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UNL's microgravity team (l-r): Associate Professor Carl Nelson, team adviser; Jake Reher, junior, Omaha; Chase Blazek, sophomore, Bellevue; Joan Yule, junior, Bloomfield; Eric Fritz, sophomore, Atkinson; Bethany Drain, sophomore, Elkhorn; Jake Lewis, senior, Las Vegas, Nev.; Lena Butterfield, senior, Omaha; Eldon Summerson, senior, North Platte; Devin Bertsch, senior, Omaha.
March 22, 2011 - <span>A team of University of Nebraska-Lincoln engineering students will travel to Houston's Johnson Space Center to conduct research for NASA that will have them floating on-board reduced gravity missions, March 31 through April 9.</span>  Full Story

Culler Middle School student Carlos Mendoza shares learning from his Roads, Rails and Race Cars experiences, mentored by Nebraska Engineering representatives including (from left, in red lanyards) civil engineering graduate student Scott Sorensen and Professor Larry Rilett.
March 10, 2011 - <span>Twenty students rev their engines for science, technology, engineering and mathematics learning with Roads, Rails and Race Cars, an after-school club at Lincoln’s Culler Middle School.</span>  Full Story

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March 08, 2011 - <span>A University of Nebraska-Lincoln engineer's idea is among the top 10 winners in the U.S. Department of the Navy's national Chief of Naval Research Challenge.</span>  Full Story

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March 03, 2011 - Lincoln Mayor Chris Beutler provided a glimpse into the future of a sustainable transportation infrastructure during a news conference Thursday at UNL’s Whittier Research Center.  Full Story

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February 23, 2011 - <span>Fifteen Nebraska high schools competed in a national competition with emphasis on science and math for solving real-world problems.</span>  Full Story

Assistant Professor Jinsong Huang advances organic solar cell materials development in his lab at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering. Huang's innovation applies ferroelectric polymer layers in organic solar cells, a breakthrough that greatly increases the energy efficiency of these photovoltaic devices—which also have lower manufacturing costs—versus traditional silicon-based products.
February 17, 2011 - <span>Jinsong Huang, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, applied ferroelectric polymer layers in the structure of organic solar cells, to make energy harvesting more efficient and with less expensive materials.</span>  Full Story

from left, are: Wei Qiao, Dingguo Lu, Jie Cheng, and Jerry Hudgins.
February 02, 2011 - <span>In February, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Electrical Engineering Ph.D. students Dingguo Lu and Jie Cheng traveled to Vestas Technology R&amp;D Centre in Aarhus, Denmark for the Grand Final of Vestas' 2011 Winnovation Case Competition</span>  Full Story

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January 26, 2011 - <span>Four years ago, Electrical Engineering had 19 tenure-line faculty and seven other teaching faculty. All were men. A concerted effort to recruit women faculty to the department has paid off; now three of 23 tenure-line faculty are women.</span>  Full Story

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December 14, 2010 - Construction Management senior Henery earns All-American status as Husker kicker.  Full Story

Dr. Loren Lutes speaking to a group of students.
November 19, 2010 - <span>As Atorod Azizinamini, professor of civil engineering, reminded a senior-level class that civil engineers must constantly ask “What if … ?,” the guest at the back of the room nodded his head in agreement.</span>  Full Story