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During crash tests, a Dodge quad-cab pickup struck the portable barriers at 62 miles per hour. (Midwest Roadside Safety Facility)
July 13, 2022 - A barrier-connecting prototype, designed at the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility, helped portable concrete barriers maintain their structural integrity when tested in a high-speed crash involving a 5,000-pound pickup truck.  Full Story

Tirthankar Roy, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, is part of National Drought Mitigation Center team researching the relationship between civil unrest and weather/climate. (Craig Chandler / University Communication)
July 12, 2022 - Tirthankar Roy is part on a team of National Drought Mitigation Center researchers working on a $1 million grant from U.S. Air Force Weather to study links between weather/climate and civil unrest.  Full Story

Thirty-six students from the College of Engineering are among the 175 University of Nebraska–Lincoln undergraduate students awarded stipends from the university to participate in research with a faculty mentor this summer.
May 23, 2022 - Thirty-six students from the College of Engineering are among the 175 University of Nebraska–Lincoln undergraduate students awarded stipends from the university to participate in research with a faculty mentor this summer.  Full Story

Tian Zhang, professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been chosen for inclusion in 2022 class of ASCE Distinguished Members.
May 13, 2022 - Tian Zhang, professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been selected by the American Society of Civil Engineers as a Distinguished Member, the association's highest honor.  Full Story

Samantha Corey, a civil engineering major, is the first graduate from the Women in Engineering program.
May 11, 2022 - When degrees are conferred to Nebraska Engineering students May 13 and 14, they will include the first two graduating members of the Women in Engineering and Multicultural Engineering Program cohorts. Samantha Corey discusses her experience in WIE.  Full Story

Eleven students from the College of Engineering will be honored as Chancellor's Scholars during the May 14 spring undergraduate commencement at Memorial Stadium.
May 03, 2022 - Eleven College of Engineering students will be recognized as Chancellor’s Scholars during the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s undergraduate commencement ceremony May 14 at Memorial Stadium.  Full Story

Ronald Faller (left), Willa Cather research professor at Midwest Roadside Safety Facility, and Leen-Kiat Soh, Charles Bessey professor in the School of Computing.
April 26, 2022 - Two faculty from the College of Engineering - Ronald Faller and Leen-Kiat Soh - were chosen as Willa Cather/Charles Bessey professors by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor.  Full Story

Fourteen College of Engineering faculty were awarded promotion and/or tenure in 2022.
April 25, 2022 - Fourteen faculty from the College of Engineering are among the 111 University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty who have been awarded promotion and/or tenure in 2022.  Full Story

The team working on this DOE project includes: Sulaiman Mohaidat, Ph.D. student in the Durham School, Fadi Alsaleem, assistant professor in The Durham School, Jinying Zhu, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, Bibo Zhong, Ph.D. student in civil and environmental engineering, and Clayton Malone, Ph.D. student in civil and environmental engineering.
April 11, 2022 - Nebraska Engineering researchers Jinying Zhu and Fadi Alsaleem have received a three-year, $800,000 award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop a dual-sensing, health-monitoring system for a spent nuclear fuel canister.  Full Story

Riley Ruskamp, master's students civil and environmental engineering and graduate research assistant at Midwest Roadside Safety Facility.
March 25, 2022 - Riley Ruskamp, a graduate student in civil and environmental engineering and research assistant at Midwest Roadside Safety Facility, has received a Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship from the U.S. Department of Transportation.  Full Story



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