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BRIDGE-ing Big Data Workshop
August 24, 2015 - The college is hosting the<a href="node/2899"> BRIDGE-ing Big Data Workshop</a> Oct. 8-9, 2015, focusing on creating and maintaining safer bridges for the nation's infrastructure. The workshop will be held at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska.  Full Story

Members of the Quarter-Scale Tractor Team use the latest Computer Aided Design technology to design their award winning tractors.
August 14, 2015 - The University of Nebraska State Museum’s August Sunday with a Scientist program for children and families will showcase quarter-scale tractors and the science behind them.  Full Story

Shane Farritor, Lederer Professor of Engineering and a professor of mechanical and materials engineering, will give the commencement address on Aug. 15 at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
August 04, 2015 - Shane Farritor, Lederer Professor of Engineering, will address the graduates at the summer all-university commencement ceremony on Aug. 15 at Pinnacle Bank Arena.  Full Story

Angela Pannier, associate professor of biological systems engineering.
July 29, 2015 - Angela Pannier, associate professor of biological systems engineering, was one of six federally funded researchers from across the United States briefed Congress on their research and probable advancements that will be made in the next 20 years.  Full Story

Roger Helgoth (right), a member of the College Advisory Board, was recently awarded the NCEES Central Zone Distinguished Service Award.
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Reserach by UNL engineers to design a power harvesting system for railroad safety has earned an award from the Railway Division of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
July 24, 2015 - Research that led to a design for a power harvesting system that could make remote railroad crossings safer has led to a group of UNL engineers receiving an award from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.  Full Story

Two UNL architectural engineering graduate students -- Sean Poulicek and Nathan Ritta -- have won the Howard Brandston Student Design Lighting Grant from the Illuminating Engineering Society.
July 23, 2015 - <span>Sean Poulicek, Nathan Ritta and Michael Assad&nbsp;–&nbsp;graduate students in The Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction –&nbsp;have recently earned national awards.&nbsp;</span>  Full Story

Jinsong Huang, Susan J. Rosowski associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering
July 21, 2015 - A study by UNL engineers shows the same quality that keeps foods from sticking to a pan or water to a raincoat can also boost the performance of solar cells.  Full Story

Jung Yul Lim (right), associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering, was awarded the Berton Rahn Research Fund Prize by the AO Foundation at a trustees meeting on June 19.
July 16, 2015 - Jung Yul Lim, associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering, was recently awarded the AO Foundation’s 2015 Berton Rahn Research Fund Prize Award for his research into bone regeneration.  Full Story

Jay Puckett, a professor of civil and architectural engineering at the University of Wyoming, has been chosen as the new director of The Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction.
July 10, 2015 - Jay A. Puckett, V.O. Smith Professor of Civil and Architectural Engineering at the University of Wyoming, has been named director of The Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction.  Full Story