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Nebraska Air and Space Research team members - (from left) Will Fleener, Nathan Borcyk, Andrew Mason, Allison Porter and Claire Ashley - demonstrated an anchoring device they designed at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The project was part of the annual NASA Micro-g NExT Challenge.
July 06, 2017 - As part of the NASA Micro-g NExT Challenge, the Nebraska Air and Space Research designed an anchoring device that expands and now hopes to expand its reach across the university.  Full Story

Civil engineering postgraduate students from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are using sensors to collect data from a Union Pacific steel bridge built in Columbus, Nebraska, in 1908.
June 29, 2017 - Civil engineering postgraduate students from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are using sensors to collect data from a Union Pacific steel bridge built in Columbus, Nebraska, in 1908.  Full Story

Drew Wiseman, a senior in electrical and computer engineering, was chosen as COSIDA's Academic All-American of the Year for Division I men's track and field.
June 23, 2017 - Drew Wiseman, a senior in electrical and computer engineering, was chosen as COSIDA's Academic All-American of the Year for Division I men's track and field.  Full Story

The Husker Motorsports Formula SAE car will be among the more than 100 from universities around the world competing this week at the annual season-ending event at Lincoln Airpark.
June 20, 2017 - The annual Formula SAE season-ending event this week at Lincoln Airpark will bring more than 100 teams from around the world and provide an opportunity for industry to connect with the next generation of engineers.  Full Story

Ashraf Aly Hassan, research assistant professor in civil engineering.
June 08, 2017 - Meetings with program officers in Washington, D.C., have helped Ashraf Aly Hassan, research assistant professor in civil engineering, reshape a proposal he previously submitted to the National Science Foundation.  Full Story

Marieme Toure, from Dakar, adjusts her team's robot at the 2017 Pan-African Robotics Competition in Dakar, Senegal, May 19, 2017. (R.Shryock/VOA)
June 06, 2017 - The hum of tiny machines fills a fenced-off obstacle course, as small robots compete to gather mock natural resources. The robots were built by teams of young people gathered in Dakar for the annual Pan-African Robotics Competition.  Full Story

Nebraska Engineering
June 02, 2017 - U.S. Department of State and Partners of the Americas, the Capacity Building Grant will enable UNL computer engineering and computer science students to travel and study in the Middle East.  Full Story

Ben Terry, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering.
May 31, 2017 - In the near future, you may monitor your health and diagnose illness – all by swallowing a biosensor. Ben Terry, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, discusses this technology in an ASME video.  Full Story

Clayton Anderson (right), a retired U.S. astronaut, worked with Nebraska's Shane Farritor (left) to pilot a surgical robot remotely on May 23. The robot, developed by Farritor and the University of Nebraska Medical Center's Dmitry Oleynikov, is designed to perform abdominal surgery.
May 25, 2017 - On May 23, retired astronaut Clayton Anderson worked with engineering professor Shane Farritor to remotely pilot a surgical robot designed for performing abdominal surgery to test how it might be used in space.  Full Story

Marie Wadas and twins Myah and Kyla Phillips of Arcadia High School pose with Dr. Terri Norton, who is also a twin.
May 23, 2017 - Terri Norton, associate professor of construction engineering in The Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction at Nebraska, described her journey to becoming a Fulbright Scholar at the 19th annual Women in Science Conference on March 31.  Full Story