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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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Siavash Jafarzadeh, Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics.
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Christos Argyropoulos, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering. (University Communication)
April 03, 2019 - Christos Argyropoulos, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, discusses the interdisciplinary approach in an interview with Optics & Photonics News.  Full Story

Alex Hruby works on her research project in the Institute for Rehabilitation Science and Engineering at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital's Lincoln campus. (University Communication)
March 20, 2019 - Alex Hruby doesn't shy away from a challenge. The senior biological systems engineering major knew her career path presented plenty of roadblocks, but she's forging a path that combines her love for technology and helping others.  Full Story

Rebecca Wachs, assistant professor of biological systems engineering, earned a National Science Foundation CAREER award to support her development of a non-opioid treatment of back pain. (University Communication)
March 12, 2019 - To combat the growing opioid addiction epidemic, Rebecca Wachs is using a five-year, $510,400 NSF CAREER Award to develop a targeted, biomaterials-based treatment for low back pain.  Full Story

Drone Amplified's IGNIS system uses ping-pong-ball-sized chemical spheres to start prescribed burns or to fight wildfires.
March 06, 2019 - Drone Amplified, a Lincoln-based company started by two years ago College of Engineering faculty, and its IGNIS product are featured in this Lincoln Journal Star article.  Full Story

Crash Test at the MwRSF
February 28, 2019 - From NASCAR to our nation's highways, the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility (MwRSF) at Nebraska is protecting drivers and saving lives every day with our innovative safer roadside barriers.  Full Story

Bonita Sharif, assistant professor of computer science and engineering, is using eye-tracking technology to analyze how software programmers work in order to develop ways to write code better and faster. (Craig Chandler / University Communication)
February 26, 2019 - Using the latest advances in eye-tracking technology, University of Nebraska–Lincoln computer scientist Bonita Sharif is analyzing how software programmers work in order to develop tools that help them write code better and faster.  Full Story

Research done by Ruiguo Yang (back right), Jung Yul Lim (back left), and a team of students, including Jordan Rosenbohm, seeks to understand how individual cells communicate with each other as they respond to environmental changes. (Greg Nathan / University Communication)
January 31, 2019 - A team of Nebraska engineers is hoping its cell-stretching research will lead new understandings of how cells react to mechanical stimuli so that those expanded pathways might someday aid in fighting cancer and healing wounds.  Full Story

Fadi Alsaleem, assistant professor of architectural engineering.
January 25, 2019 - Nebraska engineer Fadi Alsaleem has a patent pending for a micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) technology that will allow a soft material to perform complex computing and respond without the need of a conventional computer system.  Full Story

Nebraska researchers Steven Barlow, (near left) and Greg Bashford (center) have developed a system to treat stroke victims using a functional transcranial Doppler ultrasound and somatosensory stimulation. The technology could prevent brain death.
January 23, 2019 - Greg Bashford, professor of biological systems engineering, is part of a team of Nebraska researchers who have developed new technology to improve acute ischemic stroke care. A partnership with an Omaha hospital will allow it to be utilized with patients.  Full Story

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