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The inaugural cohort of Kiewit Scholars includes (from left) Grace Kerr, Taylor Hosick, Carolyn Fairchild, Nicole Dirks, Wyatt Cassidy, Scott Tvrdy, Hayden Wulf, Matt Feldmann, Felicity Sierra, and Rebeca Young.
October 22, 2021 - Ten first-year students have been chosen to be the inaugural cohort of the Kiewit Scholars Program in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s College of Engineering. More than 325 applications were received for the new program.  Full Story

Military members work in an open server rack. The university has earned a $25 million contract with the National Nuclear Security Administration. The work will support strategic deterrence and nuclear threat reduction efforts. (Shutterstock)
October 20, 2021 - Electrical and Computer Engineering researchers Wei Qiao and Mark Bauer are supporting a new $25 million contract between the University of Nebraska's National Strategic Research Institute and the National Nuclear Security Administration.  Full Story

Rajib Saha, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering.
October 11, 2021 - Rajib Saha is studying relationships between the immune system and pathogens, with an eye toward development of therapeutics or drugs that could give the human body an edge over these sometimes deadly enemies.  Full Story

Aemal Khattak, director of Mid-America Transportation Center and professor of civil and environmental engineering
October 08, 2021 - Aemal Khattak, professor of civil and environmental engineering and a national leader in highway-rail crossing safety, has been chosen to be the next director of the Mid-America Transportation Center (MATC).  Full Story

Abhijeet Prasad (left), a doctoral student in engineering; Ravi Saraf (center), Anderson Distinguished Professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering; and Aashish Subedi, a senior physics major, are photographed in Saraf’s Othmer Hall lab. Prasad is holding small electronic chips used to study the nanoparticle necklace network devices. Subedi is holding a suspension of nanoparticle necklaces (blue container) made from individual particles (red container). (Craig Chandler / University Communication)
October 08, 2021 - Ravi Saraf, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, is one step closer to developing a new kind of transistor chip that harnesses the biological responses of living organisms to drive current through the device.  Full Story

Ahmad Almaghrebi, a doctoral student in architectural engineering, is incorporating data science into his career plans, including work this past summer as a data scientist intern for Valmont Industries.
September 30, 2021 - To address a need for more refined data analysis in his research, architectural engineering doctoral student Ahmad Almagrhrebi has found a passion for data science that he's incorporating into his academic and career paths.  Full Story

Jongwan Eun and a team of Nebraska researchers are testing a new landfill ground covering system shown to improve landfill gas emissions.
September 28, 2021 - researchers are testing a new landfill ground covering system shown to improve landfill gas emissions.  Full Story

Dennis Hensen, director of Biological Process Development Facility.
September 23, 2021 - Dennis Hensen has been named director of the Biological Process Development Facility in the College of Engineering, beginning September 2021. He also serves as the project management lead for the facility.  Full Story

Funded by a three-year NSF grant, engineering faculty Grace Panther and Heidi Diefes-Dux are studying the extent that engineering instructors have retained and extended teaching practices and strategies adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Justin Wan / Lincoln Journal Star)
September 13, 2021 - Funded by a three-year NSF grant, engineering faculty Grace Panther and Heidi Diefes-Dux are studying the extent to which engineering instructors have retained and extended teaching practices and strategies adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Full Story

NGTC student fellows attend their first meeting of the academic year on Sept. 2 at the College of Law.
September 13, 2021 - Three College of Engineering graduate students - Bogac Canbaz, Mitchell Clark and Garrett Wirka - are among the University students chosen to the second class of Nebraska Governance and Technology Center student fellows.  Full Story