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Nebraska Engineering mourns Young, former administrator and faculty

January 29, 2013 - Lyle Eugene Young died Dec. 20, 2012 at age 93 in Lincoln. Full Story

Nebraska dominates top five in 2012 IBM/IEEE Smarter Planet Challenge

January 17, 2013 - Two teams led by Nebraska Engineering students earned top-five status in the 2012 IBM.IEEE Smarter Planet Challege, an international competition for college/university teams improving the world’s technology solutions. Full Story

Front row (left-to-right): Eli Van Boening, Blake Stewart, Christian Laney, Shawn Schumacher, Maggie Clay, Caleb Berggren, Nicholas Goeser, Jake Reher (team captain), Eric Fritz, Brad Steiner. Back row (left-to-right): Ryan Wood, Hunter Severin, Ethan Monhollon, Tricia Foley, Effie Greene, Carl Nelson (adviser), Dustin Dam (adviser). Not pictured: Ellie Ahlquist, Brendan Byal, Peng Liu, Timothy Mastny, Taylor Noel, Parise Reynolds, Kyle Wroblewsi and Joan Yule.

UNL team will fly with NASA Microgravity University in July

January 03, 2013 - This year, a team of University of Nebraska-Lincoln engineering students will pilot a free-flying vehicle--like the radio-controlled helicopters--not to escape their courses, but to help NASA research. Full Story

NSF award aids UNL engineer's efforts to build better solar cell

December 19, 2012 -  Jinsong Huang, an assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, envisions a future when solar energy devices will become so inexpensive that nearly any surface will harness the sun. Full Story

Riley joins BSE as new leader for a new century

November 21, 2012 - As UNL's Biological Systems Engineering department celebrates 100 years since its first graduate in 1912, new BSE department chair Mark Riley—who began work October 15—looks forward to leading its programs. Full Story

MME’s Huang uses nanocomposites to improve photodetectors

November 13, 2012 - Research by Jinsong Huang, assistant professor with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, is featured in the Nov. 11 edition of Nature Nanotechnology. Full Story

Nebraska Engineering welcomes Stelling for UNL Master's Week

November 06, 2012 - In November 2012, Karen Stelling adds her perspective to the College of Engineering and the Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering. Full Story

UNL chemical engineers active at AIChE National Conference

November 01, 2012 - More than 10 UNL Chemical Engineering faculty and students headed to Pittsburgh for the American Institute of Chemical Engineers' national conference, Oct. 28 – Nov. 1. Full Story

Electrical engineering graduate student Jay Cheng views the battery area of Professor Don Cox's Tesla Roadster in a UNL class on electrical vehicles.

Alum's electric vehicles class drives UNL students’ interest in alternative power

October 26, 2012 - Don Cox, ’59 B.S. and ’60 M.S. ELEC, gets the wheels turning for students in the UNL class he teaches, ELEC 498/898, Sec. 004—Electric Vehicles. Full Story

Nebraska Engineering donors, faculty celebrate UNL nanoscience facility dedication

October 01, 2012 - With its namesakes present, UNL’s Voelte-Keegan Nanoscience Research Center was dedicated Sept. 27. Full Story