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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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As small “slippery” particles or microorganisms such as Cryptosporidium travel through a pipe, they tend to concentrate in the middle. A Nebraska Engineering study looks to exploit this knowledge to determine better ways for energy and environmental sectors to achieve greater efficiency at mitigating contamination or in providing cheaper fuel.
August 22, 2022 - Jae Sung Park and Yusong Li are working on a three-year, $418,120 NSF grant to learn how small particles – some less than one-tenth the width of a human hair – better move through confined fluid flows in transport systems, such as pipes.  Full Story

Nebraska Engineering researchers are studying how to make ethanol production more environmentally sensitive by reducing the amount of water and energy required to produce it.
August 22, 2022 - Nebraska Engineering researchers are studying how to make ethanol production more environmentally sensitive by reducing the amount of water and energy required to produce it and cutting the air emissions that result.  Full Story

Nebraska’s Rebecca Wachs, assistant professor of biological systems engineering, will lead a five-year project funded by the National Institutes of Health. (University Communication and Marketing)
August 11, 2022 - Supported by a new five-year, $1.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, Nebraska's Rebecca Wachs and colleagues will aim to pinpoint the impacts of a three-pronged offensive that degenerating discs can wage on the lower back.  Full Story

(From left) Bilal Khan, Mohammad Hasan and Neeta Kantamneni are developing an app called Messages from a Future You, aimed at providing students with targeted, real-time interventions that boost their performance in STEM courses. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
August 02, 2022 - Mohammad Hasan is harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to help undergraduate STEM students improve their academic performance and strengthen the pipeline of college graduates prepared for STEM jobs.  Full Story

Eric Markvicka has collaborated with researchers at Virginia Tech to develop octopus-inspired glove that gives divers a reliable grasp on objects underwater.
August 02, 2022 - Nebraska Engineering's Eric Markvicka has collaborated with researchers at Virginia Tech to develop octopus-inspired glove that gives divers a reliable grasp on objects underwater.  Full Story

A surgical robot, developed by Shane Farritor, the David and Nancy Lederer Professor of Engineering and chief technology officer of Virtual Incision, will be tested on the International Space Station in 2024.
August 02, 2022 - A miniaturized surgical robot invented by Shane Farritor, the David and Nancy Lederer Professor of Engineering and chief technology officer of Virtual Incision, is being prepped for testing aboard the International Space Station.  Full Story

Brandi Brown, postdoctoral researcher in the Industrial Agricultural Products Center.
July 22, 2022 - Brandi Brown, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Industrial Agricultural Products Center, has been chosen to receive a USDA Postdoctoral Fellowship.  Full Story

The NIMBUS Lab at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln is working on a new algorithm to control drone swarms.
July 22, 2022 - Led by Justin Bradley, the Nebraska Intelligent MoBile Unmanned Systems Lab at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln is working to develop an algorithm to control drone swarms for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance missions.  Full Story

Keegan Moore, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering.
July 19, 2022 - Why does walking require more energy as people age? Keegan Moore’s team is part of a UNL-UNO collaboration using cutting-edge technology to collect data and develop algorithms that provide elusive answers to that question.  Full Story

During crash tests, a Dodge quad-cab pickup struck the portable barriers at 62 miles per hour. (Midwest Roadside Safety Facility)
July 13, 2022 - A barrier-connecting prototype, designed at the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility, helped portable concrete barriers maintain their structural integrity when tested in a high-speed crash involving a 5,000-pound pickup truck.  Full Story

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