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Xu Li (front left), Bing Wang (front right), Shannon Bartelt-Hunt (back left) and Yusong Li (back right) collect and examine water samples from the Elkhorn River near Waterloo, Nebraska, as part of the EPA research project. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing) Nebraska environmental engineers targeting antimicrobial resistance in environment
Qiang Liu, assistant professor in the School of Computing. Liu ‘slicing’ wireless networks to develop ways to improve efficiency
Six Nebraska Engineering faculty - (clockwise from top left) Nirupam Aich, Seunghee Kim, Xu Li, Massimiliano Pierobon, Jae Sung Park, and Eric Markvicka - were awarded named professorships in July 2024. Six Nebraska Engineering faculty awarded named professorships
Adam Erickson from Abdelghani Laraoui’s lab in the Engineering Research Center aligns the nitrogen vacancy scanning probe microscope used for the study. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing) Spintronics breakthrough opens door to next-gen electronics
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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

Kazi Albab Hussain (left) holds his son while removing a plastic container of water from a microwave. Hussain and Nebraska Engineering colleagues have found that microwaving such containers can release up to billions of nanoscopic particles and millions of microscopic ones. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
August 29, 2023 - Four high-impact research projects from the College of Engineering, including one that aims to make food plastics safer for consumers, have been funded through the second Grand Challenges Catalyst Competition.  Full Story

In August 2023, four College of Engineering faculty - (from left) Justin Bradley, Shudipto Dishari, George Gogos and Rajib Saha - were awarded named professorships.
August 28, 2023 - In August 2023, four College of Engineering faculty - Justin Bradley, Shudipto Dishari, George Gogos and Rajib Saha - were awarded named professorships.  Full Story

Vinodchandran Variyam, professor in the School of Computing.
August 26, 2023 - Vinodchandran Variyam, professor in the School of Computing, and a group of colleagues turned an idea sparked during a 2019 dinner conversation into an algorithm that could potentially change mass data analysis by addressing a longstanding challenge.  Full Story

George Gogos, Wilmer J. and Sally Hergenrader Chair of Mechanical Engineering and director of the Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research.
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.  Full Story

Rachael Wagner and Shane Farritor look over a robotic surgery device in the Virtual Incision facility. (University Communication and Marketing)
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.  Full Story

Kazi Albab Hussain (left) holds his son while removing a plastic container of water from a microwave. Hussain and Nebraska Engineering colleagues have found that microwaving such containers can release up to billions of nanoscopic particles and millions of microscopic ones. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
July 21, 2023 - A new Nebraska Engineering research study shows microwaving plastic baby food containers can release huge numbers of plastic particles.  Full Story

Mehmet Can Vuran. (University Communication and Marketing)
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.  Full Story

Postdoctoral researcher Mohammadjavad Dowran works with diamond quantum sensing microscopes in Abdelghani Laraoui’s lab. (Craig Chandler / University Communication & Marketing)
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.  Full Story

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