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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
Data collected in a study of the 2020 election is helping Nebraska Engineering's Jennifer Lather and the Engineering for Democracy Institute make recommendations to put more flexibility in voting processes. (University Communication and Marketing) Lather, research team make recommendations to help lessen voters' waiting times
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Santosh Pitla (center) assists students with a sensor-building project. Pitla is leading a new research project that will update techniques used to test tractors.
January 18, 2019 - A four-year, $472,887 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture is helping a Nebraska research team, led by Santosh Pitla, bring tractor testing into the modern era.  Full Story

A rendering of a millimeter-scale, sugar-based stent designed by Nebraska's Ali Tamayol and his colleagues.
January 11, 2019 - Stitching together millimeter-scale arteries during surgeries is difficult for even the most skilled surgeons, but a 3D-printed stent being developed by Ali Tamoyal, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, may make the process easier.  Full Story

Civil engineering researchers (from left) Daniel Linzell, Richard L. Wood and Christine E. Wittich discuss what they've learned from sifting through data collected during the December 2017 demolition of Cather and Pound residence halls.
January 03, 2019 - The razing of Cather and Pound residence halls was quite a sight to see. But for Nebraska civil engineering researchers collecting data that day, it was a moment of silence during the blast sequence that may be the most resonant.  Full Story

Robert "Bob" Williams, the vice chancellor for research and economic development and Kate Foster Professor of mechanical and materials engineering, has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.
December 12, 2018 - Robert “Bob” Wilhelm, vice chancellor for research and economic development and professor of mechanical and materials engineering, and Lyle Middendorf, a 1973 electrical engineering graduate, were named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors.  Full Story

The College of Engineering honored 38 faculty for their good works during the 2018 Research Celebration, held Nov. 1 at the Van Brunt Center.
December 10, 2018 - On Nov. 1, the College of Engineering celebrated the research activities of faculty during the 2018 Research Celebration at the Van Brunt Center. Honored faculty were nominated by their unit administrators.  Full Story

Nebraska Engineering faculty Wei Niu (left) and Massimiliano Pierobon examine a petri dish as students Zahmeeth Sakkaff and Molly Lee work in the background. Through a new NSF-funded project, Pierobon is expanding bioengineering research on campus and STEM opportunities for Lincoln-area high school students. (Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication)
November 14, 2018 - A new Nebraska Engineering project with NSF funding is expanding bioengineering research on campus while offering science, technology, engineering and mathematics learning opportunities for high school students.  Full Story

Daniel Rico (left), a master's student in computer science and engineering, and Craig Allen, research professor and director of the Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit.
November 13, 2018 - Daniel Rico, a master's student in computer science and engineering, is part of a Nebraska team that is using resilience training to find ways to maintain agricultural viability in an age of climate change.  Full Story

Wei Niu, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering
November 12, 2018 - Wei Niu, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, has received a three-year, $335,516 grant from the National Science Foundation to work on biocatalytic reduction of carboxylic acids.  Full Story

Nebraska Engineering faculty John Woollam (left) and Benjamin Terry were recognized at the NUtech Ventures 2018 Innovator Celebration.
November 09, 2018 - Nebraska Engineering faculty John Woollam and Benjaim Terry were among the University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty recognized at the Nov. 6 NUtech Ventures Innovator Celebration.  Full Story

Rajib Saha, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering.
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