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The Midwest Roadside Safety Facility will host a research showcase open house, including a full-scale crash test, on Friday, Sept. 9, from noon to 4 p.m.
August 29, 2022 - The Midwest Roadside Safety Facility (MwRSF) is hosting a research showcase open house, including a full-scale crash test on Friday, Sept. 9 from noon to 4 p.m.  Full Story

Santosh Pitla, assistant professor of biological systems engineering.
August 28, 2022 - Santosh Pitla, associate professor of biological systems engineering, is leading a team of researchers from University of Nebraska institutions focusing on improving the cybersecurity of autonomous farm vehicles, such as tractors and robots.  Full Story

As small “slippery” particles or microorganisms such as Cryptosporidium travel through a pipe, they tend to concentrate in the middle. A Nebraska Engineering study looks to exploit this knowledge to determine better ways for energy and environmental sectors to achieve greater efficiency at mitigating contamination or in providing cheaper fuel.
August 22, 2022 - Jae Sung Park and Yusong Li are working on a three-year, $418,120 NSF grant to learn how small particles – some less than one-tenth the width of a human hair – better move through confined fluid flows in transport systems, such as pipes.  Full Story

Nebraska Engineering researchers are studying how to make ethanol production more environmentally sensitive by reducing the amount of water and energy required to produce it.
August 22, 2022 - Nebraska Engineering researchers are studying how to make ethanol production more environmentally sensitive by reducing the amount of water and energy required to produce it and cutting the air emissions that result.  Full Story

Christine Wittich, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, is conducting research focused on social media use by state departments of transportation during emergencies ranging from natural disasters to civil unrest to large traffic jams. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
August 17, 2022 - Christine Wittich is leading a national effort to gather information on how state departments of transportation use social media during emergencies, with an eye toward developing best practices to improve crisis communications.  Full Story

Nebraska Governance and Technology Center announces 2022-23 classes of Faculty and Student Fellows.
August 16, 2022 - The Nebraska Governance and Technology Center announced its new University of Nebraska-Lincoln fellows, selecting six College of Engineering faculty and six Nebraska Engineering graduate students to those classes.  Full Story

Nebraska’s Rebecca Wachs, assistant professor of biological systems engineering, will lead a five-year project funded by the National Institutes of Health. (University Communication and Marketing)
August 11, 2022 - Supported by a new five-year, $1.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, Nebraska's Rebecca Wachs and colleagues will aim to pinpoint the impacts of a three-pronged offensive that degenerating discs can wage on the lower back.  Full Story

Marilyn Wolf, founding director of the School of Computing and Elmer E. Koch Professor of Engineering, is presented the IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award from Gi-Joon Nam, president of the IEEE Council on Electronic Design Automation.
August 11, 2022 - School of Computing Director Marilyn Wolf has been honored with the 2022 IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award, which recognizes inspirational teaching of graduate students in IEEE fields of interest.  Full Story

A team of Nebraska Engineering students took first place at the ASABE Robotics Student Design Competition.
August 10, 2022 - A team of Nebraska Enghineering students led by biological systems engineering faculty Santosh Pitla recently won a robotics competition held at the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Annual International Meeting.  Full Story

Samuel Underwood, doctoral student in architectural engineering.
August 05, 2022 - After nearly sweeping all the major 2022 student awards from INCE, Ph.D. student Samuel Underwood discusses his acoustical engineering career journey.  Full Story