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Lance Perez (left), professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Dennis Molfese, founding director emeritus of UNL’s Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior, are part of the team that received an NSF grant to study how the brain correlates spatial relationships and problem solving.
September 25, 2015 - With the support a three-year, $1.25 million grant from the National Science Foundation, a team of researchers co-headed by ECE professor Lance Pérez is aiming to reveal the first physiological links between two skill-sets in problem solving.  Full Story

Ray LaHood, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation, will provide the keynote address at the BRIDGE-ing Big Data workshop.
September 25, 2015 - <span>The BRIDGE-ing Big Data Workshop, Oct. 8-9 at CenturyLink Center in Omaha, will explore how using Big Data technologies and techniques can build and maintain smarter bridges to enhance the national transportation infrastructure.</span>  Full Story

Mehmet Can Vuran, associate professor of computer science and engineering
September 21, 2015 - <span>Mehmet Can Vuran, associate professor of computer science and engineering, was named to the 2015 Thomson Reuters' list of the World's Most Influential Scientific Minds. It is the second consecutive year that Vuran was chosen to the list.</span>  Full Story

Chung Song, associate professor of civil engineering
September 16, 2015 - Chung Song, a new associate professor of civil engineering, is bringing to UNL a wealth of experience he gained while studying New Orleans flood control systems after Hurricane Katrina.  Full Story

Sidy Ndao (left), associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering, examines a student team's assembled robot at the SenEcole robotics camp in Dakar, Senegal this past March.
September 15, 2015 - Sidy Ndao, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, hopes to provide new opportunties to children in Africa through the robotics camps he runs in his native Senegal.  Full Story

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September 15, 2015 - For the fall semester 2015, the College of Engineering continues its growth by adding 18 new faculty. Here is a look at each of the new faculty:  Full Story

Senior biological systems engineering students prepare their entry before competing in the Rapid Design Challenge on Sept. 11 at Splinter Labs.
September 11, 2015 - <span>The 53 biological systems engineering students in the senior design course got an early of what to expect from their senior design projects when they competed on Sept. 11 in the Rapid Design Challenge at Splinter Labs.</span>  Full Story

The UNL Fountain Wars team prepares its :"Space Jam"-themed entry for the competition at the ASABE conference in New Orleans.
September 08, 2015 - After top-two finishes at the last two national ASABE student design competitions, UNL's Fountain Wars team looks to continue the momentum as it builds for the future.  Full Story

Jinsong Huang, a Susan J. Rosowski associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering.
September 02, 2015 - <span>UNL engineers found that surface defects on crystals used in photodetectors can be used to more precisely tailor the location and width of wavelength bands by adjusting the chemical composition of the crystals.</span>  Full Story

David Yuill, associate professor of architectural engineering.
August 28, 2015 - With first-place finishes in two categories and a third-place finish in another, UNL became the first school to gain top-three finishes in three categories of the annual ASHRAE student design competitions.  Full Story