The following list of awards includes all Civil and Environmental Engineering grants of $100,000 or more between March 1 and October 31, 2026, as reported through NuRamp, the University’s electronic research administration system.
Nebraska Department of Transportation
Li Zhao, Nathan Hyunh, Yunwoo Nam, “Safety and Operational Demonstration of Speed Transition Zone Strategies in Rural Nebraska Communities”, $397,893
Joshua Steelman, “High-Strength, Corrosion-Resistant Reinforcement for Empirical Deck Design”, $163,397.
Qusai Alomari, Jamilla Teixeira, “Developing a Nebraska-Specific Evaluation Framework for Superheavy Load Movements on Pavements”, $162,527
Jamilla Teixeira, Richard Wood, “The Use of Recycled Plastic in Concrete Pavements - Phase 2”, $159,875
Jamilla Teixeira, George Morcous, “The Use of Recycled Plastic in Concrete Pavements - Phase II”, $159,875.
Aemal Khattak, Mm Shakiul Haque, “Evaluation of Alternative Intersection and Interchange Options for Nebraska (TSPT-2)”, $189,930
Jiong Hu, George Morcous, “Implementation of UHPC Bridge Deck Overlays in Nebraska”, $146,264.
Li Zhao, Nathan Hyunh, “Nebraska Risk-Informed Construction Scheduling and Impact Analysis”, $189,448
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Xu Li, Matthew Hille, Sasitharan Balasubramaniam, “Collaborative Research: FEC: AI-Enabled Environmental Surveillance of Microbial and Chemical Threats to Food Production Systems”, $2,000,000 from NSF-EPSCoR.
Lance Perez, Yusong Li, Tareq Daher, Logan Perry, Jessica Deters “Center: From Pathways to Workforce: Building Rural Engineering Futures in Nebraska and the Nation”, $949,999
Yvonne Lai, YYusong Li, Tareq Daher, Logan Perry, Jessica Deters, “Project POME: Pedagogies of Mathematics in and for Engineering”, $399,517
Matthew Andrews, Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, Jentry Barrett, Tammy Mittelstet, “E-CORE: Nebraska Strengthening Partnerships for Innovation, Research, and Education (NSPIRE)”, $9,000,000.
Logan Perry, Heidi Diefes Dux, “REU Site: Leveraging Engineering Education Research for U.S. Workforce Development”, $463,714
U.S. Department of Agriculture-APHIS
D. Loy, Xu Li, A. Naveed, E. VanWormer, “Comprehensive HPAI Surveillance in Diverse Landscapes; Development of Holistic Sample and Testing Methodologies for Early Detection”, $1,420,235
Edwards Design and Fabrication, Inc.
Cody Stolle, Joshua Steelman, Ronald Faller, “F2656 M30 Testing of AVERT In-Lane Barrier”, $205,852.
X-Wave Innovations Inc
Jinying Zhu, “SBIR: Detect3C: Advancing the Assessment of Concrete Chloride Content Through Non-Destructive Technique”, $350,151
Dept of Energy-Natl Energy Tech
Nathan Huynh, “Nebraska Clean Cities and Communities Coalition (NEC4)”, $130,000
