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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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Rajib Saha, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering.
November 03, 2022 - Rajib Saha is part of a team seek to bioengineer a common defense mechanism most plants develop naturally to protect against environmental stresses, such as drought, ultraviolet rays and insects.  Full Story

Chungwook Sim (center), associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, is joined by alumni Micheal Assad (left) from Kiewit Corporation and David Gee from e.Construct in accepting the ASCE 2022 T.Y. Lin Award.
October 28, 2022 - A civil and environmental engineering research team was chosen to receive the ASCE 2022 T.Y. Lin Award for a paper that proposes flexural design recommendations for precast, pretensioned ultrahigh-performance concrete applications.  Full Story

Daniel Linzell, Leslie D. Martin professor of civil and environmental engineering, explains the MADS-OPP system for bridge health monitoring to invited guests during a demonstration Thursday, October 27, on a decommissioned bridge in northwest Lancaster County.
October 28, 2022 - Leading-edge technology developed by University of Nebraska researchers to monitor the health of rural bridges in Nebraska was chosen as a winner of the NATO Innovation Challenge and could be applied to transportation systems throughout Europe.  Full Story

Angie Pannier, Swarts Family Chair in Biological Systems Engineering and professor of biomedical engineering, will present the Nebraska Lecture “DNA and RNA Delivery: From Novel Therapies to Vaccines that End Pandemics” on Nov. 17. The lecture will take place via Zoom. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
October 19, 2022 - Angie Pannier, Swarts Family Chair in Biological Systems Engineering and professor of biomedical engineering, will present the Nov. 17 Nebraska Lecture, "DNA and RNA Delivery: From Novel Therapies to Vaccines that End Pandemics."  Full Story

Husker faculty members are leading a project to create a national framework for ag data. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
October 18, 2022 - Hongfeng Yu and Joe Luck are among the University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty who are at the forefront of leading an effort to create a network of national agricultural data repositories, the National Agricultural Producers Data Collective.  Full Story

Congrui "Grace" Jin, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering.
October 13, 2022 - Inspired by the ability of the human body to heal itself, Congrui "Grace" Jin has been awarded a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Young Faculty Award to support research using microorganisms to develop a concrete that can heal its own cracks.  Full Story

Nathan Huynh has been chosen to become the new director of Nebraska Transportation Center.
September 07, 2022 - Nathan Huynh has been named the second director of the Nebraska Transportation Center (NTC). Huynh, who was selected from a nationwide search, will start at UNL on January 2, 2023.  Full Story

The College of Engineering adds 13 new faculty for 2022-23.
September 07, 2022 - The College of Engineering has added 13 new faculty for the 2022-23 academic year, increasing total faculty hires to 67 over the past six years.  Full Story

The Midwest Roadside Safety Facility will host a research showcase open house, including a full-scale crash test, on Friday, Sept. 9, from noon to 4 p.m.
August 29, 2022 - The Midwest Roadside Safety Facility (MwRSF) is hosting a research showcase open house, including a full-scale crash test on Friday, Sept. 9 from noon to 4 p.m.  Full Story

Santosh Pitla, assistant professor of biological systems engineering.
August 28, 2022 - Santosh Pitla, associate professor of biological systems engineering, is leading a team of researchers from University of Nebraska institutions focusing on improving the cybersecurity of autonomous farm vehicles, such as tractors and robots.  Full Story

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