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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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