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2016 Senior Design Students pose around the 50 yard line "N" at Memorial Stadium.
April 17, 2017 - The premier undergraduate engineering student design event in Nebraska will be from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. April 21 in Memorial Stadium's East Stadium Club Level.  Full Story

Sidy Ndao, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, and graduate student Mahmoud Elzouka have created a thermal diode that will allow computers to use heat as an energy source to allow their operation in ultra-high temperatures.
April 14, 2017 - Instead of combatting the heat that is detrimental to computers, two University of Nebraska-Lincoln engineers have embraced it as an alternative energy source that would allow computing at ultra-high temperatures.  Full Story

Microparticles made from zein, a corn-based protein, at multiple levels of magnification. The microparticles house nanoparticles that collectively protect DNA against the rigors of the stomach and intestine, an important step toward delivering vaccines and gene therapies in pill form.
April 11, 2017 - A microscopic corn-and-shrimp cocktail could make DNA-based vaccinations and cancer-treating gene therapies an easier pill to swallow, according to research from a team that includes Angela Pannier, associate professor of biological systems engineering.  Full Story

Danny Fell (right) accepted two awards at the UNL Student Involvement Student Impact Awards banquet on Thursday, April 6 at the Nebraska Union. Fell was honored as the Outstanding Student Organization Member for his work with Engineering Student Advisory Board (eSAB) and also accepted the award for Program of the Year, given to eSAB for E-Week.
April 10, 2017 - The College of Engineering was honored with five of the 13 awards - including program of the year for E-Week - at the UNL Student Involvement Student Impact Awards, which were given out at the Nebraska Union on Thursday, April 6.  Full Story

Through the use of a 3-D camera, a team of computer engineering and computer science students is developing an application that will allow farm workers to monitor the health of individual pigs.
April 10, 2017 - A senior design capstone team of Nebraska computer engineering and computer science students is using 3D camera technology to allow farmers and producers to monitor the health of pigs in livestock pens and intervene before a problem becomes too advanced.  Full Story

Hannah Jones (left) and Zainab Alsughayer work on the rear axle of an electric toy car that their team is working on as part of both their senior design capstone project and the Go Baby Go project.
April 10, 2017 - A team of biological systems engineering students, as part of their senior design capstone project, is updating the renovation of electric toy cars that give mobility challenged toddlers more autonomy over their movements.  Full Story

Yongfeng Lu, professor of electrical and computer engineering, received the University of Nebraska's 2017 Outstanding Research and Creative Activity (ORCA) Award.
April 07, 2017 - Yongfeng Lu, professor of electrical and computer engineering, received the University of Nebraska's ORCA Award for outstanding research or creative activity of national or international significance.  Full Story

Julian Davis, a chemical and biomolecular engineering major, holds the first-place trophy after a team of Nebraska Engineering students won the Chem-E-Car competition at the AIChE Mid-America Student Regional Conference.
April 03, 2017 - A team of Nebraska Engineering students took first place and a $200 prize in the annual Chem-E-Car competition at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Mid-America Student Regional Conference.  Full Story

Wei Niu, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, and a team of Nebraska researchers have developed a new approach that could improve the effectiveness of an HIV vaccine. (Photo by Troy Fedderson / University Communication)
March 29, 2017 - By engineering an on/off switch into a weakened form of HIV, a team of Nebraska researchers have enhanced the safety and effectiveness of a potential vaccine for the virus that has killed approximately 35 million people over the last third of a century.  Full Story

Student teams give their five-minute presentations during the Think Big: Team Competition on March 22 at the Complete Engineer Conference at Union Pacific in Omaha.
March 24, 2017 - Focusing on enhancing essential non-technical skills, the 51 students who attended the four-day 2017 Complete Engineer Conference said they are more prepared for the challenges that face the world.  Full Story