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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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Leen-Kiat Soh.
October 13, 2023 - Leen-Kiat Soh has received a new grant from the National Science Foundation to expand his work on a previous artificial intelligence project focused on automating task planning for complex scenarios.  Full Story

Electron microscopy images show a germanium sulfide nanowire (left) containing a single screw dislocation, the screw dislocation converted into a mixed helical dislocation in a hybrid nanowire (center) and an illustration of controlled formation of a tunable mixed dislocation in a core-shell nanowire heterostructure.
October 11, 2023 - By controlling the placement and types of defects in nanowires, Eli Sutter and Peter Sutter are setting the stage for electronic technology to optimize the new advantages the imperfections offer.  Full Story

Sasitharan Balasubramaniam, associate professor in the School of Computing.
October 04, 2023 - Sasitharan Balasubramaniam is teaming with Irish researchers to use the internet to study microbial communication and activity patterns to better understand bacterial behavior and connect living bacteria to its digital twin.  Full Story

Cody Stolle, research assistant professor in the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility and in mechanical and materials engineering
September 15, 2023 - In high school, Cody Stolle was inspired to pursue engineering at UNL. Today, his research at the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility is saving lives on U.S. military bases and on the world's roadways.  Full Story

Shudipto Dishari, Ross McCollum associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
September 14, 2023 - Shudipto Dishari and her research team are converting plant wastes into antimicrobial agents that could help prevent pathogenic infections and death while significantly lowering the cost of antimicrobial treatments and being a boon to the bioeconomy.  Full Story

Massimiliano Pierobon, associate professor in the School of Computing.
September 11, 2023 - Massimiliano Pierobon is one of the research leads on a team awarded a $24.5 million contract to develop a first-of-its-kind prophylactic to help protect U.S. troops from the effects of acute radiation syndrome.  Full Story

Aemal Khattak, director of the Mid-America Transportation Center (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
September 07, 2023 - The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Mid-America Transportation Center has won a five-year, $15 million grant to remain the transportation research and workforce development hub for the U.S. Department of Transportation Region 7.  Full Story

Shudipto Dishari, the Ross McCollum Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, was recognized by as one of the PMSE 2023 Early Stage Investigator Award recipients at the Fall Meeting in August.
September 05, 2023 - Shudipto Dishari was honored by the American Chemical Society (ACS) and its Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) division as one of the recipients of its 2023 Early Stage Investigator Award.  Full Story

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln team working on the MICRA project includes (from left) Saleh Taghvaeian, biological systems engineering; Daniel Schachtman, agronomy and horticulture; Taro Mieno, agricultural economics; and Seunghee Kim, civil engineering.
September 05, 2023 - Seunghee Kim and Saleh Taghvaeian are on a team that is focusing on water stress in the High Plains that is threatening agriculture and rural communities to find ways to improve soil moisture preservation and help rural areas be more climate resilient.  Full Story

Eight new faculty joined the College of Engineering in the fall semester 2023 - (clockwise from top left) Nirupam Aich, Jeffrey Falkinburg, Bhuvaneswari Gopal, Abia Katimbo, Craig Zuhlke, Seth Polsley, Andre Messner and Neal Lewis.
September 01, 2023 - The College of Engineering has added eight faculty for the 2023-24 academic year, increasing total faculty hires to 75 over the past seven years.  Full Story

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