underrepresented groups of students.  Full Story

Including Nebraska Engineering faculty Daniel Linzell and Chungwook Sim, researchers working on the SMARTI project discuss the management and monitoring of rural bridge health on an edition of NET Nebraska's "Consider This."
September 24, 2018 - On NET's "Consider This," Nebraska civil engineering faculty Daniel Linzell and Chungwook Sim are part of the panel discussing a new initiative that focuses on the management and monitoring of rural bridge health.  Full Story

Ece Erdogmus, professor of architectural engineering and associate director of architectural engineering in The Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction; and Hossein Noureddini, professor and chair of chemical and biomolecular engineering.
September 21, 2018 - College of Engineering faculty Ece Erdogmus and Hossein Noureddini are among 10 from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln chosen by the Executive Vice Chancellor’s Office to attend Big Ten Academic Alliance leadership programs this year.  Full Story

Michael Sealy, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, and his team are using the Optomec LENS 3D hybrid printer in the NEAT Labs to develop a process for manufacturing customized, dissolvable magnesium surgical implants.
September 12, 2018 - Using a controlled-atmosphere system in a 3D hybrid printer, Michael Sealy and his team of Nebraska engineers are developing a process for manufacturing customized, dissolvable metal implants that can reduce risks and costs for surgical patients.  Full Story

Yi Qian, professor of electrical and computer engineering, is the new editor-in-chief of IEEE Wireless Communications magazine.
September 12, 2018 - Yi Qian, professor of electrical and computer engineering, was chosen recently to be the editor-in-chief of one of the top journals in the field of wireless communications, telecommunications and computer networks – IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine.  Full Story

Growing human embryonic stem cells in hydrogel tubes protects them from moving media and promotes health and higher yields.
September 10, 2018 - Researchers know that growing stem cells takes a long time and creates expensive treatments. Nebraska Engineering's Yuguo Lei advises providing a cell culture setting that mimics the natural stem-cell niche as closely as possible to minimize cell stress.  Full Story

University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering is 80th in the U.S. News list of top U.S. undergraduate engineering programs.
September 10, 2018 - The University of Nebraska-Lincoln programs No. 61 ranking in the latest U.S. News college rankings is in part fueled by the College of Engineering's rise to No. 80 among U.S. undergraduate engineering programs.  Full Story