College of Engineering
Discipline-Based Education Research in Engineering
Heidi Diefes-Dux
Discipline-based education research (DBER) in engineering encompasses the study of teaching and learning in engineering from the perspective of engineering as a whole and the individual engineering disciplines.
PRAIRIE
Mark Stone
The PRAIRIE (Pioneering Responsible AI for Research & Innovative Education) Initiative will pioneer responsible AI for research, innovation, and education by integrating and accelerating ongoing AI momentum across the College of Engineering.
REACT-E
Tareq Daher
The Researching Ethical AI in Computing, Technology, and Engineering (REACT-E) research lab explores the challenges and opportunities that Generative AI brings to engineering education.
Biological Systems Engineering
Iverson Lab
Nicole Iverson
Iverson’s research focuses on the use of carbon nanotube sensors to determine extracellular and intercellular signaling associated with quiescent and diseased cells.
Product Innovation (PI)
Saicharith Vaitla
The objective of the center is to provide engineering solution support to both internal (UNL faculty and graduate students) and external clients (e.g., startup companies) as well as provide an opportunity for undergraduate students to be involved in solving practical engineering and research projects.
Song Research Group
Hyun-Seob Song
Our approach features synergistic integration of a suite of complementary modeling and theoretical methods (process-based modeling, data-driven modeling, and ecological theory) for enhanced prediction and data incorporation.
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Concrete Materials Build Environment
Jiong Hu
Dr. Hu is an experienced and energetic researcher and educator. He has over twenty years of experience in the professional practice of transportation and built environmental materials field, particularly in the concrete materials area.
Environmental Quality & Communities Research Lab
Shannon Bartelt-Hunt
The Environmental Quality and Communities Lab focuses on the behavior of biologically-active contaminants primarily in agroecosystems. Our research focuses on understanding the fate of emerging environmental pollutants including pesticides, microplastics, prions and pharmaceuticals in soil and water to improve human and environmental health.
Great Plains PFAS Initiative
Nirupam Aich
The Great Plains PFAS Initiative is working to remove per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and effectively degrade or destroy them.
Mid-America Transportation Center
Aemal Khattak
The Mid-America Transportation Center (MATC) drives advancements in U.S. transportation technology and expertise across a range of disciplines through education, solutions-oriented research, and the exploration and sharing of innovative ideas and approaches.
Nebraska Clean Cities and Communities Coalition
Nathan Huynh
The Nebraska Clean Cities and Communities Coalition (NEC4) was established in January 2025 as an independent, designated coalition of the U.S. Department of Energy's Clean Cities Program to advance clean transportation and alternative fuel solutions across Nebraska.
NITAC
Bruce Dvorak
The Nebraska Industrial Training & Assessment Center (NITAC) team is comprised of students and faculty from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) who provide free assessments focusing on energy efficiency and waste reduction for small- and medium-sized manufacturers in the Midwest area.
NTC
Nathan Huynh
The Nebraska Transportation Center (NTC) integrates transportation research, education, and technology transfer programs across the four NU campuses, making it one of the largest university transportation centers in the region. The Mid-America Transportation Center and Midwest Roadside Safety Facility operate under NTC.
P3
Bruce Dvorak
Partners in Pollution Prevention (P3) provides businesses innovative, economical and environmentally friendly solutions for a sustainable future.
Perry Research Group
Logan Perry
Dr. Perry's current work centers on understanding how students transfer their knowledge between engineering school and work. This is supplemented by his interests in virtual and augmented reality, and diversity, equity, and inclusion in the context of engineering.
IMPAR
Jamilla Teixeira
The Infrastructure Materials & Pavement Research (IMPAR) Lab is focused on applying diverse materials in construction of buildings, pavements and structures.
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Nanomaterials Group
Shudipto Dishari
Our group unravels fascinating nanoscale phenomena in confined polymeric and biological systems.
PSE Bavarian Labs
Mona Bavarian
PSE Bavarian Labs utilizes a Kniterate Digital Knitting Machine for our textile-based energy storage research project.
