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Connor Adamsick, a civil engineering major, has progressed from a walk-on athlete to being chosen captain of the Husker men's gymnastics team. (Lincoln Journal Star photo)
January 26, 2017 - Connor Adamsick, a civil engineering major, has progressed from a walk-on athlete to being chosen captain of the Husker men's gymnastics team.  Full Story

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January 23, 2017 - Congratulations to the 2016 Department of Civil Engineering Outstanding Thesis and Dissertation Award winners!  Full Story

Bai Cui (left), assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, and Jian Wang, associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering.
January 19, 2017 - Materials engineers Bai Cui (left) and Jian Wang at UNL’s Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research, are developing radiation-tolerant nanomaterials that are self-healing and could extend the durability of metals used at nuclear reactors.  Full Story

John Woollam, George Holmes Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering.
January 18, 2017 - John Woollam, George Holmes Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering at Nebraska, has been chosen to receive the 2017 R.F. Bunshah Award and to present the Honorary Lecture at the 2017 International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin F  Full Story

Darrell Watts, a former professor and member of the Biological Systems Engineering Hall of Fame at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, died Tuesday, Jan. 10.
January 17, 2017 - Darrell Watts, a former professor and member of the Biological Systems Engineering Hall of Fame at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, died Tuesday, January 10 in Lincoln. He was 80.  Full Story

Sixteen-month-old Carter Brown takes a ride in his modified electric car renovated by Heidi Kratzer, a senior Electrical Engineering major. Carter's family received the car from Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital as part of a project to give children a means to overcome challenges that inhibit their mobility.
January 12, 2017 - Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital teamed with senior Electrical Engineering major Heidi Kratzer on a project that gives a 16-month-old boy a chance to get moving on his own after a traumatic brain injury.  Full Story

Chris Tuan, professor of civil engineering, and the conductive concrete he designed will be featured Saturday on CBS's "Innovation Nation." (University Communications)
January 10, 2017 - Chris Tuan, professor of civil engineering, and the conductive concrete he designed will be featured on this week's episode of the CBS Saturday morning show "The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation."  Full Story

The UNL Master of Engineering Management program ranks No. 18 on the U.S. News & World Report list of Best Online Graduate Engineering Programs.
January 10, 2017 - The Master of Engineering Management (MEM) program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln remains among the best in the nation, ranking No. 18 on the U.S. News & World Report’s 2017 list of the best online graduate engineering programs.  Full Story

Li Tan, associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering
January 02, 2017 - Nebraska engineers and colleagues from China have combined to design a device with unparalleled sensitivity to low-frequency sound waves that can propagate miles below the ocean's surface.  Full Story

Shane Farritor, Lederer Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.
December 13, 2016 - Shane Farritor, the Lederer Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.  Full Story