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Energy Materials and Energy Systems

Eric Markvicka (left), assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, holds a tray of liquid metal samples while graduate student Ethan Krings works on a sample at right. Markvicka has earned a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation to advance his work with room-temperature, non-toxic liquid metals. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)

Markvicka’s CAREER award supports work on soft materials for robotics, stretchable electronics

Tyler Wortman, Nebraska mechanical engineering alumnus, is designing and building pharmacy fulfillment centers for Amazon.

Nebraska Engineering experience builds successful foundation for alum Wortman

Using new mixes of metals and state-of-the-art 3D printing in Nebraska's NEAT Labs, Joseph Turner's team developed roller bearings for railcars that tested to be just as robust as those produced with conventional techniques. This, Turner said, could open a pathway to new ways to making these bearings. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)

Nebraska's 3D recipe for railroad roller bearings provides robust option for future production

Chun-Hsing Ho, associate professor in the Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction.

Fulbright Award to support Ho in study of pavement performance in Finland

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Biological Systems Engineering Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Civil and Environmental Engineering Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction Electrical and Computer Engineering Mechanical and Materials Engineering School of Computing

Energy research at UNL’s COE spans a wide range of activities from the development of innovative materials constructed at the atomistic level, to renewable energy generation, to simulation of the electrical transmission in power grid.

College of Engineering activities address the NAE Grand Challenge of Making Solar Energy Economical.

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