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Daniel Linzell, Leslie D. Martin professor of civil and environmental engineering, explains the MADS-OPP system for bridge health monitoring to invited guests during a demonstration Thursday, October 27, on a decommissioned bridge in northwest Lancaster County.
October 28, 2022 - Leading-edge technology developed by University of Nebraska researchers to monitor the health of rural bridges in Nebraska was chosen as a winner of the NATO Innovation Challenge and could be applied to transportation systems throughout Europe.  Full Story

Angie Pannier, Swarts Family Chair in Biological Systems Engineering and professor of biomedical engineering, will present the Nebraska Lecture “DNA and RNA Delivery: From Novel Therapies to Vaccines that End Pandemics” on Nov. 17. The lecture will take place via Zoom. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
October 19, 2022 - Angie Pannier, Swarts Family Chair in Biological Systems Engineering and professor of biomedical engineering, will present the Nov. 17 Nebraska Lecture, "DNA and RNA Delivery: From Novel Therapies to Vaccines that End Pandemics."  Full Story

Husker faculty members are leading a project to create a national framework for ag data. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
October 18, 2022 - Hongfeng Yu and Joe Luck are among the University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty who are at the forefront of leading an effort to create a network of national agricultural data repositories, the National Agricultural Producers Data Collective.  Full Story

Congrui "Grace" Jin, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering.
October 13, 2022 - Inspired by the ability of the human body to heal itself, Congrui "Grace" Jin has been awarded a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Young Faculty Award to support research using microorganisms to develop a concrete that can heal its own cracks.  Full Story

Forty first-year students have been chosen to the inaugural cohort of the Peter Kiewit Foundation Engineering Academy.
September 23, 2022 - Forty first-year students in the College of Engineering – including 10 who will be based on Scott Campus in Omaha – have been chosen to the inaugural cohort of the Peter Kiewit Foundation Engineering Academy.  Full Story

Samuel Gibson, senior majoring in mechanical engineering
September 16, 2022 - Sam Gibson, a senior majoring in mechanical and materials engineering, was chosen to receive the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) International Standards & Certification Scholar Award.  Full Story

Ten first-year students have been chosen to the second cohort of the Kiewit Scholars Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering.
September 12, 2022 - Ten first-year students have been chosen to the second cohort of the Kiewit Scholars Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering.  Full Story

Nathan Huynh has been chosen to become the new director of Nebraska Transportation Center.
September 07, 2022 - Nathan Huynh has been named the second director of the Nebraska Transportation Center (NTC). Huynh, who was selected from a nationwide search, will start at UNL on January 2, 2023.  Full Story

The College of Engineering adds 13 new faculty for 2022-23.
September 07, 2022 - The College of Engineering has added 13 new faculty for the 2022-23 academic year, increasing total faculty hires to 67 over the past six years.  Full Story

Students working together on a large drone.
September 02, 2022 - President Biden on Sept. 2 announced Nebraska’s Heartland Robotics Cluster, which includes the College of Engineering, will receive $25 million in funding as a recipient of the American Rescue Plan Regional Challenge.  Full Story