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Angie Pannier, Swarts Family Chair in Biological Systems Engineering and professor of biomedical engineering, will present the Nebraska Lecture “DNA and RNA Delivery: From Novel Therapies to Vaccines that End Pandemics” on Nov. 17. The lecture will take place via Zoom. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
October 19, 2022 - Angie Pannier, Swarts Family Chair in Biological Systems Engineering and professor of biomedical engineering, will present the Nov. 17 Nebraska Lecture, "DNA and RNA Delivery: From Novel Therapies to Vaccines that End Pandemics."  Full Story

Husker faculty members are leading a project to create a national framework for ag data. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
October 18, 2022 - Hongfeng Yu and Joe Luck are among the University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty who are at the forefront of leading an effort to create a network of national agricultural data repositories, the National Agricultural Producers Data Collective.  Full Story

Congrui "Grace" Jin, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering.
October 13, 2022 - Inspired by the ability of the human body to heal itself, Congrui "Grace" Jin has been awarded a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Young Faculty Award to support research using microorganisms to develop a concrete that can heal its own cracks.  Full Story

Forty first-year students have been chosen to the inaugural cohort of the Peter Kiewit Foundation Engineering Academy.
September 23, 2022 - Forty first-year students in the College of Engineering – including 10 who will be based on Scott Campus in Omaha – have been chosen to the inaugural cohort of the Peter Kiewit Foundation Engineering Academy.  Full Story

Samuel Gibson, senior majoring in mechanical engineering
September 16, 2022 - Sam Gibson, a senior majoring in mechanical and materials engineering, was chosen to receive the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) International Standards & Certification Scholar Award.  Full Story

Ten first-year students have been chosen to the second cohort of the Kiewit Scholars Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering.
September 12, 2022 - Ten first-year students have been chosen to the second cohort of the Kiewit Scholars Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering.  Full Story

Nathan Huynh has been chosen to become the new director of Nebraska Transportation Center.
September 07, 2022 - Nathan Huynh has been named the second director of the Nebraska Transportation Center (NTC). Huynh, who was selected from a nationwide search, will start at UNL on January 2, 2023.  Full Story

The College of Engineering adds 13 new faculty for 2022-23.
September 07, 2022 - The College of Engineering has added 13 new faculty for the 2022-23 academic year, increasing total faculty hires to 67 over the past six years.  Full Story

Students working together on a large drone.
September 02, 2022 - President Biden on Sept. 2 announced Nebraska’s Heartland Robotics Cluster, which includes the College of Engineering, will receive $25 million in funding as a recipient of the American Rescue Plan Regional Challenge.  Full Story

The specially signed beam is put in place atop Kiewit Hall.
September 02, 2022 - Construction of the privately funded, $115 million Kiewit Hall at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln reached a major milestone on Aug. 31 as a special beam-signing ceremony was held.  Full Story