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The new Nano-Engineering Research Core Facility (NECRF), a 32,000-square foot facility in the Voelte-Keegan Nanoscience Research Center, will feature $5 million of state-of-the-art research instrumentation and aims to put the university and the state of Nebraska at the forefront of advance materials manufacturing and nano-engineering.
May 18, 2016 - The new Nano-Engineering Research Core Facility (NERCF), home to research in advance materials manufacturing and nano-engineering, will have an open house Tuesday, May 24.  Full Story

Ramin Hosseinabad
May 16, 2016 - Graduate Connections sat down with Ramin Hosseinabad, PhD student in Mechanical and Materials Engineering, to talk about his experience as an international student at UNL and how he’s made Lincoln his home.  Full Story

UNL engineers (from left) Yongfeng Lu, Lijia Jiang and Ying Liu stand in a laboratory illuminated by a special light that protects the lenses of the lab's scanning electron microscope. (Troy Fedderson / University Communications)
May 03, 2016 - <span>UNL engineers have found that compounds known for scattering people have a similar but desirable effect on nanoscopic carbon tubes, helping disperse them in a way that could substantially boost performance.</span>  Full Story

John Ballard, former professor of industrial management systems engineering and associate dean of the College of Engineering, died April 29.
May 02, 2016 - John Ballard, former professor of industrial management systems engineering and associate dean of the College of Engineering, died on April 29 from kidney cancer. He was 67.  Full Story

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May 02, 2016 - A University of Nebraska-Lincoln researcher is helping create a new technology to enable a future of renewable energy. Liyan Qu earned a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation to develop a next-generation power grid transformer.  Full Story

Derek Schriner, a senior in civil engineering, has earned a John A. Focht Chi Epsilon National Scholarship.
April 29, 2016 - Derek Schriner, a senior who expects to graduate next week with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering, has been given a $3,500 John A. Focht Chi Epsilon National Scholarship.  Full Story

The Salvadoodle Doodler - developed by a team of electrical and computer engineering students (from left, Alex Hinton, Andy He, Andrew Nelson and Shane Kraus) - took home the People's Choice Award at the Senior Design Showcase on April 22 at Memorial Stadium.
April 26, 2016 - The Salvadoodle Doodler, developed by a team of electrical and computer engineering students, earned the People's Choice Award at the Senior Design Showcase, which featured 57 booths, more than 200 students and more than 500 guests.  Full Story

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April 25, 2016 - UNL's Master of Engineering Management program is No. 6 on gradschoolhub.com's list of the "30 Most Affordable Top Online Master's Degree Programs in Engineering 2016" and is tops in the Big Ten.  Full Story

A UNL-designed drone returns to the side of a burn area for a reload of fireballs and the chemical to make them burn. The balls are carried aloft in the tubular structure atop the drone. The ball carries a chemical powder and, while airborne, the drone injects a second chemical. The drone then drops the ball and it bursts into flames within 60 seconds. (Craig Chandler / University Communications)
April 25, 2016 - An innovative UNL-designed drone designed to ignite prescribed fires in grasslands and forests was used successfully April 22 to burn 26 acres of restored tallgrass prairie at Homestead National Monument of America near Beatrice.  Full Story

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April 25, 2016 - Fourteen faculty from the College of Engineering are among the 74 faculty members the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is granting a promotion and/or tenure in 2016.  Full Story