January 21, 2022 - As founding director and one of the leaders who helped form Nebraska Transportation Center, Laurence Rilett said the high hopes for the center's success have been realized as NTC is a national leader in roadside safety and transportation systems.
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January 10, 2022 - By working “backwards,” Nebraska Engineering’s Keegan Moore looks to use an AFOSR Young Investigator Research Program grant to refine the test and modeling process to build computer models that more often match physical realities.
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December 21, 2021 - Rajib Saha's lab is studying the sepcies Rhodopseudomonas palustris for secrets to engineering a better bacterium that could lead to production of biodgradable plastics that could help reduce accumulation from ocean floors to mountain peaks.
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December 17, 2021 - Dianna Morris, a Ph.D. candidate and graduate research assistant in chemical and biomolecular engineering, has been awarded a three-year, $177,000 USDA Pre-Doctoral Fellowship.
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December 10, 2021 - Midwest Roadside Safety Facility researchers conducted a rare-but-successful crash test Dec. 8 to assess a newly designed and significantly shorter concrete barrier's performance when it is contacted at 50 mph by an 80,000-pound tractor-tanker truck.
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December 07, 2021 - Researchers from the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility (MwRSF) will conduct a rare tractor-tanker vehicle crash on Wednesday, Dec. 8, to test how a newly designed and significantly shorter concrete roadside barrier performs in a vehicle crash.
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November 29, 2021 - Taking lessons learned from animals who work in groups in the sky, on the ground and underwater, a team of Nebraska engineers is creating algorithms that can help individual agents in emerging technologies work together to improve our lives.
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November 11, 2021 - A team of Nebraska engineers are developing a process of using picosecond-long laser pulses to modify the surface of copper and thereby increasing heat transfer capabilities for power generation, refrigeration, and air conditioning.
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November 08, 2021 - Through an NSF grant, Eric Markvicka, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, is developing new processes for manufacturing rubber that will improve the capabilities of controlling its electrical, thermal and mechanical properties.
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November 03, 2021 - Engineering faculty Ron Faller and Eric Markvicka, graduate student Jackson Stansell and the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility were among the award recipients on Nov. 1 at the 2021 NUtech Ventures Innovator Celebration, part of Nebraska Research Days.
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