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Xu Li (front left), Bing Wang (front right), Shannon Bartelt-Hunt (back left) and Yusong Li (back right) collect and examine water samples from the Elkhorn River near Waterloo, Nebraska, as part of the EPA research project. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing) Nebraska environmental engineers targeting antimicrobial resistance in environment
Qiang Liu, assistant professor in the School of Computing. Liu ‘slicing’ wireless networks to develop ways to improve efficiency
Six Nebraska Engineering faculty - (clockwise from top left) Nirupam Aich, Seunghee Kim, Xu Li, Massimiliano Pierobon, Jae Sung Park, and Eric Markvicka - were awarded named professorships in July 2024. Six Nebraska Engineering faculty awarded named professorships
Adam Erickson from Abdelghani Laraoui’s lab in the Engineering Research Center aligns the nitrogen vacancy scanning probe microscope used for the study. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing) Spintronics breakthrough opens door to next-gen electronics
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Liyan Qu, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been elected a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors. She is the first Husker woman and fifth UNL researcher overall to receive the recognition since the program launched in 2018. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
February 27, 2024 - Liyan Qu, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been elected a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors, becoming the first Husker woman to receive the recognition and the fifth UNL researcher overall.  Full Story

Nebraska Engineering professor and Virtual Incision co-founder Shane Farritor watches as Dr. Michael Jobst, a colorectal surgery specialist in Lincoln, makes the first surgical robotic cut on the International Space Station. Using controls at the Virtual Incision offices in Lincoln, surgeons cut rubber bands — mimicking surgery inside a payload box on the Space Station. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
February 14, 2024 - In a test that featured half a dozen surgeons from across the United States, a miniature robot created at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln successfully completed a surgical simulation aboard the International Space Station.  Full Story

Peter Revesz poses in front of artwork of an ancient sphinx artifact and the inscription around its base. Revesz, a professor in the School of Computing with a courtesy appointment in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies, recently deciphered the description, which reads, “Lo, behold, worship! Here is the holy lion!” (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
February 07, 2024 - Peter Revesz, professor in the School of Computing and an expert in computational linguistics, recently made headlines in approximately 50 news articles from around the world when he solved the mystery of an inscription on an ancient bronze sphinx statue.  Full Story

A 7,000-plus-pound, 2022 Rivian R1T truck tears through a concrete barrier during an October 2023 crash test at the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility's outdoor proving grounds at the Lincoln Airport. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
January 31, 2024 - The Midwest Roadside Safety Facility (MwRSF) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has mobilized to answer the safety and military defense questions raised by the burgeoning number of electric vehicles (EV) on the nation’s roadways.  Full Story

Invented by Nebraska Engineering professor Shane Farritor and others, a miniaturized surgical robot was launched into space Jan. 30 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, headed for the International Space Station where its remote capabilities will be tested. (Craig Chandler / University Communication & Marketing)
January 30, 2024 - Invented by Nebraska Engineering professor Shane Farritor and others, a miniaturized surgical robot was launched into space Jan. 30 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, headed for the International Space Station where its remote capabilities will be tested.  Full Story

Shane Farritor (left), professor of mechanical and materials engineering, and doctoral student Rachel Wagner discuss adjustments to a miniaturized surgical robot as they prepare it for testing at the International Space Station. (Craig Chandler / University Communication & Marketing)
January 30, 2024 - A small team of students, led by doctoral student Rachael Wagner of Lincoln, was instrumental in prepping a miniaturized surgical robot for its first spaceflight - a mission to the International Space Station where its remote capabilities will be tested.  Full Story

Rajib Saha (left), Richard L. and Carol S. McNeel associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, and Niaz Bahar Chowdhury, doctoral student. (University Communication and Marketing)
January 30, 2024 - A research team led by Nebraska engineers Rajib Saha and Niaz Bahar Chawdhury has built the largest-ever metabolic model of corn to study how temperature stress affects the plant and how a certain fungus can help alleviate the problem.  Full Story

Craig Zuhlke (left), George Gogos (back), and Graham Kaufman pose with the now active Leybold ultra-high vacuum laser surface processing and materials analysis system in the Engineering Research Center. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
November 30, 2023 - The Center for Electro-Optics and Functionalized Surfaces is now home to a first-of-its-kind laser in the United States to be used for a specialized method of surface modification that could improve manufacturing methods.  Full Story

Luke Farritor, a senior majoring in computer science in the Raikes School, is shown with superimposed Greek text from a nearly 2,000-year-old scroll that his work helping to decipher. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
November 20, 2023 - Luke Farritor, a Nebraska Engineering senior majoring in computer science, is getting international attention and little sleep in his quest to develop AI-based programs that will read and decipher fragile ancient scrolls.  Full Story

Brittany Duncan (left) and Marc Maguire were honored with 2023 Innovator Awards at the annual NUtech Venures Innovator Celebration on Nov. 6.
November 17, 2023 - College of Engineering faculty Brittany Duncan and Marc Maguire were recognized with Innovator Awards during the 2023 NUtech Ventures Innovator Celebration on Nov. 6.  Full Story

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