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October 18, 2023 - The letters discovered by Luke Farritor's algorithm translate to the Greek word for "purple."  Full Story

On the early morning of March 14, 2019, the Spencer Dam in Boyd and Holt counties was breached after a major storm caused heavy rain, snowmelt and ice breakage to swell the Niobrara River. (State of Nebraska)
October 18, 2023 - Jongwan Eun, associate professor of civil engineering, received an NSF Early Career grant to enable better predictions of how frozen soil conditions may affect the severity of flooding.  Full Story

Leen-Kiat Soh.
October 13, 2023 - Leen-Kiat Soh has received a new grant from the National Science Foundation to expand his work on a previous artificial intelligence project focused on automating task planning for complex scenarios.  Full Story

Electron microscopy images show a germanium sulfide nanowire (left) containing a single screw dislocation, the screw dislocation converted into a mixed helical dislocation in a hybrid nanowire (center) and an illustration of controlled formation of a tunable mixed dislocation in a core-shell nanowire heterostructure.
October 11, 2023 - By controlling the placement and types of defects in nanowires, Eli Sutter and Peter Sutter are setting the stage for electronic technology to optimize the new advantages the imperfections offer.  Full Story

Sasitharan Balasubramaniam, associate professor in the School of Computing.
October 04, 2023 - Sasitharan Balasubramaniam is teaming with Irish researchers to use the internet to study microbial communication and activity patterns to better understand bacterial behavior and connect living bacteria to its digital twin.  Full Story

Ten first-year students have been chosen to the 2023-24 cohort of the Kiewit Scholars Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering.
September 21, 2023 - Ten first-year students have been chosen to the Kiewit Scholars Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering, the third cohort since the program's inception two years ago.  Full Story

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln team working on the MICRA project includes (from left) Taro Mieno, agricultural economics; Daniel Schachtman, agronomy and horticulture; Saleh Taghvaeian, biological systems engineering; and Seunghee Kim, civil engineering.
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Jim Lee, a 1958 electrical engineering graduate, left $5 million to the McCook Community Foundation Fund.
September 18, 2023 - Through his estate, James "Jim" Lee is providing a lasting legacy to the community of McCook, Nebraska, leaving $5 million to multiple organizations.  Full Story

Cody Stolle, research assistant professor in the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility and in mechanical and materials engineering
September 15, 2023 - In high school, Cody Stolle was inspired to pursue engineering at UNL. Today, his research at the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility is saving lives on U.S. military bases and on the world's roadways.  Full Story

Forty first-year students have been selected to the Peter Kiewit Foundation Engineering Academy 2023-24 cohort.
September 15, 2023 - Forty first-year students in the College of Engineering – including 11 who will be based on Scott Campus in Omaha – have been chosen to the 2023-24 cohort of the Peter Kiewit Foundation Engineering Academy.  Full Story