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Srivatsan Kidambi
October 07, 2015 - Srivatsan Kidambi, UNL assistant professor of chemical and bimolecular engineering is named the NUtech Ventures Emerging Innovator of the Year.  Full Story

Chancellor Harvey Perlman
September 30, 2015 - In his 16th and final State of the University address, Chancellor Harvey Perlman pointed to plans already in motion in the College of Engineering as one of the areas imperative to UNL's long-term success.  Full Story

More than 500 first-year Nebraska Engineering students will tour businesses and industries in Norfolk on Oct. 9.
September 30, 2015 - Northeast Nebraska is getting ready for “Norfolk Area Game Day” on Friday, Oct. 9 when more than 500 first-year College of Engineering students will tour businesses and industries in the community.  Full Story

Carmen Zafft, associate professor of practice in agricultural leadership, education and communication, teaches Interpersonal Skills for Leadership (Engineering 100) in two sections in Lincoln.
September 29, 2015 - Carmen Zafft is teaching young engineering students the importance and responsibility of adding to their communities through a freshman-level course that teaches interpersonal skills.  Full Story

Sitting in NASA's Test Com room at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, UNL Air and Space Research team members instruct divers on how to use a tool they had designed for possible use in space.
September 25, 2015 - A sample collection tool designed by students on UNL's Air and Space Research team impressed NASA engineers at a design challenge at Johnson Space Center and could influence how NASA designs tools for use in space.  Full Story

Lance Perez (left), professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Dennis Molfese, founding director emeritus of UNL’s Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior, are part of the team that received an NSF grant to study how the brain correlates spatial relationships and problem solving.
September 25, 2015 - With the support a three-year, $1.25 million grant from the National Science Foundation, a team of researchers co-headed by ECE professor Lance Pérez is aiming to reveal the first physiological links between two skill-sets in problem solving.  Full Story

Ray LaHood, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation, will provide the keynote address at the BRIDGE-ing Big Data workshop.
September 25, 2015 - <span>The BRIDGE-ing Big Data Workshop, Oct. 8-9 at CenturyLink Center in Omaha, will explore how using Big Data technologies and techniques can build and maintain smarter bridges to enhance the national transportation infrastructure.</span>  Full Story

Hunter Flodman, assistant professor of practice in chemical and biomedical engineering
September 21, 2015 - Hunter Flodman, assistant professor of practice in chemical and biomedical engineering, co-authors an article outlining his work to help City of Lincoln develop a brine application that is making roads safer in winter weather events.  Full Story

Mehmet Can Vuran, associate professor of computer science and engineering
September 21, 2015 - <span>Mehmet Can Vuran, associate professor of computer science and engineering, was named to the 2015 Thomson Reuters' list of the World's Most Influential Scientific Minds. It is the second consecutive year that Vuran was chosen to the list.</span>  Full Story

Chung Song, associate professor of civil engineering
September 16, 2015 - Chung Song, a new associate professor of civil engineering, is bringing to UNL a wealth of experience he gained while studying New Orleans flood control systems after Hurricane Katrina.  Full Story