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A narrow grass hedge, which limits animal waste runoff.
February 17, 2015 - A team that includes UNL engineering faculty and researchers has found that narrow grass hedges on agricultural plots can limit animal waste – and with it antibiotics and antibiotic-resistant bacteria – into nearby streams.  Full Story

Peter Kiewit Institute
December 12, 2014 - With the U.S. economy expected to have 1.5 million engineering and computer science job openings by 2020, the Peter Kiewit Institute is a key part of Chancellor Harvey Perlman's 2015-17 biennial budget request.  Full Story

Don Voelte
November 11, 2014 - Don Voelte, a 1975 civil engineering graduate, will be hosted by the College of Engineering as one of 10 outstanding UNL alumni who will take part in the university’s celebration of the 50th anniversary of Alumni Masters Week Nov. 19-21.  Full Story

Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, associate professor of civil engineering
November 07, 2014 - Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, UNL associate professor of civil, is one of 24 U.S. scientists selected to participate in the second Arab-American Frontiers of Science, Engineering and Medicine Symposium from Dec. 13-15 in Muscat, Oman.  Full Story

Bruce Dvorak (left) and Chittaranjan Ray, professors of Civil Engineering, are part of WINSSS, a national project that aims to bring updated technology and safer water to America's small communities.
November 04, 2014 - Three UNL faculty, led by Civil Engineering Professor Bruce Dvorak, are part of WINSSS, a national project that hopes to bring up-to-date technology and safer water to America’s small communities.  Full Story

UNL Construction Management graduate student Tyler Schmidt receives a plaque after taking first place in student presentations at the IHEEP 2014 Convention in New Orleans.
October 15, 2014 - Tyler Schmidt, a graduate research assistant at UNL’s Midwest Roadside Safety Facility, was awarded first place in the student presentations at the International Highway Engineering Exchange Program Conference in New Orleans on Oct. 1.  Full Story

Daniel Linzell, chair of Civil Engineering
October 13, 2014 - Civil Engineering chair Daniel Linzell is one of five UNL faculty members who will take part in the Committee on Institutional Cooperation's Academic Leadership Program.  Full Story

Photo of researchers
September 03, 2014 - Three Civil Engineering faculty are on a UNL team studying how climate changes and food demands affect groundwater.  Full Story

Students constructing a rainwater barrel
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Members of a University of Nebraska-Lincoln aerospace team hope to fire their rocket, called Munnin, 25,000 feet into the air. They are, from left: Alex Buford, Michael Reyes, Brad Christensen and Bryan Kubitschek.
June 22, 2014 - <span>Five College of Engineering students look to send a hand-built projectile more than four miles into the air at the annual Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition in Green River, Utah.</span>  Full Story



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