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Nebraska Engineering researchers Kai Peng and Wei Bao created a polariton that allows for the first time the study of quantum fluids at room temperature.
December 20, 2022 - Kai Peng and Wei Bao are lead authors of a paper published in the Nov. 30, 2022 edition of Nature Communications that shows it is possible to demonstrate the quantum mechanical effects of light on electronic materials at room temperature.  Full Story

Kazi Albab Hussain, doctoral student in civil engineering.
December 16, 2022 - Kazi Albab Hussain, a doctoral student in civil engineering, was chosen as one of the 2022-23 Buffett Early Childhood Institute Graduate Scholars and received a $25,000 award.  Full Story

Arafat Alam, doctoral student in civil engineering.
December 16, 2022 - Arafat Alam, a doctoral student majoring in civil engineering, has been chosen as one of eight recipients of the Transportation Research Board’s 2022-23 Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Graduate Research Awards.  Full Story

Theresa Luensmann and McKellan Clarke.
December 16, 2022 - To grow his professional skills and find an internship, sophomore software engineering major McKellan Clarke worked closely with Engineering Career Services, and as a result, Clarke said, expanded his job experience and knowledge in the field.  Full Story

Youra Moeun, doctoral student in chemical engineering.
December 09, 2022 - Youra Moeun, a doctoral candidate in chemical engineering, was chosen Nov. 30 to receive the American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AIChE)’s Women in Chemical Engineering Mentorship Excellence Award, Graduate/Postdoctoral.  Full Story

Ronald Faller, Willa Cather Research Professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility.
December 08, 2022 - Ronald Faller, Willa Cather Research Professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility, was selected as an National Academy of Inventors fellow.  Full Story

Dorian Bobbett, a senior chemical engineering major, has accumulated more than 25 teaching hours as a Nebraska Engineering Ambassador this semester.
December 05, 2022 - Dorian Bobbett, senior chemical engineering major and vice president of Engineering Ambassadors, has a wild idea: if you make science fun to learn and give more kids the chance to learn it, a wider array of students will pursue it later in life.  Full Story

Spencer Knight gets three students and their rubber-band powered cars lined up for a race at Riley Elementary School in Lincoln. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
December 02, 2022 - Spencer Knight, a junior civil engineering major, is among the Nebraska Honors students who host semester-long after-school clubs in the Lincoln community. Those Honors students get paid and develop skills, all while helping to meet a community need.  Full Story

A 3D rendering of grain bins following an August 2020 windstorm. The rendering was produced with the aid of lidar — near-infrared laser beams fired at the structures by a drone flying above the site.
November 30, 2022 - After a 2020 derecho hit east-central Iowa, Nebraska's Christine Wittich conducted "structural reconnaissance" on a unique case study to learn why four of an interconnected group of five grain bins were destroyed and one was left totally intact.  Full Story

Rachael Wagner and Shane Farritor look over a robotic surgery device in the Virtual Incision facility. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
November 30, 2022 - While working toward a master's degree in mechanical engineering and applied mechanics, Rachael Wagner makes the most of opportunity to help prepare a surgical robot for its test in space.  Full Story