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At the 2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference, Jena Asgarpoor (left) received the Excellence in Service Award, and Shudipto Dishari received the Outstanding Teaching Award. Nebraska Engineering takes six major awards at ASEE Midwest Section conference
In his lab at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering, Abdelghani Laraoui works on improving scientific materials and processes for quantum sensing applications. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing) Nebraska-HBCU project to grow opportunities in quantum sensing
Five Grand Challenges grants in 2024 are awarded to projects including Nebraska Engineering faculty. Five Grand Challenges grants awarded to Nebraska Engineering faculty
Kiewit Hall is the College of Engineering's hub for undergraduate engineering education. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing) Eleven new faculty join College of Engineering in 2024
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Jeffrey Shield, department chair and Robert W. Brightfelt professor of mechanical and materials engineering.
September 26, 2018 - Nebraska's MRSEC and Tuskegee University are partners in an NSF diversity-focused materials research grant that will also increase academic opportunities to underrepresented groups of students.  Full Story

Including Nebraska Engineering faculty Daniel Linzell and Chungwook Sim, researchers working on the SMARTI project discuss the management and monitoring of rural bridge health on an edition of NET Nebraska's "Consider This."
September 24, 2018 - On NET's "Consider This," Nebraska civil engineering faculty Daniel Linzell and Chungwook Sim are part of the panel discussing a new initiative that focuses on the management and monitoring of rural bridge health.  Full Story

Michael Sealy, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, and his team are using the Optomec LENS 3D hybrid printer in the NEAT Labs to develop a process for manufacturing customized, dissolvable magnesium surgical implants.
September 12, 2018 - Using a controlled-atmosphere system in a 3D hybrid printer, Michael Sealy and his team of Nebraska engineers are developing a process for manufacturing customized, dissolvable metal implants that can reduce risks and costs for surgical patients.  Full Story

Growing human embryonic stem cells in hydrogel tubes protects them from moving media and promotes health and higher yields.
September 10, 2018 - Researchers know that growing stem cells takes a long time and creates expensive treatments. Nebraska Engineering's Yuguo Lei advises providing a cell culture setting that mimics the natural stem-cell niche as closely as possible to minimize cell stress.  Full Story

Aaron Ediger, graduate student in electrical and computer engineering.
September 10, 2018 - Aaron Ediger, a graduate student in electrical and computer engineering, has received the Graduate Directed Energy Scholarship in High Energy Laser and High Power Microwave Technologies from the Directed Energy Professional Society (DEPS).  Full Story

Jian Wang, associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering.
September 09, 2018 - Jian Wang, associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering, will receive the Materials Today 2018 Rising Star Award in the Materials Genome division. The award will be presented at Rice University in Houston, Texas, Sept. 27-28  Full Story

A $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation will enable UNO and UNL professors to collaborate on producing a big data pipeline for rural bridges.
September 05, 2018 - A new regional innovation center, funded by a $1 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant will be geared toward producing a big data pipeline for rural bridge health management and will include UNL civil engineering faculty.  Full Story

Mechanical and materials engineering assistant professors Bai Cui (left) and Prahalada Rao.
August 24, 2018 - Mechanical and materials engineering assistant professors Bai Cui and Prahalada Rao will collaborate with Tethon 3D to design and produce a ceramic/metal 3-D printer after receiving a grant from the Nebraska Department of Economic Development.  Full Story

Jae Sung Park meets with students on his research team.
August 23, 2018 - Jae Sung Park, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, has earned a $177,433 fellowship opportunity with the National Science Foundation to collaborate on a project studying turbulence in fluid mechanics.  Full Story

Timothy Wei is studying the swimming efficiency of marine life. The research has several applications including in athletics and a potential use in the military.
August 23, 2018 - Timothy Wei, Richard L. McNeel professor of mechanical and materials engineering, is studying the swimming efficiency of marine life. The research has several applications including in athletics and a potential use in the military.  Full Story

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