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On June 28, 2021, the College of Engineering held a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the beginning of construction on Kiewit Hall.
February 16, 2022 - The College of Engineering experienced a year of major milestones and growth in 2021, even as the college and the University of Nebraska system continued to deal with the changing demands of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Full Story

Polymer wrap, coating could protect bridge columns in explosive crashes
February 11, 2022 - Daniel Linzell, Jennifer Rasmussen, Chen Fang and Tewodros Yosef have developed two approaches - a fiber-reinforced polymer wrap and a coating of polyurea - as cost-effective options to strengthen columns that support highway bridges.  Full Story

Richard Wood and Christine Wittich spent much of June 2021 underground, using lidar scans to help conserve a 1,400-year-old Mayan temple in Honduras.
January 26, 2022 - Richard Wood and Christine Wittich spent much of June 2021 underground, using lidar scans to help conserve a 1,400-year-old Mayan temple in Honduras.  Full Story

A study by researchers from Nebraska civil and environmental engineering researchers and UNMC suggests that measuring the amount of herbicide in groundwater may not accurately reflect how many people are exposed to it via drinking water.
January 25, 2022 - A study by researchers from Nebraska civil and environmental engineering researchers and UNMC suggests that measuring the amount of herbicide in groundwater may not accurately reflect how many people are exposed to it via drinking water.  Full Story

Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, department chair and professor of civil and environmental engineering, and student Spencer Perry discuss a wastewater sample from the Harper Schramm Smith residence halls.
November 08, 2021 - To meet workforce demands and public concern for environmental quality, a new environmental engineering undergraduate degree program will begin in Fall 2022.  Full Story

(From left) Maher Tadros, distinguished emeritus professor of civil and environmental engineering (CEE), Bob Risser, president and CEO of PCI, David Gee, a structural engineer at e.Construct and former graduate student in CEE, Micheal Assad, a structural engineer at Kiewit and former graduate student in CEE, and Chungwook Sim, assistant professor of CEE.
October 27, 2021 - A team of researchers from Civil and Environmental Engineering was chosen to receive the PCI Journal's George D. Nasser Award for their paper, "Flexural Design of Precast, Prestressed Ultra-High-Performance Concrete Members."  Full Story

University of Nebraska at Omaha and University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers have been awarded $5 million by the Department of Defense Army Corps of Engineers for research to extend the lifespan of bridges through new monitoring technology.
October 27, 2021 - University of Nebraska at Omaha and University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers have been awarded $5 million by the Department of Defense Army Corps of Engineers for research to extend the lifespan of bridges through new monitoring technology.  Full Story

Aemal Khattak, director of Mid-America Transportation Center and professor of civil and environmental engineering
October 08, 2021 - Aemal Khattak, professor of civil and environmental engineering and a national leader in highway-rail crossing safety, has been chosen to be the next director of the Mid-America Transportation Center (MATC).  Full Story

Jongwan Eun and a team of Nebraska researchers are testing a new landfill ground covering system shown to improve landfill gas emissions.
September 28, 2021 - researchers are testing a new landfill ground covering system shown to improve landfill gas emissions.  Full Story

Funded by a three-year NSF grant, engineering faculty Grace Panther and Heidi Diefes-Dux are studying the extent that engineering instructors have retained and extended teaching practices and strategies adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Justin Wan / Lincoln Journal Star)
September 13, 2021 - Funded by a three-year NSF grant, engineering faculty Grace Panther and Heidi Diefes-Dux are studying the extent to which engineering instructors have retained and extended teaching practices and strategies adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Full Story



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