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Youra Moeun, doctoral student in chemical engineering.
December 09, 2022 - Youra Moeun, a doctoral candidate in chemical engineering, was chosen Nov. 30 to receive the American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AIChE)’s Women in Chemical Engineering Mentorship Excellence Award, Graduate/Postdoctoral.  Full Story

Ronald Faller, Willa Cather Research Professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility.
December 08, 2022 - Ronald Faller, Willa Cather Research Professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility, was selected as an National Academy of Inventors fellow.  Full Story

Dorian Bobbett, a senior chemical engineering major, has accumulated more than 25 teaching hours as a Nebraska Engineering Ambassador this semester.
December 05, 2022 - Dorian Bobbett, senior chemical engineering major and vice president of Engineering Ambassadors, has a wild idea: if you make science fun to learn and give more kids the chance to learn it, a wider array of students will pursue it later in life.  Full Story

Spencer Knight gets three students and their rubber-band powered cars lined up for a race at Riley Elementary School in Lincoln. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
December 02, 2022 - Spencer Knight, a junior civil engineering major, is among the Nebraska Honors students who host semester-long after-school clubs in the Lincoln community. Those Honors students get paid and develop skills, all while helping to meet a community need.  Full Story

A 3D rendering of grain bins following an August 2020 windstorm. The rendering was produced with the aid of lidar — near-infrared laser beams fired at the structures by a drone flying above the site.
November 30, 2022 - After a 2020 derecho hit east-central Iowa, Nebraska's Christine Wittich conducted "structural reconnaissance" on a unique case study to learn why four of an interconnected group of five grain bins were destroyed and one was left totally intact.  Full Story

Rachael Wagner and Shane Farritor look over a robotic surgery device in the Virtual Incision facility. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
November 30, 2022 - While working toward a master's degree in mechanical engineering and applied mechanics, Rachael Wagner makes the most of opportunity to help prepare a surgical robot for its test in space.  Full Story

Nebraska Engineering researchers - (top photo from left) Jongwan Eun, Yuris Dzenis, and Seunghee Kim; and (bottom photo from left) Peter Sutter and Eli Sutter. (Photos by University Communication and Marketing)
November 29, 2022 - More than $1.4 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will allow two College of Engineering teams to expand innovative energy-related research in partnership with national laboratories.  Full Story

Ten faculty from the College of Engineering have been honored with new named professorships, bringing to 27 the total of named professorships in the college.
November 22, 2022 - Ten faculty from the College of Engineering have been honored with new named professorships, bringing to 27 the total of named professorships in the college.  Full Story

Nebraska's Angela Pannier, Swarts Family Chair of Biological Systems Engineering, delivered the Nebraska Lecture on Nov. 17, laying out the history of her field and both the challenges and promises ahead.
November 18, 2022 - Angie Pannier delivered the Nebraska Lecture on Nov. 17, laying out the history gene therapy, and both the challenges and promises ahead. “It’s an exciting time to be in this field,” Pannier said.  Full Story

Stuart Bernstein, associate professor in the Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction, shares his talk at the Faculty Research and Creative Activity Slam, Nov. 15 at the Wick Alumni Center.
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