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College of Engineering News Archives

Nebraska Engineering students walk down a staircase in Kiewit Hall during a welcome event in August. The new Nebraska Engineering Inclusive Excellence Center will focus on the recruitment, education and retention of students from a wide variety of backgrounds, particularly residents of rural areas. (University Communication and Marketing)
January 02, 2025 - To help meet the dramatically increasing demands for workforce in engineering, computing and construction, a new center in the College of Engineering will work to transform engineering education and make resources available to all Nebraska students.  Full Story

Quinn Gossett, a junior in construction management, rolls his ball down the lane with enthusiasm during the Concrete Bowling Competition in the Kiewit Hall Basement on Dec. 11. (Jordan Opp / University Communication and Marketing)
December 18, 2024 - A class of Nebraska Engineering students closed out the semester on a roll, celebrating strikes and ending up in the gutter after spending the last few weeks designing, crafting and testing concrete bowling balls to learn about reinforced concrete.  Full Story

The College of Engineering is partnering with business colleges across the University of Nebraska system to provide discounted access to the global online learning platform Coursera for select alumni.
December 17, 2024 - The College of Engineering is partnering with business colleges across the University of Nebraska system to provide discounted access to the global online learning platform Coursera for select alumni.  Full Story

Doctoral student Adam Erickson adjusts the nitrogen-vacancy scanning probe in Abdelghani Laraoui's lab. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
December 10, 2024 - Using a nitrogen-vacancy scanning probe at the College of Engineering, an international team made a breakthrough discovery in single-layer metal films that could add to materials used in next-gen memory and logic devices.  Full Story

Nirupam Aich, McNeel Associate Professor of civil and environmental engineering, won the 2024 Faculty Research and Creative Activity Slam. (Photo by Nick Kumpula/Research and Innovation)
November 15, 2024 - Nirupam Aich, McNeel Associate Professor of civil and environmental engineering, won the annual Faculty Research and Creative Activity Slam, held Nov. 13 as part of Nebraska Research Days.  Full Story

Shuai Nie, assistant professor in the School of Computing.
November 15, 2024 - A new $340,000 grant from the NSF will support Shuai Nie's work to develop a smart surface that will advance and expand high-speed internet access that support next-gen 6G applications.  Full Story

Eric Markvicka, Krohn Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, is leading a project aimed at developing a wearable monitoring device that contains multiple types of sensors, enabling faster and more accurate detection of exacerbations of COPD and chronic conditions like asthma, heart disease and other inflammatory disorders. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
November 07, 2024 - Eric Markvicka is developing a new approach for detecting acute exacerbations of chronic conditions - a wearable monitoring device that would enable faster and more accurate detections.  Full Story

Nirupam Aich, Richard L. McNeel Associate Professor in civil and environmental engineering.
November 05, 2024 - Nirupam Aich is adding his expertise to a federally funded project that aims to make create the first “field-ready” process that both detects and monitors “forever chemicals” in water sources.  Full Story

Data collected in a study of the 2020 election is helping Nebraska Engineering's Jennifer Lather and the Engineering for Democracy Institute make recommendations to put more flexibility in voting processes. (University Communication and Marketing)
October 30, 2024 - Data collected in that election helped a research team – including Nebraska Engineering’s Jennifer Lather – make recommendations to help election administrators and officials make data-based decisions and put more flexibility in voting processes.  Full Story

Peter Sutter (left), professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Eli Sutter, professor of mechanical and materials engineering, are among the 45 Nebraska Engineering researchers on a prestigious 2024 list of the world's most influential researchers.
October 23, 2024 - Thirty-nine researchers from the College of Engineering are among the 137 from UNL on a 2024 list of the world's most influential researchers.  Full Story