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An aerial shot of a cornfield in southwestern Lancaster County, Nebraska. (University Communication)
August 04, 2022 - With the help of supercomputers from the Holland Computing Center, a team of civil and environmental engineers is analyzing historical data from the Sandhills to predict the impact of climate change on herbicide runoff.  Full Story

(From left) Bilal Khan, Mohammad Hasan and Neeta Kantamneni are developing an app called Messages from a Future You, aimed at providing students with targeted, real-time interventions that boost their performance in STEM courses. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
August 02, 2022 - Mohammad Hasan is harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to help undergraduate STEM students improve their academic performance and strengthen the pipeline of college graduates prepared for STEM jobs.  Full Story

Eric Markvicka has collaborated with researchers at Virginia Tech to develop octopus-inspired glove that gives divers a reliable grasp on objects underwater.
August 02, 2022 - Nebraska Engineering's Eric Markvicka has collaborated with researchers at Virginia Tech to develop octopus-inspired glove that gives divers a reliable grasp on objects underwater.  Full Story

A surgical robot, developed by Shane Farritor, the David and Nancy Lederer Professor of Engineering and chief technology officer of Virtual Incision, will be tested on the International Space Station in 2024.
August 02, 2022 - A miniaturized surgical robot invented by Shane Farritor, the David and Nancy Lederer Professor of Engineering and chief technology officer of Virtual Incision, is being prepped for testing aboard the International Space Station.  Full Story

Brandi Brown, postdoctoral researcher in the Industrial Agricultural Products Center.
July 22, 2022 - Brandi Brown, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Industrial Agricultural Products Center, has been chosen to receive a USDA Postdoctoral Fellowship.  Full Story

Kelli Kopocis, assistant professor of practice in the Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction
July 22, 2022 - Kelli Kopocis, assistant professor of practice in the Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction is among 16 faculty selected the inaugural University of Nebraska system's inaugural class of leadership development fellows.  Full Story

The NIMBUS Lab at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln is working on a new algorithm to control drone swarms.
July 22, 2022 - Led by Justin Bradley, the Nebraska Intelligent MoBile Unmanned Systems Lab at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln is working to develop an algorithm to control drone swarms for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance missions.  Full Story

Keegan Moore, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering.
July 19, 2022 - Why does walking require more energy as people age? Keegan Moore’s team is part of a UNL-UNO collaboration using cutting-edge technology to collect data and develop algorithms that provide elusive answers to that question.  Full Story

During crash tests, a Dodge quad-cab pickup struck the portable barriers at 62 miles per hour. (Midwest Roadside Safety Facility)
July 13, 2022 - A barrier-connecting prototype, designed at the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility, helped portable concrete barriers maintain their structural integrity when tested in a high-speed crash involving a 5,000-pound pickup truck.  Full Story

An atomic-level rendering of the material known as hafnium oxide, which consists of one hafnium atom (white) for every two oxygen (red). Bucking years of conventional wisdom, Husker researchers have shown that the material’s most technologically appealing property can emerge from unexpected conditions. (Adapted from figure in Nature Materials / Springer Nature)
July 12, 2022 - Jeffrey Shield is part of a UNL materials researchers who have shown that larger grains of hafnium oxide produce higher-quality, more relaiable ferroelectricity, contrary to long-held notions about the material.  Full Story