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Troy Fedderson | University Communications UNL engineering students write down answers during an interview with Kirk Conger. The students are conducting energy audits of UNL buildings as part of a pilot course in engineering.
March 03, 2015 - Through a new pilot course, engineering and architecture students are gathering data that UNL plans to use to reduce the energy consumption of campus buildings.  Full Story

Joe Turner
March 02, 2015 - <span>A collaboration between UNL engineers and Purdue University plant biologists helped researchers gain a better understanding of how plant cells grow and gain their shapes. Their results are published in the March 2 edition of Nature: Plants.</span>  Full Story

Adam Crnkovich, a junior construction management major.
February 23, 2015 - Adam Crnkovich, a junior in construction management, is featured in an <a href="http://mcaagreatfutures.org/this-could-be-you-adams-story/">MCAA video</a> about his internship at Control Services Inc. in Omaha.  Full Story

Dr. Jung Yul Lim
February 23, 2015 - A video about research done at UNL by Jung Yul Lim, associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering, into ways of controlling obesity on NSF's Science360 News web site.  Full Story

Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, associate professor of civil engineering.
February 20, 2015 - A team that includes a UNL associate professor of civil engineering, has released a study that suggests prions responsible for chronic wasting and other diseases can be degraded by the rain and sun that fall upon the soil the prions often live in.  Full Story

MME assistant professor Jinsong Huang (left) and graduate student Yehau Deng work to create organic transistors in Huang's lab. (Photo by NET News)
February 17, 2015 - Throwing old TVs or phones into the trash one day may not hurt the environment. Jinsong Huang, an assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, leads a team developing organic transparent transistors that are environmentally friendly.  Full Story

A narrow grass hedge, which limits animal waste runoff.
February 17, 2015 - A team that includes UNL engineering faculty and researchers has found that narrow grass hedges on agricultural plots can limit animal waste – and with it antibiotics and antibiotic-resistant bacteria – into nearby streams.  Full Story

Zhigang Shen (left), associate professor of construction engineering, and Wayne Jensen, associate professor of construction management
February 12, 2015 - Durham associate professors Zhigang Shen and Wayne Jensen head a team of researchers who have developed a data management tool that could help U.S. officials monitor deteriorating bridges and prioritize their repair schedules.  Full Story

Weather Channel video highlights drill used by WISSARD and SCINI projects in Antarctica.
February 06, 2015 - <span>The Weather Channel has released a video highlighting how a hot-water drill and an underwater robotic vehicle designed, built and operated by a UNL engineering team, have helped in making discoveries about Antarctica’s geology and biology.</span>  Full Story

Shane Farritor (left), MME professor, and Dmitry Oleynikov, director of UNMC's Center for Advanced Surgical Technology.
February 06, 2015 - Shane Farritor, professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, and his team have received a $2.8 million extension of their U.S. Army grant to fund research into developing devices for robotic telesurgery.  Full Story