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Jay Puckett, director of The Durham School of Architectural Engineering & Construction.
May 23, 2018 - Jay Puckett, director of The Durham School of Architectural Engineering & Construction, has been awarded the Wyoming Eminent Engineer for 2018 on behalf of the engineering honor society Tau Beta Pi.  Full Story

Vitaly Alexandrov, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering.
May 23, 2018 - Fossil fuels have long been the precursor to plastic, but new research from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and European collaborators could help send that era up in smoke — carbon dioxide, to be exact.  Full Story

Maria Szerszen, associate professor of civil engineering.
May 22, 2018 - Maria Szerszen, associate professor of civil engineering who earned awards for her research on material fatigue and reliability and for teaching, passed away on Sunday, May 20. She was 63.  Full Story

Don Johnson, professor emeritus of mechanical and materials engineering, received a University of Nebraska-Lincoln Emeriti and Retirees Association research award for his work on the USS Arizona, which was sunk during the raid on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
May 22, 2018 - Don Johnson, professor emeritus of mechanical and materials engineering, received a research award from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Emeriti and Retirees Association for his work on the ecological impact of the corrosion of the sunken USS Arizona.  Full Story

ASCE National Concrete Canoe Competition is June 23-25 in San Diego, California.
May 15, 2018 - The Nebraska Engineering concrete canoe team from Scott Campus was one of six university teams chosen as a wild-card entry in the ASCE National Concrete Canoe Competition on June 23-25 in San Diego, California.  Full Story

Four University of Nebraska-Lincoln architectural engineering alumni -- (clockwise from top left) Samuel Haberman, Kimberly Cowman, Brandon Rich and Erica Ryherd, who is also an associate professor of in The Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction -- are among the 2018 40 Under 40 honorees chosen by Consulting-Specifying Engineer.
May 14, 2018 - Four Nebraska architectural engineering alumni, including current associate professor Erica Ryherd, are among the recipients of Consulting-Specifying Engineer’s 2018 40 Under 40 award.  Full Story

Nebraska Engineering.
May 11, 2018 - Four College of Engineering alumni and one current student were among the honorees at the Nebraska Alumni Association’s annual Alumni Honors Night, May 3 at Nebraska Innovation Campus.  Full Story

Brittany Duncan, assistant professor of computer science and engineering at Nebraska, has earned a nearly $550,000 Faculty Early Career Development Program award from the National Science Foundation to develop software that allows drones to communicate through movement and maintain comfortable distances from people. (Craig Chandler / University Communication)
May 11, 2018 - Brittany Duncan, assistant professor of computer science and engineering, has received a $550,000 NSF CAREER Award to develop software to enable drones to communicate with humans around them, thereby easing people's discomfort with the drones.  Full Story

Lance C. Pérez has been named dean of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering.
May 10, 2018 - After serving nearly two years in an interim position, Lance C. Pérez has been named dean of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s College of Engineering. Pérez will formally begin the appointment, which is pending Board of Regents approval, on May 15.  Full Story

Mark Riley, associate dean for research and professor of biological systems engineering.A partnership involving the University of Nebraska and the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico could position Nebraska as a leading educational site for students seeking careers in the biodefense field.
May 08, 2018 - A partnership involving the University of Nebraska and the Los Alamos National Laboratory could position Nebraska and the College of Engineering as leading educational sites for students seeking careers in the biodefense field.  Full Story