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A project design created by an interdisciplinary team from The Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction was chosen as the grand-prize winner for the 2016 NCEES Engineering Award for Connecting Professional Practice and Education.
June 21, 2016 - A project design created by an interdisciplinary team from The Durham School was chosen as the grand-prize winner for the 2016 NCEES Engineering Award for Connecting Professional Practice and Education.  Full Story

The Husker Motorsports Formula SAE team took 12th place in design and finished among the top 26 in three dynamics events at the Formula SAE Lincoln Student Design Challenge at Lincoln Airpark, June 15-18.
June 21, 2016 - The two Husker Motorsports teams capped off impressive seasons with strong finishes at SAE Student Design Challenge events, including the Formula SAE event at Lincoln Airpark.  Full Story

Lance Pérez
June 16, 2016 - Pérez will formally begin the three-year appointment, which is pending Board of Regents approval, on July 1.  Full Story

Student engineers from UNL's Air and Space Research (ASR) test a gap spanner in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, in early June. The device was designed as part of the NASA Micro-g NExT Challenge.
June 15, 2016 - During the NASA Micro-g NExT Challenge at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, in early June, a team of UNL student engineers had a successful test of a gap spanner device they designed.  Full Story

The darkened channels, or xylem, of an avocado tree in Miami-Dade County, Florida, can be seen after the tree is cut down. An infestation of redbay ambrosia beetles has killed 500 million avocado trees in the southeastern U.S., and UNL chemical engineers are working on ways to speed up early detection of the beetles.
June 14, 2016 - While helping Florida fight to save its avocado industry from being devastated by a fungus, chemical engineers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have modified traditional testing methods that could lead to expanded uses of DNA testing.  Full Story

The Husker Motorsports team finished ninth at the recent Formula SAE event in Barrie, Ontario. It was the best finish in club history.
June 14, 2016 - Husker Motorsports team confident being better prepared will translate to a big finish at the season-ending Formula SAE Collegiate Design Series event Wednesday-Saturday at Lincoln Airpark.  Full Story

The UNL Quarter Scale Tractor A-team took first overall and the X-team took third at the ASABE International Quarter Scale Tractor Student Design Competition in Peoria, Illinois.
June 09, 2016 - The UNL student team won the overall competition at the International Quarter Scale Tractor Student Design Competition this past weekend in Peoria, Illinois. The event was hosted by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE).  Full Story

A new software engineering major program will begin at UNL in Fall 2016.
June 09, 2016 - Beginning in Fall 2016, a major program in Software Engineering will debut at UNL, which will be the first Big Ten institution to offer such a program and one of only 40 in the US.  Full Story

John Tran, who earned bachelor's and master's degrees in architectural engineering at UNL, is an assistant project manager for Related Companies, and is working on one of the towers at the Hudson Yards development in New York.
June 07, 2016 - John Tran, a UNL architectural engineering alumnus, is building a new career as an assistant project manager while helping to build Hudson Yards, the largest real-estate development in U.S. history.  Full Story

Sidy Ndao, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, helps two students detect a problem on their robot during the Pan-African Robotics Competition. (Sam Phelps / New York Times)
June 01, 2016 - A New York Times article features the efforts of UNL's Sidy Ndao, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, to bring STEM and robotics to children in West Africa.  Full Story