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Nebraska Engineering faculty Wei Niu (left) and Massimiliano Pierobon examine a petri dish as students Zahmeeth Sakkaff and Molly Lee work in the background. Through a new NSF-funded project, Pierobon is expanding bioengineering research on campus and STEM opportunities for Lincoln-area high school students. (Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication)
November 14, 2018 - A new Nebraska Engineering project with NSF funding is expanding bioengineering research on campus while offering science, technology, engineering and mathematics learning opportunities for high school students.  Full Story

Daniel Rico (left), a master's student in computer science and engineering, and Craig Allen, research professor and director of the Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit.
November 13, 2018 - Daniel Rico, a master's student in computer science and engineering, is part of a Nebraska team that is using resilience training to find ways to maintain agricultural viability in an age of climate change.  Full Story

Tareq Daher, director of the Engineering and Computing Education Core.
November 12, 2018 - Seven doctoral students from the College of Engineering are the first cohort participating in the Graduate Student Training Fellows Program (GSTFP), which aims to prepare students to become successful teachers when they become faculty at a university.  Full Story

Wei Niu, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering
November 12, 2018 - Wei Niu, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, has received a three-year, $335,516 grant from the National Science Foundation to work on biocatalytic reduction of carboxylic acids.  Full Story

Sarah Drummey, a student in the architectural engineering master's program, has been chosen the 2018 ACEC Scholar of the Year.
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Nebraska Engineering faculty John Woollam (left) and Benjamin Terry were recognized at the NUtech Ventures 2018 Innovator Celebration.
November 09, 2018 - Nebraska Engineering faculty John Woollam and Benjaim Terry were among the University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty recognized at the Nov. 6 NUtech Ventures Innovator Celebration.  Full Story

Drs. Yong-Rak Kim, Joseph Turner, and civil engineering graduate student Mahdieh Khedmati.
October 31, 2018 - With funding from the National Science Foundation, Dr. Yong-Rak Kim is leading a multi-disciplinary research team to understand binding of concrete. Kim’s team has found promising alternatives to conventional cement-based concrete.  Full Story

Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District Gothenburg Division Manager Devin Brundage was approved Friday morning as the district’s new general manager. He is the ninth general manager in CNPPID’s history since 1935. He will succeed Don Kraus, who has served in that role since 1992. (Photo by Lori Potter / Kearney Hub)
October 29, 2018 - Devin Brundage, a 1992 electrical engineering graduate, was approved on Oct. 26 as the new general manager of Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District. Brundage takes over in January as the ninth GM in the organization's 84-year history.  Full Story

Kimberly Law, a freshman in chemical engineering from La Quinta, California, is one of two featured twirlers in the Cornhusker Marching Band. (Photo by Justin Mohling)
October 26, 2018 - Twirler and chemical engineering major Kimberly Law knew what she wanted in a university – and found it only at Nebraska.  Full Story

Rajib Saha, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering.
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