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At the 2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference, Jena Asgarpoor (left) received the Excellence in Service Award, and Shudipto Dishari received the Outstanding Teaching Award. Nebraska Engineering takes six major awards at ASEE Midwest Section conference
In his lab at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering, Abdelghani Laraoui works on improving scientific materials and processes for quantum sensing applications. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing) Nebraska-HBCU project to grow opportunities in quantum sensing
Five Grand Challenges grants in 2024 are awarded to projects including Nebraska Engineering faculty. Five Grand Challenges grants awarded to Nebraska Engineering faculty
Kiewit Hall is the College of Engineering's hub for undergraduate engineering education. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing) Eleven new faculty join College of Engineering in 2024
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Jun Wang (right), assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, receives his ARPA-E IGNIITE award certificate from ARPA-E director Evelyn Wang at the July 9 ceremony in Washington, D.C.
August 21, 2024 - An ARPA-E IGNIITE program award supports Jun Wang's work to create a new power module that enhances power-grid resilience with 30 times faster switching frequency and five times higher power density than current devices.  Full Story

A Nebraska Engineering research team - (from left) M. Umer Farooq, Aemal Khattak, Naveed Aman and Moomal Bukhari - are part of a consortium seeking to use AI to improve rail crossing safety.
August 21, 2024 - Researchers from the School of Computing and Mid-America Transportation Center (MATC) are collaborating to enhance non-motorist safety at highway-rail grade crossings (HRGCs) under a $10 million USDOT grant.  Full Story

Robert Dyer.
August 21, 2024 - With a new grant from the National Science Foundation, Robert Dyer will lead new initiative to help software engineering researchers improve testing and verification practices with advanced automated techniques and tools.  Full Story

Nirnimesh Ghose, assistant professor in the School of Computing.
August 20, 2024 - With a $582,987 grant from the NSF's Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace program and from EPSCoR, Nirnimesh Ghose aims to develop solutions to enable smart, scalable and secure wireless operations in a modern farm setting.  Full Story

A Rivian R1T electric pickup crashes against a lane barrier during a July 1 crash test at the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
July 30, 2024 - New results from a University of Nebraska-Lincoln July 1 crash test using an electric pickup truck raise more questions about whether significant upgrades are needed to prepare the nation’s roadways for rapidly increasing numbers of electric vehicles.  Full Story

Twenty-six Nebraska Engineering undergraduate students received summer 2024 stipend awards from UCARE.
July 30, 2024 - Twenty-six College of Engineering students are among the 114 University of Nebraska–Lincoln undergraduate students who were awarded stipends to participate in research with a faculty mentor this summer.  Full Story

Craig Zuhlke (left) and George Gogos (back), co-directors of the Center for Electro-Optics and Functionalized Surfaces, and Graham Kaufman, doctoral student in electrical engineering, pose with the Leybold ultra-high vacuum laser surface processing and materials analysis system in the CEFS lab in the Engineering Research Center. (University Communicaton and Marketing photo)
July 23, 2024 - When researchers from the Center for Electro-Optics and Functionalized Surfaces presented at a major international conference in May, their work on a revolutionary surface modification technique created a buzz among attendees.  Full Story

Grace Panther, Ph.D.
June 20, 2024 - With a five-year, $650,000 grant from the NSF Career Award, Grace Panther aims to improve engineering pedagogy.  Full Story

Shuai Nie, assistant professor of computing in the School of Computing.
June 10, 2024 - Shuai Nie is using an $812,995 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program to unlock the potential of a lesser-trafficked portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.  Full Story

Lily Wang, director of the Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction
June 05, 2024 - Lily Wang, who runs the acoustics program in the Durham School, was featured in a June 2 Washington Post article exploring noise levels in restaurants.  Full Story

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