CEE News

Chaz Ginger (left), a graduate research assistant, and Ron Faller, Midwest Roadside Safety Facility director, measure the height of a guardrail used in a test.
March 06, 2018 - Engineers and students at the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility (MwRSF) are creating and testing the next generation of devices which save lives on our nation’s roadways.  Full Story

Recent Environmental Engineering graduate Deanna Ringenberg
March 01, 2018 - Deanna Ringenberg, a graduate of the Environmental Engineering program, earned the American Water Works Association Small Systems Division Best Paper Award.  Full Story

Christine Wittich, assistant professor of civil engineering.
February 26, 2018 - Christine Wittich, assistant professor of civil engineering, is building on her research into earthquake engineering by studying how seismic activity generated by explosives used in the Cather-Pound demolitions affected surrounding structures  Full Story

CIVE Student Brian Shimp holds the controls of Lamp Rynearson’s photometry drone.
 Full Story

Civil engineering student Taylor Seeley (right) and Jason Perreault begin work on their 9-foot cylinder of snow on Wednesday in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
February 01, 2018 - Civil engineering student Taylor Seeley didn't have a relaxing weekend at a Wisconsin resort, rather he and his family worked three days to take Team Nebraska to third place at the US National Snow Sculpting Competition.  Full Story

Richard Wood, assistant professor of civil engineering, took high-definition images of the Cather and Pound residence halls both before and after (pictured) their demolition on Dec. 22, 2017.
January 03, 2018 - Data looks "promising" and should help research by Nebraska civil engineering faculty and students will keep the legacy of Cather and Pound residence halls alive long after their demolition.  Full Story

Yong-Rak Kim, professor of civil engineering.
December 21, 2017 - While the materials used to construct Cather and Pound Halls are not likely to be recycled, Nebraska Engineering faculty are working to develop recyclable and recycled building materials that could reduce costs, resources and environmental threats.  Full Story

Ashraf Aly Hassan, research assistant professor of civil engineering.
December 21, 2017 - The demolition of the Cather and Pound residence halls is expected to create a large cloud of dust immediately following the implosion, but that dust cloud should not pose a health concern to those who are outside the exclusion and evacuation zones.  Full Story

Christine Wittich, assistant professor of civil engineering.
December 19, 2017 - The implosion of Cather and Pound residence halls will create more than 20 million pounds of debris and Nebraska Engineers will measure the effects of the blast load on nearby buildings.  Full Story

Carrick Detweiler, associate professor of computer science and engineering.
December 19, 2017 - Nebraska Engineering faculty will be using some of the latest technology available when they study the Cather-Pound buildings as they fall. Among that technology are unmanned mobile flight systems (drones).  Full Story



Stay Connected with CEE