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Scott Schenkelberg, a senior mechanical engineering major, is among the 20 UNL students chosen as Homecoming royalty finalists.
September 21, 2016 - Scott Schenkelberg, a senior mechanical engineering major, is a finalist for UNL Homecoming royalty. The king and queen, elected by a student-body vote, will be crowned Oct. 1 at halftime of the Illinois football game.  Full Story

Firdavskhon Nasimov places an experiment into the payload area of a suborbital sounding rocket that was launched from the Wallops Flight Facility in August. Nasimov also is part of a team of Nebraska Engineering students recently awarded a $200,000 NASA grant to design and build a retractable boom suitable for space vehicle. (Berit Bland / NASA)
September 15, 2016 - Engineering students are getting a taste of what it's like to work on a NASA team, thanks to an unusual $200,000 grant awarded by the agency in collaboration with the NASA Nebraska Space Grant Consortium.  Full Story

Don Cox, adjunct faculty in the department of electrical and computer engineering
September 12, 2016 - Don Cox, adjunct faculty in electrical and computer engineering, returned to the Sandhills Open Road Challenge and raced one of his Tesla electric cars, reaching a top speed of 121.6 mph in one event.  Full Story

Qiben Yan, assistant professor of computer science and engineering
September 07, 2016 - How can playing Pokemon Go tax cellular phone resources, such your data plans and rechargeable battery? Qiben Yan, assistant professor of computer science and engineering, says there is probably little to worry about.  Full Story

Freshman engineering students experience the process of making industrial boilers during a tour of CleaverBrooks as part of the NUBE Experience in August. With 58 more undergraduates enrolled for fall 2016 than last year's fall semester, the College of Engineering has again set a record for enrollment of 3,560 students (3,066 undergraduates).
September 07, 2016 - Continued steady growth in undergraduate enrollment in the College of Engineering has helped the University of Nebraska-Lincoln surge to an all-time high in enrollment for the second straight year.  Full Story

Yufeng Ge, assistant professor of biological systems engineering
September 02, 2016 - A conveyer belt monitored by cameras that boast superhuman sight could boost corn yields, according to new research by a UNL group co-led by Yunfeng Ge, assistant professor of biological systems engineering.  Full Story

Steve Goddard, vice chancellor of research and John E. Olsson professor of computer science and engineering.
August 31, 2016 - Steve Goddard, associate vice chancellor for research and the John E. Olsson professor of computer science and engineering, has been chosen to be interim vice chancellor for research and economic development.  Full Story

University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering
August 31, 2016 - The UNL College of Engineering continues to grow as it trains the next generation of engineers and performs pioneering research. This growth includes the addition of more than 20 new faculty this academic year.  Full Story

Burdette Barker, graduate student in biological systems engineering.
August 19, 2016 - Burdette Barker, a doctoral student in biological systems engineering, is one of three UNL students to receive University of Nebraska system 2016-17 presidential graduate fellowships, NU President Hank Bounds announced.  Full Story

Santosh Pitla, associate professor of biological systems engineering, was presented the Sunkist Young Designer Award at the recent ASABE conference in Orlando, Florida.
August 11, 2016 - The Department of Biological Systems Engineering capped a big summer with a bumper harvest of awards at the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers conference in Orlando, Florida in late July.  Full Story