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College of Engineering News Archives

Shudipto Dishari, the Ross McCollum Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, was recognized by as one of the PMSE 2023 Early Stage Investigator Award recipients at the Fall Meeting in August.
September 05, 2023 - Shudipto Dishari was honored by the American Chemical Society (ACS) and its Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) division as one of the recipients of its 2023 Early Stage Investigator Award.  Full Story

The Nebraska Industrial Assessment Center (NIAC) faculty directors (from left) Bruce Dvorak, Robert Williams and Karen Selling and technical advisor Sam Ghormley - hold the plaque designating the NIAC as the U.S. Department of Energy's 2023 IAC of the year.
September 05, 2023 - The Nebraska Industrial Assessment Center, which since 2017 has helped 80 manufacturers save more than $8.7 million on energy costs, is the US Department of Energy's 2023 IAC of the Year.  Full Story

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln team working on the MICRA project includes (from left) Saleh Taghvaeian, biological systems engineering; Daniel Schachtman, agronomy and horticulture; Taro Mieno, agricultural economics; and Seunghee Kim, civil engineering.
September 05, 2023 - Seunghee Kim and Saleh Taghvaeian are on a team that is focusing on water stress in the High Plains that is threatening agriculture and rural communities to find ways to improve soil moisture preservation and help rural areas be more climate resilient.  Full Story

Eight new faculty joined the College of Engineering in the fall semester 2023 - (clockwise from top left) Nirupam Aich, Jeffrey Falkinburg, Bhuvaneswari Gopal, Abia Katimbo, Craig Zuhlke, Seth Polsley, Andre Messner and Neal Lewis.
September 01, 2023 - The College of Engineering has added eight faculty for the 2023-24 academic year, increasing total faculty hires to 75 over the past seven years.  Full Story

Kazi Albab Hussain (left) holds his son while removing a plastic container of water from a microwave. Hussain and Nebraska Engineering colleagues have found that microwaving such containers can release up to billions of nanoscopic particles and millions of microscopic ones. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
August 29, 2023 - Four high-impact research projects from the College of Engineering, including one that aims to make food plastics safer for consumers, have been funded through the second Grand Challenges Catalyst Competition.  Full Story

In August 2023, four College of Engineering faculty - (from left) Justin Bradley, Shudipto Dishari, George Gogos and Rajib Saha - were awarded named professorships.
August 28, 2023 - In August 2023, four College of Engineering faculty - Justin Bradley, Shudipto Dishari, George Gogos and Rajib Saha - were awarded named professorships.  Full Story

Vinodchandran Variyam, professor in the School of Computing.
August 26, 2023 - Vinodchandran Variyam, professor in the School of Computing, and a group of colleagues turned an idea sparked during a 2019 dinner conversation into an algorithm that could potentially change mass data analysis by addressing a longstanding challenge.  Full Story

George Gogos, Wilmer J. and Sally Hergenrader Chair of Mechanical Engineering and director of the Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research.
August 23, 2023 - George Gogos, Wilmer J. and Sally Hergenrader Chair of Mechanical Engineering, is the new director of the Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research. He replaces interim director Jerry Hudgins, professor and chair of electrical and computer engineering.  Full Story

Mohammad Ghashami (left), assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, speaks with LPS teachers at Morrill Hall. (University Communication and Marketing)
August 11, 2023 - Nebraska Engineering researchers were among the 22 University of Nebraska-Lincoln research groups who shared their latest work with 150-plus Lincoln Public Schools science teachers at a STEM fair on Aug. 9, hoping to help the teachers to better educate th  Full Story

Ayden Uerling (left) and Daniel Noon.
August 10, 2023 - Two Nebraska Engineering graduating students - Ayden Uerling and Daniel Noon - will be recognized at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s combined graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremony Aug. 12 at Pinnacle Bank Arena.  Full Story