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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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Arafat Alam, doctoral student in civil engineering.
December 16, 2022 - Arafat Alam, a doctoral student majoring in civil engineering, has been chosen as one of eight recipients of the Transportation Research Board’s 2022-23 Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Graduate Research Awards.  Full Story

Youra Moeun, doctoral student in chemical engineering.
December 09, 2022 - Youra Moeun, a doctoral candidate in chemical engineering, was chosen Nov. 30 to receive the American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AIChE)’s Women in Chemical Engineering Mentorship Excellence Award, Graduate/Postdoctoral.  Full Story

Ronald Faller, Willa Cather Research Professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility.
December 08, 2022 - Ronald Faller, Willa Cather Research Professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility, was selected as an National Academy of Inventors fellow.  Full Story

A 3D rendering of grain bins following an August 2020 windstorm. The rendering was produced with the aid of lidar — near-infrared laser beams fired at the structures by a drone flying above the site.
November 30, 2022 - After a 2020 derecho hit east-central Iowa, Nebraska's Christine Wittich conducted "structural reconnaissance" on a unique case study to learn why four of an interconnected group of five grain bins were destroyed and one was left totally intact.  Full Story

Rachael Wagner and Shane Farritor look over a robotic surgery device in the Virtual Incision facility. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
November 30, 2022 - While working toward a master's degree in mechanical engineering and applied mechanics, Rachael Wagner makes the most of opportunity to help prepare a surgical robot for its test in space.  Full Story

Nebraska Engineering researchers - (top photo from left) Jongwan Eun, Yuris Dzenis, and Seunghee Kim; and (bottom photo from left) Peter Sutter and Eli Sutter. (Photos by University Communication and Marketing)
November 29, 2022 - More than $1.4 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will allow two College of Engineering teams to expand innovative energy-related research in partnership with national laboratories.  Full Story

Ten faculty from the College of Engineering have been honored with new named professorships, bringing to 27 the total of named professorships in the college.
November 22, 2022 - Ten faculty from the College of Engineering have been honored with new named professorships, bringing to 27 the total of named professorships in the college.  Full Story

Nebraska's Angela Pannier, Swarts Family Chair of Biological Systems Engineering, delivered the Nebraska Lecture on Nov. 17, laying out the history of her field and both the challenges and promises ahead.
November 18, 2022 - Angie Pannier delivered the Nebraska Lecture on Nov. 17, laying out the history gene therapy, and both the challenges and promises ahead. “It’s an exciting time to be in this field,” Pannier said.  Full Story

Nebraska’s Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experience (UCARE) Program has awarded academic-year stipends to 43 students in the College of Engineering.
November 11, 2022 - The Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experience (UCARE) Program has awarded stipends to 202 Husker undergraduates — including 43 College of Engineering students — to participate in research with a faculty mentor this fall.  Full Story

Members of the Field-Nets research team pose in a soybean field on East Campus with their millimeter wave radios with phased-array antennas. The researchers (from left) are Santosh Pitla, Qiang Liu, Yufeng Ge, Christos Argyropoulos and Mehmet Can Vuran. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
November 09, 2022 - A team of faculty from multiple departments in the College of Engineering is working to design next-generation wireless network for agricultural fields.  Full Story

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