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The UNL Quarter Scale Tractor A-team took first overall and the X-team took third at the ASABE International Quarter Scale Tractor Student Design Competition in Peoria, Illinois.
June 09, 2016 - The UNL student team won the overall competition at the International Quarter Scale Tractor Student Design Competition this past weekend in Peoria, Illinois. The event was hosted by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE).  Full Story

A new software engineering major program will begin at UNL in Fall 2016.
June 09, 2016 - Beginning in Fall 2016, a major program in Software Engineering will debut at UNL, which will be the first Big Ten institution to offer such a program and one of only 40 in the US.  Full Story

John Tran, who earned bachelor's and master's degrees in architectural engineering at UNL, is an assistant project manager for Related Companies, and is working on one of the towers at the Hudson Yards development in New York.
June 07, 2016 - John Tran, a UNL architectural engineering alumnus, is building a new career as an assistant project manager while helping to build Hudson Yards, the largest real-estate development in U.S. history.  Full Story

Sidy Ndao, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, helps two students detect a problem on their robot during the Pan-African Robotics Competition. (Sam Phelps / New York Times)
June 01, 2016 - A New York Times article features the efforts of UNL's Sidy Ndao, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, to bring STEM and robotics to children in West Africa.  Full Story

A team of UNL civil engineering students competes in the concrete canoe competition at the American Society of Civil Engineers' annual Mid-Continent Conference in Missouri this past April.
May 27, 2016 - UNL civil engineering students earned second- and fourth-place finishes in competitions April 21-23 at the annual ASCE Mid-Continent conference in Missouri.  Full Story

ASCE members with their canoe, The Pershing
May 27, 2016 - Students from the American Society of Civil Engineers competed in events including concrete canoe races, steel bridge construction and concrete bowling. Hosted by the Missouri University of Science and Technology.  Full Story

Husker Racing driver Eric Rice waits to take the No. 80 car out on the track at the Baja SAE Collegiate Design Series event in Gorman, California, last weekend.
May 24, 2016 - The Husker Racing Baja SAE team placed seventh among 100 entries last weekend in Gorman, California, marking the first time in club history the team has earned two top-10 finishes in the same season.  Full Story

Constantine Tarawneh, who received master's and doctoral degrees in mechanical engineering at UNL, has been appointed associate dean for research in the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
May 19, 2016 - Constantine Tarawneh, a mechanical engineering alumus, has been appointed associate dean for research in the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.  Full Story

Driver Eric Rice pilots the Husker Racing Baja SAE car through a water crossing during an April competition in Cookeville, Tennessee. The team took fifth place at that event and competes this weekend in Gorman, California.
May 18, 2016 - Fresh off a fifth-place finish in April, one of the best performances in team history, and recovering from the grind of finals week, the Husker Racing Baja SAE team is ready for a trip to sunny Southern California.  Full Story

Shelby Williby, a sophomore in chemical engineering and coordinator of UNL's Out of the Darkness group, was a key figure in organizing an April 17 Campus Walk that drew more than 600 people and raised nearly $25,000 for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
May 18, 2016 - Chemical engineering major Shelby Williby hoped to hike awareness at UNL about suicide prevention by organizing the April 17 Out of the Darkness Campus Walk that drew 600 people and raised $25,000.  Full Story