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Members of SAE International present the John Melvin Motorsports Safety Award to Karla Lechtenberg, Ron Faller and Dean Sicking
May 31, 2018 - SAE International Honors a Team of Motorsports Safety Professionals with 2017 John Melvin Motorsports Safety Award  Full Story

SAFER barrier
May 31, 2018 - On June 5, NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Michael Annett and Camping World Truck Series driver Dalton Sargeant will come to campus to learn more about the SAFER (Steel and Foam Energy Reduction) barriers that protect them at NASCAR tracks.  Full Story

WARI Fellows Sandeep Kumar and Ipsita Nandi
May 30, 2018 - WARI promotes research and capacity building in the area of water while encouraging and motivating outstanding students to take up research as a career path.  Full Story

Jay Puckett, director of The Durham School of Architectural Engineering & Construction.
May 23, 2018 - Jay Puckett, director of The Durham School of Architectural Engineering & Construction, has been awarded the Wyoming Eminent Engineer for 2018 on behalf of the engineering honor society Tau Beta Pi.  Full Story

Vitaly Alexandrov, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering.
May 23, 2018 - Fossil fuels have long been the precursor to plastic, but new research from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and European collaborators could help send that era up in smoke — carbon dioxide, to be exact.  Full Story

Maria Szerszen, associate professor of civil engineering.
May 22, 2018 - Maria Szerszen, associate professor of civil engineering who earned awards for her research on material fatigue and reliability and for teaching, passed away on Sunday, May 20. She was 63.  Full Story

Don Johnson, professor emeritus of mechanical and materials engineering, received a University of Nebraska-Lincoln Emeriti and Retirees Association research award for his work on the USS Arizona, which was sunk during the raid on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
May 22, 2018 - Don Johnson, professor emeritus of mechanical and materials engineering, received a research award from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Emeriti and Retirees Association for his work on the ecological impact of the corrosion of the sunken USS Arizona.  Full Story

ASCE National Concrete Canoe Competition is June 23-25 in San Diego, California.
May 15, 2018 - The Nebraska Engineering concrete canoe team from Scott Campus was one of six university teams chosen as a wild-card entry in the ASCE National Concrete Canoe Competition on June 23-25 in San Diego, California.  Full Story

Four University of Nebraska-Lincoln architectural engineering alumni -- (clockwise from top left) Samuel Haberman, Kimberly Cowman, Brandon Rich and Erica Ryherd, who is also an associate professor of in The Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction -- are among the 2018 40 Under 40 honorees chosen by Consulting-Specifying Engineer.
May 14, 2018 - Four Nebraska architectural engineering alumni, including current associate professor Erica Ryherd, are among the recipients of Consulting-Specifying Engineer’s 2018 40 Under 40 award.  Full Story

Nebraska Engineering.
May 11, 2018 - Four College of Engineering alumni and one current student were among the honorees at the Nebraska Alumni Association’s annual Alumni Honors Night, May 3 at Nebraska Innovation Campus.  Full Story