The following list of awards includes all civil and environmental engineering grants of $100,000 or more between March 1 and October 31, 2025, as reported through NuRamp, the university’s electronic research administration system.
Nebraska Department of Transportation
Jamilla Teixeira, Chung Song, "Alternative Pavement Rehabilitation Strategy Using a Geogrid Interlayer", $179,185
Bruce Dvorak, Dave Admiraal, "Characterization of Sediment Loads and Size Distribution in Nebraska Roadway Runoff – Phase II", $193,213
Nathan Hyunh, Li Zhao, "Development of a tool to streamline and expedite the General Permit Applications", $180,000
Li Zhao, "Assessment of Crash Reduction Traffic Control Measures at T-intersections in Rural Highways", $175,616
Li Zhao, Nathan Hyunh, "Selection, Integration and Effectiveness study of Input Data for Nebraska Variable Speed Signs on I-80", $169,946
Hawkins Construction Company
Seunghee Kim, Jiong Hu, “Mass-scale Treatment of Recycled Concrete Aggregates (RCA) using Carbon Dioxide (CO2) - Phase III for Enhanced Commercial Application”, $160,235
U.S. Department of Agriculture ARS
Chittaranjan Ray, “Crop and Soil Modeling Based Decision Support for On-farm Sustainable Crop Production Systems’, $450,000
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Bruce Dvorak, “Collaborative Research: FEC: Circular Waste Resource Recovery and Water Reuse Systems to Drive Sustainability and Resiliency of the Great Plains Rural Communities”, $1,500,000
Grace Panther, “Collaborative Research: Investigating Strategies for Inclusive Teams in Engineering (InSITE)”, $333,551
Tirthankar Roy, “CAREER: Rain on Snow Flooding in the Midwest”, $673,168
Grace Panther, "Collaborative Research: Leveraging Ethnographic Methods to Build Foundational Knowledge About Spatial Skills that are Relevant to Contemporary Engineering Practice”, $346,929
Logan Perry, “Research: Engineering Preparedness Reimagined: Bridging Stakeholder Perspectives to Shape the Future Workforce”, $399,552
