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Shutterstock photo Ghose receives grant to continue radio fingerprinting research
Shudipto Dishari is leading a research team that aims to increase the efficiency of hydrogen fuel cells. Dishari developing polymers to boost hydrogen cell efficiency
Mona Bavarian, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Nebraska, has received a $576,802 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program to develop an advanced manufacturing platform for polymer coatings. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing) With CAREER Award, Bavarian uses AI to develop more precise method to create polymer coatings
Wei Qiao, Clyde Hyde Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Qiao elected as senior member of National Academy of Inventors
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Ruiguo Yang, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, is using a $540,000 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program to explore how cell-cell bridges respond to strains of different magnitudes and rates. (Craig Chandler / University Communication)
April 13, 2022 - Ruiguo Yang is examining how cell-cell junctions — protein structures that enable cells to attach to neighboring cells — respond to the wide range of strains they're subjected to every day, such as cardiac pulses, stretching of the skin and peristalsis  Full Story

The team working on this DOE project includes: Sulaiman Mohaidat, Ph.D. student in the Durham School, Fadi Alsaleem, assistant professor in The Durham School, Jinying Zhu, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, Bibo Zhong, Ph.D. student in civil and environmental engineering, and Clayton Malone, Ph.D. student in civil and environmental engineering.
April 11, 2022 - Nebraska Engineering researchers Jinying Zhu and Fadi Alsaleem have received a three-year, $800,000 award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop a dual-sensing, health-monitoring system for a spent nuclear fuel canister.  Full Story

Riley Ruskamp, master's students civil and environmental engineering and graduate research assistant at Midwest Roadside Safety Facility.
March 25, 2022 - Riley Ruskamp, a graduate student in civil and environmental engineering and research assistant at Midwest Roadside Safety Facility, has received a Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship from the U.S. Department of Transportation.  Full Story

Lasers in the Center for Electro-Optics and Functionalized Surfaces are creating surfaces that can help keep power lines from freezing and whipping in the wind. (KETV)
March 25, 2022 - Nebraska Engineering faculty and students working with femtosecond lasers in the Center for Electro-Optics and Functionalized Surfaces are creating surfaces that can help keep power lines from freezing and whipping in the wind.  Full Story

Rajib Saha, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, and graduate student Niaz Bahar Chowdhury have created a genome-scale metabolic model for the corn root to study its nitrogen-use efficiency under nitrogen stress conditions. (University Communication photo)
March 15, 2022 - Rajib Saha and Niaz Bahar Chowdhury are studying how corn roots adapt to insufficient nitrogen, with an eye toward making genetic tweaks that might increase, or at least maintain, plant growth and yields without excessive application of fertilizer.  Full Story

Angela Pannier, professor and Swarts Family Chair of Biological Systems Engineering.
March 09, 2022 - The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the election of Angela Pannier, Swarts Family Chair of Biological Systems Engineering and Professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, to its College of Fellows.  Full Story

Eric Markvicka, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering.
March 03, 2022 - Erick Markvicka, who grew up helping on his grandparents' farm and was inspired by fellow Ravenna native and Nebraska Engineering professor Shane Farritor, is working to create a future where humans and technology work together more intimately.  Full Story

Hyperbolic shear polaritons are coupled light-matter waves which were discovered to exist at the surface of monoclinic crystals. Due to the low crystal symmetry, these waves are not mirror-symmetric. (Credit: FHI / Wernerwerke)
March 03, 2022 - Research conducted at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering "planted a seed" for discovery of a new class of materials that could change the way the field of photonics research.  Full Story

Josephine Lau, associate professor of architectural engineering, is leading a study of the efficacy of air cleaners in K-12 classrooms and how they impact students' health and learning.
February 17, 2022 - Josephine Lau is aiming to build on results gleaned from a previous federal study to help K-12 schools across Nebraska create better learning environments for students by studying the efficacy and impact of air-cleaning devices.  Full Story

On June 28, 2021, the College of Engineering held a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the beginning of construction on Kiewit Hall.
February 16, 2022 - The College of Engineering experienced a year of major milestones and growth in 2021, even as the college and the University of Nebraska system continued to deal with the changing demands of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Full Story

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