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Doctoral student Adam Erickson adjusts the nitrogen-vacancy scanning probe in Abdelghani Laraoui's lab. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing) Discovery could expand number of materials used in next-gen computing
Nirupam Aich, McNeel Associate Professor of civil and environmental engineering, won the 2024 Faculty Research and Creative Activity Slam. (Photo by Nick Kumpula/Research and Innovation) Aich wins 2024 Faculty Research and Creative Activity Slam
Eric Markvicka, Krohn Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, is leading a project aimed at developing a wearable monitoring device that contains multiple types of sensors, enabling faster and more accurate detection of exacerbations of COPD and chronic conditions like asthma, heart disease and other inflammatory disorders. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing) New device would help those with chronic conditions get timely treatment
Nirupam Aich, Richard L. McNeel Associate Professor in civil and environmental engineering. Aich adds expertise to project developing PFAS detection & remediation process
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Among the award winners at the 2021 NUtech Ventures Innovator Awards event were (clockwise from top left), Ron Faller, the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility, Jackson Stansell and Eric Markvicka.
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.  Full Story

Hamid Bagheri (left) and Lisong Xu are using a $750,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a tool that will address one of the most significant drivers of internet congestion: buggy congestion control algorithms. (Craig Chandler / University Communication)
November 02, 2021 - Lisong Xu and Hamid Bagheri are using a $750,000 NSF grant to develop a tool that will address one of the most significant drivers of network congestion: buggy congestion control algorithms, which to internet freeze or interrupted video streaming.  Full Story

(From left) Maher Tadros, distinguished emeritus professor of civil and environmental engineering (CEE), Bob Risser, president and CEO of PCI, David Gee, a structural engineer at e.Construct and former graduate student in CEE, Micheal Assad, a structural engineer at Kiewit and former graduate student in CEE, and Chungwook Sim, assistant professor of CEE.
October 27, 2021 - A team of researchers from Civil and Environmental Engineering was chosen to receive the PCI Journal's George D. Nasser Award for their paper, "Flexural Design of Precast, Prestressed Ultra-High-Performance Concrete Members."  Full Story

University of Nebraska at Omaha and University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers have been awarded $5 million by the Department of Defense Army Corps of Engineers for research to extend the lifespan of bridges through new monitoring technology.
October 27, 2021 - University of Nebraska at Omaha and University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers have been awarded $5 million by the Department of Defense Army Corps of Engineers for research to extend the lifespan of bridges through new monitoring technology.  Full Story

Military members work in an open server rack. The university has earned a $25 million contract with the National Nuclear Security Administration. The work will support strategic deterrence and nuclear threat reduction efforts. (Shutterstock)
October 20, 2021 - Electrical and Computer Engineering researchers Wei Qiao and Mark Bauer are supporting a new $25 million contract between the University of Nebraska's National Strategic Research Institute and the National Nuclear Security Administration.  Full Story

Rajib Saha, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering.
October 11, 2021 - Rajib Saha is studying relationships between the immune system and pathogens, with an eye toward development of therapeutics or drugs that could give the human body an edge over these sometimes deadly enemies.  Full Story

Abhijeet Prasad (left), a doctoral student in engineering; Ravi Saraf (center), Anderson Distinguished Professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering; and Aashish Subedi, a senior physics major, are photographed in Saraf’s Othmer Hall lab. Prasad is holding small electronic chips used to study the nanoparticle necklace network devices. Subedi is holding a suspension of nanoparticle necklaces (blue container) made from individual particles (red container). (Craig Chandler / University Communication)
October 08, 2021 - Ravi Saraf, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, is one step closer to developing a new kind of transistor chip that harnesses the biological responses of living organisms to drive current through the device.  Full Story

Jongwan Eun and a team of Nebraska researchers are testing a new landfill ground covering system shown to improve landfill gas emissions.
September 28, 2021 - researchers are testing a new landfill ground covering system shown to improve landfill gas emissions.  Full Story

Dennis Hensen, director of Biological Process Development Facility.
September 23, 2021 - Dennis Hensen has been named director of the Biological Process Development Facility in the College of Engineering, beginning September 2021. He also serves as the project management lead for the facility.  Full Story

The team of Husker researchers and engineers working on the asphalt project includes (from left) Nitish Bastola, Khalid Al Washahi, Mahdieh Khedmati and Hamzeh Haghshenas Fatmehsari.
July 30, 2021 - Civil and environmental engineering researchers are developing a recycled asphalt using corn and soybean oil. This recycled paving material, Hamzeh Haghshenas Fatmehsari said, would be greener, save money and create new markets for Nebraska crops.  Full Story

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