Durham School of Architectural Engineering & Construction
Nebraska Acoustics Group
Lily Wang and Samuel Underwood
The Nebraska Acoustics Group (NAG) is comprised of faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students in the Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction who are actively engaged in acoustical research in the built environment. Current research areas include architectural acoustics, auditory accessibility, HVAC noise, and more!
Autonomous Vehicles and Robotics Laboratory
Chun-Hsing Ho
The Autonomous Vehicles and Robotics Laboratory at University of Nebraska-Lincoln aims to improve safety, efficiency and sustainability of civil infrastructure systems, and accessibility of transportation services for underserved populations using autonomous driving systems and robotic technology.
CASE Lab
Marc Maguire
Founded in 2022, the Construction, Architectural, and Structural Engineering (CASE) lab provides accredited testing for the purposes of new product evaluation and building code compliance.
Human-Centered Integrated Building Operations Lab
XIaoqi Liu and Iason Konstantzos
Researching smart buildings with a focus on human comfort in the built environment, building envelope design, building energy analysis and simulation, and sensing & controls.
NCEA-NET Projects
Moe Alahmad
The purpose of the Nebraska Community Energy Alliance (NCEA), an inter-local cooperative agency organized for mutual benefit by municipalities, planning organizations, universities and community colleges, utilities, schools, counties and private interests, is to build and promote advanced technologies for building and transportations that save energy, reduce CO2 emission and smog, and cut the cost of ownership for Nebraskans.
SiRIUS
Milad Roohi
Smart Resilient Infrastructure and Urban Systems (SiRIUS) Lab's mission is to enhance the resilience, performance, and sustainability of civil infrastructure and urban systems. We aim to address challenges posed by natural hazards, climate change, and deterioration through innovative research, comprehensive education, and impactful outreach.
Watson Lab
Emmeline Watson
Giving students hands-on construction experience building full-scale structures that benefit the community, integrating industry collaboration and applied learning to support local nonprofits while developing technical and professional skills.
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Advanced Telecommunications Engineering Laboratory
Michael Hempel
The Advanced Telecommunication Engineering Laboratory is a state-of-the-art research facility and a part of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Data Compression
Khalid Sayood
This website is devoted to the book "Introduction to Data Compression."
Frontiers in Lasers and Applications
Yongfeng Lu
FLA-5 aims at furthering international exchange between distinguished scientists from across the globe and to promote new scientific networks. The Workshop assembles approx. 30 scientists worldwide to discuss a broad range of subjects in laser technology and its applications.
Laser Lab
Dennis R. Alexander
The Laser Science Engineering Research Lab is a research lab whose faculty, postdocs, graduate, and undergraduate students work on problems related to light/matter interactions, as well as the functionalization of surfaces for a range of applications.
Mechanical & Materials Engineering
Advanced Polymer Engineering Lab
Lucía Fernández-Ballester
Our goal is to address growing technological needs by understanding and controlling the fundamental mechanism of crystallization of polymers during processing.
Biomaterials & Mechanotransduction Lab
Jung Yul Lim
Our group investigates cellular sensing and response to biomaterial substrate micro/nanopatterns and mechanical loading cues (mechanical stretch, flow shear). Mechanistically, our group aims to identify the regulatory role of focal adhesion, cytoskeleton, cytoskeleton-nucleus linkage, cell-cell junction, and associated mechanosensing effectors - FAK, ROCK, LINC, Cadherin, and YAP - in cell-biomaterial interaction and cell mechanotransduction. Advanced understanding of cell adaptation to mechanophysical milieus for stem cells, adipocytes, and cancer cells achieved through our group's research will provide high impact mechanistic data for developmental mechanobiology, metabolic homeostasis, and cancer metastasis.
CEFS
Jeffrey Shield
The Center for Electro-Optics and Functionalized Surfaces (CEFS) is a collaborative research group composed of over 30 faculty, postdocs, graduate, and undergraduate students, from a diverse range of disciplines, working together towards a common vision of developing the basic science and methods necessary to generate permanent metallic functionalized surfaces.
