August 23, 2023 - George Gogos, Wilmer J. and Sally Hergenrader Chair of Mechanical Engineering, is the new director of the Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research. He replaces interim director Jerry Hudgins, professor and chair of electrical and computer engineering.
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August 03, 2023 - Innovative ideas that stretch from rich farmlands to high-tech medical and computer labs have again landed the University of Nebraska System among the world’s leading academic institutions for earning U.S. patents.
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July 21, 2023 - A new Nebraska Engineering research study shows microwaving plastic baby food containers can release huge numbers of plastic particles.
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July 20, 2023 - Mehmet Can Vuran and his team have received a $430,000, three-year grant from the Naval Surface Warfare Center to address highly complex and evolving challenges for the Department of Defense regarding use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
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July 06, 2023 - A pair of multidisciplinary teams with many of the same researchers, and supported by EQUATE, are developing processes that allow scientists to better see into the nanoscale and harness possibilities of the quantum realm.
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June 29, 2023 - Mechanical and Materials Engineering researchers Bai Cui and Piyush Grover have each been awarded three-year, $600,000 grants from the Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR) for Fiscal Year 2022.
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June 09, 2023 - Keegan Moore is studying how the loosening of bolts happens over time and how it might be prevented with a five-year, $727,410 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program.
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June 07, 2023 - Meredith Sutton, Ph.D. student in environmental engineering, was selected to the Voices for Science fellow cohort, whose participants conduct outreach activities in local communities to educate general audiences about science and engineering.
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May 29, 2023 - Working to develop a truly "smart home," Hongzhi Guo is using his NSF CAREER award to develop wireless communications technology that would create a digital twin of your home and keep track of everyday items, such as clothes and food.
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April 28, 2023 - By melting a polymer and watching it cool through the lenses of light and X-rays, a team of Nebraska Engineering researchers have discovered hidden depths in a material hundreds of times thinner than a human hair.
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