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University of Nebraska Mechanical Engineering Professor Benjamin Terry holding an swallowable sensor
May 10, 2017 - In the near future, you may monitor your health and diagnose illness – all by swallowing a biosensor. Ben Terry, professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, describes this technology, which may sound like science fiction to many.  Full Story

Alexandra Dominguez (right) and her husband, Dave, stand in front of a booster rocket at the Orbital ATK test facility in Promontory, Utah.
May 04, 2017 - Propelled by her electrical engineering education and experiences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln alumna Alexandra (Toftul) Dominguez is part of a NASA team developing the most powerful rocket ever built to replace the space shuttle.  Full Story

Christos Argyropoulos, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering.
April 27, 2017 - Working this summer at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and being chosen to receive USRI’s Young Scientist Award have created a “rare opportunity” for Christos Argyropoulos, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering.  Full Story

With Devron Crawford (left) at the keyboard, construction management capstone team members Alix Meisinger, Kelton Terry and Kyle Hohenstein go over their team's project schedule.
April 27, 2017 - Condensing the senior design capstone experience into a single semester helps construction management students learn to be "productive on Day One for the employer."  Full Story

The People's Choice Awards at the April 21 Senior Design Showcase went to UkeBox (top photo) -- Zachary Kentner, Terrill Murray, Brad Naughton, Andrew Tompkins and Drew Wiseman -- and Go Baby Go! (bottom photo) -- Zainab Alsughayer, Emmie Johnson, Hannah Jones, Ravi Raghani and Jordan Verplank.
April 25, 2017 - As the 2016-17 academic year winds down, the College of Engineering took time on Friday, April 21 to put its senior design capstone student projects in the spotlight at various events, including the College's Senior Design Showcase at Memorial Stadium.  Full Story

A computer rendering of the Pivot Panel, a device designed by biological systems engineering students that would help VA patients off an X-ray table.
April 20, 2017 - Helping a Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital in Omaha find a better way to assist patients off of an X-ray table was a challenge for a team of biological systems engineering students that also taught a valuable lesson about the engineering process.  Full Story

Dr. Peter Pellegrino (front), a cardiovascular researcher and medical resident at University of Nebraska Medical Center, is working with a team of electrical and computer engineering students -- (back from left) Patrick Davlin, Nick Masur, Mai Zakaria Ahmad Morgan and Michael Lehman -- on developing a non-invasive device that would allow for the study of the sympathetic nervous system.
April 20, 2017 - Using an input from a Doppler ultrasound machine, a team of University of Nebraska-Lincoln electrical and computer engineering students is designing a device that could help doctors detect cardiovascular problems in patients.  Full Story

The logo for the Nebraska Biogas Upgrading Refinery, which chemical and biomolecular engineering students propose to help NPPD find a renewable source of fuel to create electricity.
April 19, 2017 - As part of a senior design capstone project, a team of chemical and biomolecular engineering is working with NPPD to find ways to turn a plentiful supply of cow manure into usable biogas that could also be used to power an electrical plant.  Full Story

Hossein Dehghani, a doctoral candidate in mechanical and materials engineering, holds a prototype of his alternative to the traditional colonoscope that physicians use when searching for pre-cancerous or cancerous polyps in the large intestine.
April 19, 2017 - Hossein Dehghani, doctoral candidate in mechanical and materials engineering, has designed a robotic alternative to the traditional colonoscope that could make the procedure a painless and less costly procedure.  Full Story

This device, designed by a team of biological systems engineering senior capstone students, would help John Deere solve the problem of air bubbles in the hydraulic system of a tractor causing damage to an oil filter. Inside the aluminum box is a 3-D printed, corkscrew-like device - 4 inches in diameter and about 9 inches long - that uses centrifugal force to separates hydraulic oil from the air bubbles.
April 17, 2017 - A team of biological systems engineering students is taking inspiration from race-car engines and using 3-D printing technology to help John Deere prevent air bubbles from damaging an oil filter in of one of its tractors.  Full Story