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Doctoral student Adam Erickson adjusts the nitrogen-vacancy scanning probe in Abdelghani Laraoui's lab. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing) Discovery could expand number of materials used in next-gen computing
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
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Nebraska Engineering student Ethan Krings and alumni Chris Volle, Matthew Mahlin and Justin Green were part of the team that developed a boom that would be used in space to support a flexible solar panel.
October 17, 2017 - A space tool developed by Nebraska undergraduate engineering students is on its way to NASA's Langley Research Center for its first structural test before being launched on a suborbital rocket in spring 2018.  Full Story

Richard Wood (left), assistant professor of civil engineering; and Yijun Liao (right), Ph.D. student in civil engineering, were joined by Kara Peterman of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in assessing damage at the Aransas County Airport in Rockport, Texas.
October 09, 2017 - Richard Wood, assistant professor of civil engineering, and two Ph.D. students in civil engineering, are part of a National Science Foundation effort to assess the damage caused in Texas by Hurricane Harvey.  Full Story

Ali Tamayol, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering
October 05, 2017 - Ali Tamoyal, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, and researchers from Harvard and MIT have designed a smart bandage that could eventually heal chronic wounds or battlefield injuries and be controlled via smartphone.  Full Story

Angela Pannier, associate professor of biological systems engineering, has earned a National Institutes of Health Director's New Innovator Award.
October 05, 2017 - Angela Pannier, associate professor of biological systems engineering, has received a 2017 National Institutes of Health Director's New Innovator Award and is the first University of Nebraska-Lincoln researcher to earn this honor.  Full Story

Jung Yul Lim, associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering.
October 02, 2017 - Jung Yul Lim, associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering, has earned a 2017 Pilot Program grant from UNMC's Great Plains IDeA-Clinical Translational Research network.  Full Story

Three computer science and engineering professors (clockwise from top left) -- chair Matthew Dwyer, Sebastian Elbaum and Gregg Rothermel -- have been chosen to the AMiner list of Most Influential Scholars in the field of software engineering, and UNL's program ranked fifth nationally.
October 02, 2017 - Three Computer Science and Engineering faculty -- Matthew Dwyer, Sebastian Elbaum and Gregg Rothermel -- have been named to AMiner’s Most Influential Scholars list for the field of software engineering, and the UNL program ranked fifth.  Full Story

Terri Norton, associate professor of construction engineering.
September 20, 2017 - Terri Norton, associate professor of construction engineering, is part of a team of faculty from three universities that has received a NSF INCLUDES grant to increase STEM education for underrepresented groups and contributing to disaster research.  Full Story

Terri Norton, associate professor of construction engineering.
September 08, 2017 - As South Florida braces for Hurricane Irma, Terri Norton, a Nebraska associate professor of construction engineering, said construction cranes in downtown Miami pose a unique potential danger.  Full Story

Nebraska researchers (from left) Wei Li, Yiqi Yang and Bingnan Mu have collaborated with colleagues in China to develop a more robust, biodegradable plastic fiber derived from corn starch. (Photo by Craig Chandler/University Communication)
September 01, 2017 - Introducing a simple step to the production of plant-derived, biodegradable plastic could improve its properties while overcoming obstacles to manufacturing it commercially, says research by engineering professor Yiqi Yang and his team.  Full Story

A USDA-funded research project, led by Xu Li, associate professor of civil engineering, looks to develop manure management strategies to mitigate the risk of developing antibiotic resistance.
August 29, 2017 - Dr. Xu Li, an associate professor in the University of Nebraska Department of Civil Engineering, is leading a team of researchers to develop manure management strategies to mitigate the risk of antibiotic resistance associated with livestock manure.  Full Story

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