Mechanical & Materials Engineering News

2018 Husker Motorsports Team and their vehicle
June 19, 2018 - The Husker Motorsports Formula SAE team is one of 72 teams from the U.S. and five other countries competing June 20-23 in the Formula SAE Lincoln at Lincoln Airpark.  Full Story

Students from across America arrive at the Lincoln airport the day before starting the 8-week Advanced Manufacturing Summer Institute on City Campus Monday.
June 18, 2018 - A group of students from Tribal College and Universities (TCU) will be on the City Campus June 18 through Aug. 10 to take part in the Advanced Manufacturing Summer Institute (AMSI).  Full Story

Benjamin Terry, associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering.
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Among the College of Engineering researchers engaged in research sponsored by NSRI includes (from left) Laurence Rilett, professor of civil engineering, Jeyam Subbiah, professor of biological systems engineering, and Benjamin Terry, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering.
June 11, 2018 - The University of Nebraska’s National Strategic Research Institute, which sponsors research by many Nebraska Engineering faculty, has been renewed with a five-year, $92 million contract with the U.S. Air Force.  Full Story

Members of SAE International present the John Melvin Motorsports Safety Award to Karla Lechtenberg, Ron Faller and Dean Sicking
May 31, 2018 - SAE International Honors a Team of Motorsports Safety Professionals with 2017 John Melvin Motorsports Safety Award  Full Story

Don Johnson, professor emeritus of mechanical and materials engineering, received a University of Nebraska-Lincoln Emeriti and Retirees Association research award for his work on the USS Arizona, which was sunk during the raid on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
May 22, 2018 - Don Johnson, professor emeritus of mechanical and materials engineering, received a research award from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Emeriti and Retirees Association for his work on the ecological impact of the corrosion of the sunken USS Arizona.  Full Story

Nebraska Engineering.
May 11, 2018 - Four College of Engineering alumni and one current student were among the honorees at the Nebraska Alumni Association’s annual Alumni Honors Night, May 3 at Nebraska Innovation Campus.  Full Story

Five Nebraska engineering students were among the 30 University of Nebraska-LIncoln students chosen to Franco's List in 2018.
May 08, 2018 - Five Nebraska engineering students were among the 30 University of Nebraska-Lincoln students who were named to Franco's List and recognized as outstanding agents of character and integrity.  Full Story

K.P. Rajurkar
May 04, 2018 - The 2018 M. Eugene Merchant Manufacturing Medal of ASME/SME is being awarded to Dr. Rajurkar “for pioneering contributions to enhance the productivity of nontraditional machining processes.  Full Story

Ali Tamayol, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering
April 24, 2018 - Researchers from Nebraska, MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital have incorporated platelet-rich plasma into a bio-ink: a 3-D-printed mixture of cells and gel that could eventually become the stuff of skin grafts and regenerative tissue implants.  Full Story