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Nebraska Engineering student Ethan Krings and alumni Chris Volle, Matthew Mahlin and Justin Green were part of the team that developed a boom that would be used in space to support a flexible solar panel.
October 17, 2017 - A space tool developed by Nebraska undergraduate engineering students is on its way to NASA's Langley Research Center for its first structural test before being launched on a suborbital rocket in spring 2018.  Full Story

Curt Tomasevicz, Ph.D. student in biological systems engineering
October 11, 2017 - With degrees in electrical engineering and working toward a doctorate in biological systems engineering, Curt Tomasevicz has clout as a teacher, but his years on the US national bobsled team and Olympic medals give him extra clout with students.  Full Story

Richard Wood (left), assistant professor of civil engineering; and Yijun Liao (right), Ph.D. student in civil engineering, were joined by Kara Peterman of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in assessing damage at the Aransas County Airport in Rockport, Texas.
October 09, 2017 - Richard Wood, assistant professor of civil engineering, and two Ph.D. students in civil engineering, are part of a National Science Foundation effort to assess the damage caused in Texas by Hurricane Harvey.  Full Story

Team members assessing damage at the Aransas County Airport located in Rockport, Texas: (from left to right): Richard L. Wood (UNL), Kara D. Peterman (UMass Amherst), Yijun Liao (UNL PhD student).
October 06, 2017 - In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, Assistant Professor Dr. Richard Wood assessed various wind-damaged structures and sites along the gulf coast of Texas.  Full Story

Ali Tamayol, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering
October 05, 2017 - Ali Tamoyal, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, and researchers from Harvard and MIT have designed a smart bandage that could eventually heal chronic wounds or battlefield injuries and be controlled via smartphone.  Full Story

The College of Engineering has 10 new faculty starting in the Fall Semester 2017-18.
October 05, 2017 - The University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering has added 10 new faculty for 2017-18, increasing the college's total faculty hires to 56 over the past three years.  Full Story

Angela Pannier, associate professor of biological systems engineering, has earned a National Institutes of Health Director's New Innovator Award.
October 05, 2017 - Angela Pannier, associate professor of biological systems engineering, has received a 2017 National Institutes of Health Director's New Innovator Award and is the first University of Nebraska-Lincoln researcher to earn this honor.  Full Story

Jung Yul Lim, associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering.
October 02, 2017 - Jung Yul Lim, associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering, has earned a 2017 Pilot Program grant from UNMC's Great Plains IDeA-Clinical Translational Research network.  Full Story

Three computer science and engineering professors (clockwise from top left) -- chair Matthew Dwyer, Sebastian Elbaum and Gregg Rothermel -- have been chosen to the AMiner list of Most Influential Scholars in the field of software engineering, and UNL's program ranked fifth nationally.
October 02, 2017 - Three Computer Science and Engineering faculty -- Matthew Dwyer, Sebastian Elbaum and Gregg Rothermel -- have been named to AMiner’s Most Influential Scholars list for the field of software engineering, and the UNL program ranked fifth.  Full Story

Terri Norton, associate professor of construction engineering.
September 20, 2017 - Terri Norton, associate professor of construction engineering, is part of a team of faculty from three universities that has received a NSF INCLUDES grant to increase STEM education for underrepresented groups and contributing to disaster research.  Full Story