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From left: assistant professors Jennifer Melander (BSE), Sidy Ndao (MME) and Changbum Ahn (DSAEC) are some of NEbraska Engineering's new faculty in 2012.

Meet Nebraska Engineering's new faculty

September 17, 2012 - The UNL College of Engineering introduces its newest faculty members. Full Story

The TiteSpike and TiteSpike wrench help track athletes by making their shoe spikes easier to change. TiteSpike, created by UNL students, includes a through hole and a small wrench that attaches to a shoelace tip.

UNL student track-spike invention leads to potential business

September 13, 2012 - University of Nebraska-Lincoln mechanical engineering major Alex Adams developed a new spike-changing system that helps wearers more easily remove and tighten the tiny screw-in pieces. Full Story

UNL graduate students in the Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering won first place for their surgical robot entry in the Graduate Student Robotics category at the 2012 ASME Student Mechanism & Robot Design Competition. From left, they are: Joe Bartels of Wauneta, Neb., Jack Mondry of Orlando, Fla.; Eric Markvicka of Ravenna, Neb.; and Tom Frederick of Omaha, Neb.

Surgical robot by UNL MME grad students wins ASME competition

August 29, 2012 - A team from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Surgical Robotics Lab won first place in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers' 2012 Student Mechanism & Robot Design Competition, with their project. Full Story

UNL student engineers’ work in pollution prevention proves productive

August 14, 2012 - After a summer working with industry or seasoned agricultural producers, students in UNL’s Partners in Pollution Prevention program ended their experiences with presentations on their P3 accomplishments. Full Story

NSF grant to guide UNL-developed irrigation management tool to market

August 02, 2012 - In the midst of the worst drought in more than half a century, U.S. farmers are drawing on their best defenses — the center pivot and their experience dealing with some of the harshest conditions Mother Nature can deal. Full Story

UNL Summer Institute road tests engineering learning for teachers, students

July 19, 2012 - Educators at the institute learn new ways to teach math and science, with content from civil engineering areas. Full Story

UNL to receive nearly $1M from DOE to lead energy research with MIT and Texas A&M

July 18, 2012 - In a July 17 announcement, the U.S. Department of Energy committed to invest $10.9 million across 13 projects to improve nuclear industry and reactor safety, performance and cost competitiveness. Full Story

UNL team to promote green infrastructure in Omaha

July 13, 2012 - The Environmental Protection Agency will support a team led by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to evaluate the effectiveness of the Saddle Hills neighborhood's green infrastructure in metropolitan Omaha. Full Story

The ICARE equipment is going to market. UNL professor Carl Nelson helped Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital on the research.

ICARE device to be sold internationally, developed with UNL's Nelson

July 12, 2012 - Researchers at Madonna spent three years developing the ICARE in collaboration with Carl Nelson, UNL associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering and biological systems engineering. Full Story

Hendrix serves as interim chair of CHME

July 02, 2012 - Hendrix assumes CHME department chair duties from Prof. William Velander, who held the D.R. Voelte Jr. and N.A. Keegan Endowed Chair in Engineering, and continues as a CHME faculty member. Full Story