Mechanical & Materials Engineering News

A team of mechanical and materials engineering students -- (from left) Samone Hinsley, Daniel Carlson, Mohamed Hussein, Colby Kubik and Ricardo Villegas Martinez -- put together the pediatric shower chair designed for their senior design capstone project.
April 23, 2018 - Working with Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital, three teams of mechanical and materials engineering senior design capstone students gain valuable experience and create devices to help patients.  Full Story

The Optomec Lens 3D Hybrid Machine Tool is one of three new hybrid 3-D printers installed in the new Nebraska Engineering Additive Technology (NEAT) Labs in Scott Engineering Center.
April 19, 2018 - With an investment of nearly $1.5 million and the installation of three unique hybrid 3-D printers in the NEAT Labs, the College of Engineering is on the cutting edge of additive manufacturing technology.  Full Story

Prahalada Rao, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, has received a five-year, $500,000 Faculty Early Career Development Program award from the National Science Foundation to further his work to develop a process of 3-D printing known as smart additive manufacturing.
April 17, 2018 - Prahalada Rao has high expectations for 3-D printing: no less than revolutionizing the world, in fact. Rao has earned an NSF Early Career award that will further his research.  Full Story

University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering.
April 17, 2018 - Four engineering students will be among the 33 students recognized as Chancellor’s Scholars during the University of Nebraska-Lincoln undergraduate commencement, May 5 at Pinnacle Bank Arena.  Full Story

Map of Cotonou, Benin
April 16, 2018 - Students from three colleges, including business, engineering, and agricultural sciences and natural resources, spent spring break immersing themselves in production and management projects at the University of Abomey-Calavi in Cotonou, Benin.  Full Story

Nebraska Engineering students were part of the Nebraska Theme Park Design Group, which designed and built a new attraction - the Superhero Swing - for the Lincoln Children's Museum.
March 13, 2018 - A new children’s museum attraction created by College of Engineering students uses pulleys to help kids feel as strong as their favorite superheroes.  Full Story

Chaz Ginger (left), a graduate research assistant, and Ron Faller, Midwest Roadside Safety Facility director, measure the height of a guardrail used in a test.
March 06, 2018 - Engineers and students at the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility (MwRSF) are creating and testing the next generation of devices which save lives on our nation’s roadways.  Full Story

Mehrdad Negahban, professor of mechanical and materials engineering.
February 07, 2018 - With the help of a new model co-developed by Nebraska mechanical and materials engineering researchers, combining stiff and flexible materials could double or triple the strength of polymer-based components.  Full Story

Eleven faculty or staff members from the College of Engineering were honored Feb. 2 at the UNL Parents' Recognition Awards ceremony.
February 01, 2018 - Sixteen College of Engineering faculty or staff members are among the 228 University of Nebraska-Lincoln employees chosen to receive 2018 Parents’ Recognition Awards at a ceremony on Feb. 2 at the Nebraska Union.  Full Story

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has featured 50 of its fall graduates on the university's Facebook page.
December 15, 2017 - Nine College of Engineering students are among the 50 Fall Semester 2017 graduates who are featured on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Facebook page (@UNLincoln).  Full Story