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Regents approve College of Engineering plan to build, renovate facilities on City Campus
More than $75 million in updates to two College of Engineering buildings on City Campus were approved by the University of Nebraska Board of Regents Aug. 3, providing opportunities to create and improve spaces to benefit students, faculty and research.



Michael Sealy, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, and his team are using the Optomec LENS 3D hybrid printer in the NEAT Labs to develop a process for manufacturing customized, dissolvable magnesium surgical implants.
September 12, 2018 - Using a controlled-atmosphere system in a 3D hybrid printer, Michael Sealy and his team of Nebraska engineers are developing a process for manufacturing customized, dissolvable metal implants that can reduce risks and costs for surgical patients.
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Yi Qian, professor of electrical and computer engineering, is the new editor-in-chief of IEEE Wireless Communications magazine.
September 12, 2018 - Yi Qian, professor of electrical and computer engineering, was chosen recently to be the editor-in-chief of one of the top journals in the field of wireless communications, telecommunications and computer networks – IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine.
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Growing human embryonic stem cells in hydrogel tubes protects them from moving media and promotes health and higher yields.
September 10, 2018 - Researchers know that growing stem cells takes a long time and creates expensive treatments. Nebraska Engineering's Yuguo Lei advises providing a cell culture setting that mimics the natural stem-cell niche as closely as possible to minimize cell stress.
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering is No. 18 in the U.S. News list of top U.S. undergraduate engineering programs.
September 10, 2018 - The University of Nebraska-Lincoln programs No. 61 ranking in the latest U.S. News college rankings is in part fueled by the College of Engineering's rise to No. 80 among U.S. undergraduate engineering programs.
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Lance C. Pérez, dean of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering, will be part of Team USA at the 2018 Japan Wheelchair Softball Championships, the world championship event for wheelchair softball, this October.
September 06, 2018 - Lance C. Pérez, the newly installed dean of the College of Engineering, finds a work-life balance by competing in sports, especially in wheelchair softball. In October, Pérez will be on Team USA at an international tournament in Japan.
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A $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation will enable UNO and UNL professors to collaborate on producing a big data pipeline for rural bridges.
September 05, 2018 - A new regional innovation center, funded by a $1 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant will be geared toward producing a big data pipeline for rural bridge health management and will include UNL civil engineering faculty.
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Curtis Tomasevicz has been hired as an assistant professor of practice in Biological Systems Engineering.
August 29, 2018 - The University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering has added 13 new faculty for 2018-19, increasing the college's total faculty hires to 43 over the past three years.
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Mechanical engineering student Mark Nail receives honorable mention for Goldwater Scholarship
Mark Nail, junior in mechanical engineering
April 11, 2018 -  Mark Nail, a junior in mechanical engineering, was one of two Nebraska students chosen to receive honorable mention recognition for the Goldwater Scholarship. Nail has researched drones with Sebastian Elbaum, Bessey Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, and Carrick Detweiler, associate professor of computer science and engineering. That research has focused on depositing sensors underground using an unmanned aerial vehicle. Nail plans to pursue a doctorate in mechanical engineering and conduct research in robotics at a corporate or university laboratory.
Carl Nelson chosen to receive university's Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award
April 06, 2018 -  Carl Nelson, professor of mechanical and materials engineering, has been chosen to receive the University's Outstanding Undergraduate Mentor Award. Nelson will be recognized Sept. 13 at the university's annual The Laurels reception, an annual event to honor faculty.
Joshua Mueller receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
April 05, 2018 -  Joshua Mueller, a chemical and biomolecular engineering alumnus and a current graduate student, has been selected to receive a 2018 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Mueller received a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Nebraska in 2017 and is working on a doctorate under Dr. Wei Niu.

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