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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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Dr. Carol Swarts (left) chats with Angela Pannier during the July 13 ceremony recognizing Pannier as the inaugural Swarts Family Chair in Biological Systems Engineering.
July 20, 2021 - A friendship sparked by a scholarship has led to Nebraska Engineering’s Angela Pannier being named the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s inaugural Swarts Family Chair in Biological Systems Engineering.  Full Story

This side-by-side comparison shows real-time photos of the Pound Hall demolition and simulations created via a computer model that predicted how the structure would fall.
July 12, 2021 - Gathered by Nebraska civil engineering researchers, data from the December 2017 implosion of the 13-story Cather and Pound Hall dormitories could help investigators yield insights into what might have caused a high-rise Florida condominium to collapse on  Full Story

The Nebraska Environmental Trust has awarded 23 grants totaling more than $2.1 million to University of Nebraska–Lincoln projects.
May 26, 2021 - Six projects from the College of Engineering have received 2021 grants from The Nebraska Environmental Trust. NET has awarded 23 grants totaling more than $2.1 million to University of Nebraska–Lincoln projects.  Full Story

The Nebraska EPSCoR-Emergent Quantum Materials and Technologies collaboration includes (from left): Abdelghani Laraoui, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering at Nebraska; Jonathan Wrubel, associate professor of physics at Creighton University; Xia Hong, associate professor of physics and astronomy at Nebraska; Christian Binek, Charles Bessey Professor of physics at Nebraska; Rebecca Lai, associate professor of chemistry at Nebraska; and Matt Andrews, Nebraska EPSCoR director.
May 25, 2021 - Abdelghani Laraoui is part of a collaboration that has received a five-year, $20 million NSF award to create a research and education cluster to enhance the state’s competitiveness in the field of emergent quantum materials and technologies.  Full Story

Over two years, Josephine Lau and her team surveyed and analyzed 216 classrooms from 39 schools in the Midwest, and the study revealed links between the type of ventilation system installed at a school and its students' performance on year-end math and reading tests.
May 24, 2021 - Over two years, Josephine Lau and her team surveyed and analyzed 216 classrooms from 39 schools in the Midwest, and the study revealed links between the type of ventilation system installed at a school and students' performance on year-end tests.  Full Story

Nine researchers from the College of Engineering are among 31 from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will be part of the university's inaugural interdisciplinary cohort of National Strategic Research Institute Fellows.
May 20, 2021 - Nine researchers from the College of Engineering are among 31 from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will be part of the university's inaugural interdisciplinary cohort of National Strategic Research Institute Fellows.  Full Story

A crash test is conducted at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Midwest Roadside Safety Facility. Researchers at the facility will conduct and participate in testing across key surface transportation safety technology areas to support the Transportation Technology Center.
May 05, 2021 - A team of transportation research organizations, including UNL, the College of Engineering, and the Midwest Roadside Safety Facilty, was awarded a $571M Federal Railroad Administration contract for research, testing, engineering and training services.  Full Story

Justin Bradley, assistant professor of computer science and engineering at Nebraska, is using a nearly $500,000, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program to give drones and other robots the ability to sense and adapt to a changing environment, diverting energy to the most important tasks at hand while pausing lower-priority work. (Craig Chandler / University Communication)
April 27, 2021 - Justin Bradley is using a five-year NSF CAREER Award grant to give drones and other robots the ability to sense and adapt to a changing environment, and prioritize multiple tasks based on that information.  Full Story

Santosh Pitla, associate professor of biological systems engineering at Nebraska, and his team are working on a new approach for refilling Unmanned Ground Vehicle seed tanks using aerial robots. (University Communication)
April 14, 2021 - A new $452,783 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture will fund research that will help Santosh Pitla's team develop a new approach for refilling Unmanned Ground Vehicle seed tanks using aerial robots.  Full Story

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