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Cody Stolle, research assistant professor in the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility and in mechanical and materials engineering Stolle engineering better road safety to save lives
Shudipto Dishari, Ross McCollum associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing) Dishari, team converting plant wastes into antimicrobial agents
Massimiliano Pierobon, associate professor in the School of Computing. Pierobon part of team awarded $24.5M contract to develop ARS prophylactic
Aemal Khattak, director of the Mid-America Transportation Center (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing) Mid-America Transportation Center receives $15 million grant
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Nebraska Engineering researchers (from left) Yongfeng Lu, Bai Cui, Piyush Grover, and Keegan Moore are on teams that received three-year, $600,000 grants from the Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR). (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
June 29, 2023 - Mechanical and Materials Engineering researchers Bai Chi and Piyush Grover have each been awarded three-year, $600,000 grants from the Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR) for Fiscal Year 2022.  Full Story

Keegan Moore, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, will use high speed cameras to capture the interface contact conditions — the surfaces the bolts hold together. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
June 09, 2023 - Keegan Moore is studying how the loosening of bolts happens over time and how it might be prevented with a five-year, $727,410 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program.  Full Story

Meredith Sutton, doctoral student in environmental engineering.
June 07, 2023 - Meredith Sutton, Ph.D. student in environmental engineering, was selected to the Voices for Science fellow cohort, whose participants conduct outreach activities in local communities to educate general audiences about science and engineering.  Full Story

Hongzhi Guo, assistant professor in the School of Computing
May 29, 2023 - Working to develop a truly "smart home," Hongzhi Guo is using his NSF CAREER award to develop wireless communications technology that would create a digital twin of your home and keep track of everyday items, such as clothes and food.  Full Story

A rendering of a nanoscopically thin film of P3HT, a polymer whose lightweight flexibility and ability to conduct electricity has positioned it as a candidate material for next-gen electronics. Nebraska researchers have found that melting and cooling the material can lead to the emergence of two layers with differing properties that could be tailored to various electronic devices. (American Chemical Society)
April 28, 2023 - By melting a polymer and watching it cool through the lenses of light and X-rays, a team of Nebraska Engineering researchers have discovered hidden depths in a material hundreds of times thinner than a human hair.  Full Story

Three Nebraska Engineering faculty were appointed NSRI Fellows - (from left) Jerry Hudgins, Srivatsan Kidambi, and Yongfeng Lu.
April 21, 2023 - Jerry Hudgins, Srivatsan Kidambi and Yongfeng Lu have been appointed as National Strategic Research Initiative Fellows.  Full Story

In 2023, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln will award promotion and/or tenure to 93 faculty, including 19 from the College of Engineering.
April 17, 2023 - Nineteen faculty in the College of Engineering are among 93 from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln chosen to receive promotion and/or tenure in 2023.  Full Story

Mohammad Ghashami, assistant professor in mechanical and materials engineering. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
April 14, 2023 - An NSF Faculty Early Career award is supporting Mohammad Ghashami's work to turn excess heat generated by electronic devices into energy that could power multi-body systems.  Full Story

Four engineering students - (clockwise from top left) Sarah Altman, Andrea Goertzen, Stephanie Perez and Kasey Moomau - have been awarded 2023 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships.
April 14, 2023 - Four graduating Nebraska Engineering seniors are among the five University of Nebraska–Lincoln students who have been offered 2023 Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation.  Full Story

Nirupam Aich, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering.
April 07, 2023 - Nirupam Aich, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, is concerned about the dangerous effects "forever chemicals" have across the planet and is working to help develop ways to lessen their impact on the world.  Full Story

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