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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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David Gee (left) and Dr. Chungwook Sim
October 25, 2017 - The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) has awarded David Gee, a Civil Engineering graduate student working with Dr. Chungwook Sim, the Daniel P. Jenny Research Fellowship for 2017-2018.  Full Story

The Unmanned Aircraft Research team includes Biological Systems Engineering faculty (from left) – Joe Luck, associate professor; Christopher Neale, Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute director of research; Wayne Woldt, associate professor; George Meyer, professor; Derek Heeren, assistant professor; and Yufeng Ge, assistant professor.
October 24, 2017 - A $500,000 research project involving Biological Systems Engineering faculty and funded by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute will deploy drones in search of improved crop irrigation efficiency.  Full Story

Nebraska Engineering student Ethan Krings and alumni Chris Volle, Matthew Mahlin and Justin Green were part of the team that developed a boom that would be used in space to support a flexible solar panel.
October 17, 2017 - A space tool developed by Nebraska undergraduate engineering students is on its way to NASA's Langley Research Center for its first structural test before being launched on a suborbital rocket in spring 2018.  Full Story

Richard Wood (left), assistant professor of civil engineering; and Yijun Liao (right), Ph.D. student in civil engineering, were joined by Kara Peterman of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in assessing damage at the Aransas County Airport in Rockport, Texas.
October 09, 2017 - Richard Wood, assistant professor of civil engineering, and two Ph.D. students in civil engineering, are part of a National Science Foundation effort to assess the damage caused in Texas by Hurricane Harvey.  Full Story

Ali Tamayol, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering
October 05, 2017 - Ali Tamoyal, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, and researchers from Harvard and MIT have designed a smart bandage that could eventually heal chronic wounds or battlefield injuries and be controlled via smartphone.  Full Story

Angela Pannier, associate professor of biological systems engineering, has earned a National Institutes of Health Director's New Innovator Award.
October 05, 2017 - Angela Pannier, associate professor of biological systems engineering, has received a 2017 National Institutes of Health Director's New Innovator Award and is the first University of Nebraska-Lincoln researcher to earn this honor.  Full Story

Jung Yul Lim, associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering.
October 02, 2017 - Jung Yul Lim, associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering, has earned a 2017 Pilot Program grant from UNMC's Great Plains IDeA-Clinical Translational Research network.  Full Story

Three computer science and engineering professors (clockwise from top left) -- chair Matthew Dwyer, Sebastian Elbaum and Gregg Rothermel -- have been chosen to the AMiner list of Most Influential Scholars in the field of software engineering, and UNL's program ranked fifth nationally.
October 02, 2017 - Three Computer Science and Engineering faculty -- Matthew Dwyer, Sebastian Elbaum and Gregg Rothermel -- have been named to AMiner’s Most Influential Scholars list for the field of software engineering, and the UNL program ranked fifth.  Full Story

Terri Norton, associate professor of construction engineering.
September 20, 2017 - Terri Norton, associate professor of construction engineering, is part of a team of faculty from three universities that has received a NSF INCLUDES grant to increase STEM education for underrepresented groups and contributing to disaster research.  Full Story

Terri Norton, associate professor of construction engineering.
September 08, 2017 - As South Florida braces for Hurricane Irma, Terri Norton, a Nebraska associate professor of construction engineering, said construction cranes in downtown Miami pose a unique potential danger.  Full Story

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