Computational Microfluidics and Biomechanics Laboratory
Nitesh Nama
The Computational Microfluidics and Biomechanics Laboratory is an interdisciplinary research group engaged in developing advanced computational capabilities for applications in biomechanics and microfluidics.
Dynamical Systems Lab
Piyush Grover
Dynamical Systems Lab (DSL) focuses on modeling and analysis of nonlinear dynamical systems with an eye on design, control and optimization for engineering applications. Our current focus is on active fluids, mean-field control, mean-field games and nonlinear waves in mechanical metamaterials.
Gogos Research Group
George Gogos
Focusing on femtosecond laser surface processing (FLSP), Multiscale Heat Transfer of exhaust, and nanoscale surface structures with functionalization that enhances two-phase heat transfer.
Guo Lab
Qilin Guo
The research in our lab focuses on three key aspects of metal additive manufacturing: Using advanced in-situ monitoring techniques; developing new materials; and creating novel additive manufacturing methods.
Lymphatic Biomechanics & BioEngineering Lab (LBBL)
Mohammad Razavi
Our lab integrates computational modeling, bioengineering, and experimental approaches to uncover the mechanisms underlying lymphatic function in health and disease. Our research is centered on three core areas: Lymphatic Biomechanics: Investigating the effect of mechanical forces on lymphatic system function, immune cell trafficking, and disease progression. Lymphatic Tissue Engineering: Developing biomimetic models and regenerative strategies to restore and enhance lymphatic function. Lymphatic Imaging: Leveraging cutting-edge imaging technologies to visualize and quantify lymphatic pumping dynamics in physiological and pathological states.
N-BERG
David Yuill
The Nebraska Building Environment and Energy Engineering Research Group (N-BE³RG) is a group of faculty and graduate students who research topics related to high-performance buildings.
N2E2
Mohammad Ghashami
The focus of Nebraska Nanoscale Energy Engineering Lab (N2E2) is cutting-edge research in nanoscale energy transport and its engineering applications.
Nelson Lab
Carl Nelson
Dr. Nelson's research lab is dedicated to projects blending mechanical design, robotics, medicine, rehabilitation, and assorted other topics with societal relevance.
NERCF
Wen Qian
The goal of NERCF is to provide a centralized, shared-user core facility that houses the state-of-the-science research instrumentation necessary to position researchers at the forefront of global research efforts focused on advanced manufacturing of materials, nanostructures and nanodevices.
Multiphysics and Multiscale Fluid Dynamics
Jae Sung Park
Our research interests encompass a wide range of fluid mechanics, from low Reynolds number flows to high Reynolds number flows, involving complex fluids, colloidal suspensions, rheology, electrokinetics, biofluids and turbulent flow.
Quantum Sensing & Defect Discovery and Spectroscopy Lab
Abdelghani Laraoui
Our research interests lie at the intersection of experimental condensed matter physics with quantum optics and materials science to tackle outstanding challenges in nanoscale metrology, quantum computing, and physical science.
Responsive Materials & Systems Lab
Asaf Dana
We are a curiosity-driven lab with core expertise in responsive and phase-changing materials and mechanics. We are interested in understanding basic phenomena associated with the physics and chemistry of responsive polymers and in leveraging this understanding to create new materials, devices, and capabilities across a wide range of applications. Some of our interests are in the fields of advanced manufacturing, materials design, actuator design, and soft robotics.
Smart Materials & Robotics Laboratory
Eric Markvicka
The Smart Materials and Robotics Laboratory is an interdisciplinary research lab within the Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. We are creating new soft multifunctional materials that are safe for human interaction and exhibit unique combinations of electrical, thermal, and mechanical properties. These efforts lie in the emerging fields of wearable computing, soft robotics, and robotic materials.
Sustainable Small House
Bing Chen
Our mission is to blend modern technology with sustainable living practices, creating a harmonious environment that minimizes ecological impact. This research will fundamentally change the way we live.