ECE News Archives

Peter Sutter (left), professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Eli Sutter, professor of mechanical and materials engineering, are among the 45 Nebraska Engineering researchers on a prestigious 2024 list of the world's most influential researchers.
October 23, 2024 - Thirty-nine researchers from the College of Engineering are among the 137 from UNL on a 2024 list of the world's most influential researchers.  Full Story

Engineering students (from left) Grady Henexson, Hayley Hogan and Gael Perez were chosen as 2024 NSRI Strategic Deterrence Interns.
September 20, 2024 - Three Nebraska Engineering students were among 15 students from across the U.S. chosen as 2024 National Strategic Research Institute Strategic Deterrence Interns.  Full Story

Five Grand Challenges grants in 2024 are awarded to projects including Nebraska Engineering faculty.
September 04, 2024 - Nebraska Engineering faculty are part of five teams that received Grand Challenges planning grants awarded by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on Sept. 3.  Full Story

Jun Wang (right), assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, receives his ARPA-E IGNIITE award certificate from ARPA-E director Evelyn Wang at the July 9 ceremony in Washington, D.C.
August 21, 2024 - An ARPA-E IGNIITE program award supports Jun Wang's work to create a new power module that enhances power-grid resilience with 30 times faster switching frequency and five times higher power density than current devices.  Full Story

Twenty-six Nebraska Engineering undergraduate students received summer 2024 stipend awards from UCARE.
July 30, 2024 - Twenty-six College of Engineering students are among the 114 University of Nebraska–Lincoln undergraduate students who were awarded stipends to participate in research with a faculty mentor this summer.  Full Story

Craig Zuhlke (left) and George Gogos (back), co-directors of the Center for Electro-Optics and Functionalized Surfaces, and Graham Kaufman, doctoral student in electrical engineering, pose with the Leybold ultra-high vacuum laser surface processing and materials analysis system in the CEFS lab in the Engineering Research Center. (University Communicaton and Marketing photo)
July 23, 2024 - When researchers from the Center for Electro-Optics and Functionalized Surfaces presented at a major international conference in May, their work on a revolutionary surface modification technique created a buzz among attendees.  Full Story

Three Nebraska Engineering students and a physics student from Nebraska Wesleyan University will gain unique experience for nine weeks this summer, staying at Kobe University, then transitioning to Toyohashi University of Technology, where they will work for eight weeks on a research project. (Google Maps)
May 29, 2024 - With support from a National Science Foundation IRES grant, Three Nebraska Engineering students and a physics student from Nebraska Wesleyan University will gain unique experience for nine weeks this summer, doing research at a university in Japan.  Full Story

Researchers fabricated an optical element that uses a forest of tiny, antenna-like nanorods, seen here, that together create a metamaterial able to control the spin of light. The metamaterial nanorods appear to be shaped like the letter “L” when seen at the nanoscale.
May 23, 2024 - Using metamaterials, researchers from Nebraska Engineering and Penn State created an ultra thin optical element that can control the direction of polarized electromagnetic light waves and identify the chirality of molecules.  Full Story

(top row, from left) Stuart Bernstein, Shubhendu Bhardwaj, Chris Bourke, Bai Chi, Derek Heeren; (center row) Michael Hempel, Kelly Kopocis, Keegan Moore, Ryan Pedrigi; (bottom row) Santosh Pitla, Eva Schubert, Cody Stolle, Rebecca Wachs, Christine Wittich
April 16, 2024 - Fourteen faculty from the College of Engineering are among the 100 faculty to whom the University of Nebraska–Lincoln will award promotion and/or tenure in 2024.  Full Story

Students who led the winning projects at the 2024 Engineering Pitch Competition are (from left) Patrick McManigal, Brooke Bode and Alyssa Grube.
April 08, 2024 - Nebraska Engineering students Patrick McManigal, Brooke Bode and Alyssa Grube earned the top three places April 2 at the 2024 Engineering Pitch Competition, held at the Willa Cather Dining Complex.  Full Story