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Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District Gothenburg Division Manager Devin Brundage was approved Friday morning as the district’s new general manager. He is the ninth general manager in CNPPID’s history since 1935. He will succeed Don Kraus, who has served in that role since 1992. (Photo by Lori Potter / Kearney Hub)
October 29, 2018 - Devin Brundage, a 1992 electrical engineering graduate, was approved on Oct. 26 as the new general manager of Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District. Brundage takes over in January as the ninth GM in the organization's 84-year history.  Full Story

Kimberly Law, a freshman in chemical engineering from La Quinta, California, is one of two featured twirlers in the Cornhusker Marching Band. (Photo by Justin Mohling)
October 26, 2018 - Twirler and chemical engineering major Kimberly Law knew what she wanted in a university – and found it only at Nebraska.  Full Story

Rajib Saha, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering.
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Michael Sealy, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, holds a basic example of the medical implants he's designing via the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's 3D printers. Sealy is using the printers to build magnesium-based screws, pins and other implants that can slowly dissolve in the body, which would negate the need for follow-up surgeries to remove such implants.
October 25, 2018 - Michael Sealy, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, is using cutting-edge 3D printers to build implants that can slowly dissolve in the body, which would negate the need for follow-up surgeries to remove such implants.  Full Story

Three faculty – (from left) Daniel Linzell, Aemal Khattak and Lily Wang – have accepted new roles in the College of Engineering’s leadership team.
October 25, 2018 - Changes in the College of Engineering leadership team have brought new roles for three faculty – Daniel Linzell, Lily Wang and Aemal Khattak.  Full Story

Leen-Kiat Soh, professor of computer science and engineering
October 24, 2018 - Leen-Kiat Soh and a team of Nebraska researchers are using a four-year, $2 million National Science Foundation grant to develop and deploy a program aimed at helping the state's K-8 educators teach computer science.  Full Story

Nebraska Engineering students Zvonimir Pusnik (left) and Nicholas Seier were chosen as 2018-19 Tau Beta Pi Scholars.
October 19, 2018 - Two Nebraska Engineering undergraduate students – Zvonimir Pusnik and Nicholas Seier – are among the 288 students who have been chosen Tau Beta Pi Scholars for the 2018-19 academic year.  Full Story

Mike Loehring, senior associate to the dean, died on Oct. 13 after a long battle with cancer. He was 37.
October 16, 2018 - Mike Loehring, who in the past five years served in multiple leadership roles in the College of Engineering, died on Oct. 13 after a long battle with cancer. He was 37.  Full Story

Department of Chemical and Bimolecular Engineering
October 09, 2018 - The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering will host an Oct. 30 reception during the 2018 AIChE Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The reception will be from 7:30-10 p.m. in Room 318 of the David L. Lawrence Convention Center.  Full Story

Kieren Smith, a graduate student in architectural engineering, has received the Leo and Gabriella Beranek Scholarship from the Acoustical Society of America.
October 05, 2018 - Kieren Smith, a graduate student in architectural engineering, has received the Leo and Gabriella Beranek Scholarship in Architectural Acoustics and Noise Control from the Acoustical Society of America (ASA).  Full Story