You might say the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is the Los Angeles Dodgers of the Faculty Research and Creative Activity Slam, capturing its second straight title Nov. 19.
For good measure, not only did Jamilla Teixeira, assistant professor in the department, win the judges’ nod, and with it a cash award, but her colleague and department chair Shannon Bartelt-Hunt won the “Slammy” awarded by an audience vote. Last year, the department’s Nirupam Aich won the judges’ award.
“A new dynasty emerging,” proclaimed Jocelyn Bosley, research impact coordinator and emcee of the event. Faculty from the College of Journalism and Mass Communications won the previous three slams.
The Slam is held annually in conjunction with the university’s Nebraska Research Days. For the Slam, researchers present their work in five-minute, engaging talks, this year around the theme: “Who needs your research or creative activity, and how will it impact them?”
Four faculty members competed.
