August 02, 2018 - The Nebraska Environmental Trust (NET) has awarded funding to Dr. Chittaranjan Ray, professor of civil engineering and Director of the Daugherty Water for Food Institute, for two research projects to study approaches for improving our groundwater.
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August 02, 2018 - David Jones has been named head of Biological Systems Engineering after having served in the role on an interim basis since July 1, 2017. Jones from 2011-17 served as associate dean for undergraduate programs in the College of Engineering.
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July 27, 2018 - A team of students from four College of Engineering departments will compete against others from around the world in a robotic harvesting competition July 31 at the annual ASABE Annual International Meeting in Detroit, Michigan.
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July 27, 2018 - Three faculty from Biological Systems Engineering -- Dean Eisenhauer, Yufung Ge and Derek Heeren -- will be recognized as major award recipients Aug. 1 at the annual American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers awards luncheon.
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July 27, 2018 - A recent grant from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will bolster engineering research into nuclear energy and could provide multiple benefits to the College of Engineering, its future students and the State of Nebraska.
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July 27, 2018 - Shark skin offers a near-perfect design for gliding effortlessly through water. A Nebraska Engineering research team led by Dennis Alexander is working to give metal the same unique properties, allowing it to be used for defense and industrial purposes.
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July 26, 2018 - Nebraska researchers, including chemical and biomolecular engineer Yasar Demirel, have broken through a theoretical limit on hydrogen that bacteria could produce by presenting those bacteria with a simple choice — adapt or die.
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July 25, 2018 - Using 3-D printing to generate tissue that could close wounds like a shark bite may be science fiction today, but Nebraska mechanical and materials engineering researchers are striving to make this scenario a reality.
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July 24, 2018 - The fastest humans can swim about one-tenth as fast as the fastest sharks. What separates us from the creatures of the sea? Could we ever close the gap? Nebraska Engineering's Timothy Wei discusses his reasearch.
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July 16, 2018 - Thomas Hafner, a student in mechanical and materials engineering, has been selected as a finalist in the Young Engineers Paper Contest in the ASME Fluids Engineering Division at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition.
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