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A camera system developed by Zhigang Shen is able to efficiently identify internal defects in pipelines that shuttle gases nationwide.
March 13, 2024 - A camera system developed by Nebraska’s Zhigang Shen is able to efficiently identify internal defects in pipelines that shuttle gases nationwide.  Full Story

Student JP Aurit and Professor Jiong Hu at ACI Awards Ceremony
March 05, 2024 - CEE student JP Aurit and Islam Orynbassarov awarded DeLorm Scholarships from the American Concrete Institute.  Full Story

Three Nebraska Engineering faculty have been appointed as NSRI fellows. (University Communication and Marketing)
February 29, 2024 - Three College of Engineering faculty are among the 14 from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln who have been appointed as National Strategic Research Initiative (NSRI) fellows.  Full Story

Research teams in the lab of Abdelghani Laraoui, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, are using a quantum sensing technique his lab developed that could lead to big breakthroughs in data transport technologies and in treating diseases. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
February 28, 2024 - Research teams in the lab of Abdelghani Laraoui are using a quantum sensing technique his lab developed that could lead to big breakthroughs in data transport technologies and in treating diseases.  Full Story

Liyan Qu, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been elected a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors. She is the first Husker woman and fifth UNL researcher overall to receive the recognition since the program launched in 2018. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
February 27, 2024 - Liyan Qu, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been elected a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors, becoming the first Husker woman to receive the recognition and the fifth UNL researcher overall.  Full Story

Jacob Hansen, with ALA Engineering and a Nebraska alumnus, and Kunjan Theo Joseph, with the UNL MAARS Lab, work at making their robotic arm program stack blocks at Nebraska Innovation Studio. The programming would simulate a larger robotic arm stacking pallets. (Deann Gayman / University Communication and Marketing)
February 23, 2024 - Since November 2023, Nebraska Innovation Studio's makerspace has offered training for programming and operation of collaborative and welding robots. The workshops are open to anyone.  Full Story

Students on the Big Red Satellite Team work on their CubeSat satellite, which will be launched into space this March and later deployed from the International Space Station.
February 22, 2024 - A team of Nebraska Engineering, high school and middle school students is counting down to the scheduled March launch of its CubeSat satellite into space for future deployment from the International Space Station.  Full Story

Nebraska Engineering professor and Virtual Incision co-founder Shane Farritor watches as Dr. Michael Jobst, a colorectal surgery specialist in Lincoln, makes the first surgical robotic cut on the International Space Station. Using controls at the Virtual Incision offices in Lincoln, surgeons cut rubber bands — mimicking surgery inside a payload box on the Space Station. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
February 14, 2024 - In a test that featured half a dozen surgeons from across the United States, a miniature robot created at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln successfully completed a surgical simulation aboard the International Space Station.  Full Story

Peter Revesz poses in front of artwork of an ancient sphinx artifact and the inscription around its base. Revesz, a professor in the School of Computing with a courtesy appointment in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies, recently deciphered the description, which reads, “Lo, behold, worship! Here is the holy lion!” (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
February 07, 2024 - Peter Revesz, professor in the School of Computing and an expert in computational linguistics, recently made headlines in approximately 50 news articles from around the world when he solved the mystery of an inscription on an ancient bronze sphinx statue.  Full Story

Nebraska's Master of Engineering Management (MEM) earned two top-five positions in the 2024 U.S. News & World Report rankings - fifth for Best Online Master's in Engineering Programs and fourth in Best Online Master's in Engineering Programs for Veterans.
February 07, 2024 - The Master of Engineering Management program has continued its rise among the best in the nation, vaulting into the top five of two categories in the 2024 U.S. News & World Report rankings.  Full Story