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College of Engineering News Archives

Christine Wittich, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, is conducting research focused on social media use by state departments of transportation during emergencies ranging from natural disasters to civil unrest to large traffic jams. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
August 17, 2022 - Christine Wittich is leading a national effort to gather information on how state departments of transportation use social media during emergencies, with an eye toward developing best practices to improve crisis communications.  Full Story

Nebraska Governance and Technology Center announces 2022-23 classes of Faculty and Student Fellows.
August 16, 2022 - The Nebraska Governance and Technology Center announced its new University of Nebraska-Lincoln fellows, selecting six College of Engineering faculty and six Nebraska Engineering graduate students to those classes.  Full Story

Nebraska’s Rebecca Wachs, assistant professor of biological systems engineering, will lead a five-year project funded by the National Institutes of Health. (University Communication and Marketing)
August 11, 2022 - Supported by a new five-year, $1.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, Nebraska's Rebecca Wachs and colleagues will aim to pinpoint the impacts of a three-pronged offensive that degenerating discs can wage on the lower back.  Full Story

Marilyn Wolf, founding director of the School of Computing and Elmer E. Koch Professor of Engineering, is presented the IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award from Gi-Joon Nam, president of the IEEE Council on Electronic Design Automation.
August 11, 2022 - School of Computing Director Marilyn Wolf has been honored with the 2022 IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award, which recognizes inspirational teaching of graduate students in IEEE fields of interest.  Full Story

A team of Nebraska Engineering students took first place at the ASABE Robotics Student Design Competition.
August 10, 2022 - A team of Nebraska Enghineering students led by biological systems engineering faculty Santosh Pitla recently won a robotics competition held at the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Annual International Meeting.  Full Story

Samuel Underwood, doctoral student in architectural engineering.
August 05, 2022 - After nearly sweeping all the major 2022 student awards from INCE, Ph.D. student Samuel Underwood discusses his acoustical engineering career journey.  Full Story

An aerial shot of a cornfield in southwestern Lancaster County, Nebraska. (University Communication)
August 04, 2022 - With the help of supercomputers from the Holland Computing Center, a team of civil and environmental engineers is analyzing historical data from the Sandhills to predict the impact of climate change on herbicide runoff.  Full Story

(From left) Bilal Khan, Mohammad Hasan and Neeta Kantamneni are developing an app called Messages from a Future You, aimed at providing students with targeted, real-time interventions that boost their performance in STEM courses. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
August 02, 2022 - Mohammad Hasan is harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to help undergraduate STEM students improve their academic performance and strengthen the pipeline of college graduates prepared for STEM jobs.  Full Story

Eric Markvicka has collaborated with researchers at Virginia Tech to develop octopus-inspired glove that gives divers a reliable grasp on objects underwater.
August 02, 2022 - Nebraska Engineering's Eric Markvicka has collaborated with researchers at Virginia Tech to develop octopus-inspired glove that gives divers a reliable grasp on objects underwater.  Full Story

A surgical robot, developed by Shane Farritor, the David and Nancy Lederer Professor of Engineering and chief technology officer of Virtual Incision, will be tested on the International Space Station in 2024.
August 02, 2022 - A miniaturized surgical robot invented by Shane Farritor, the David and Nancy Lederer Professor of Engineering and chief technology officer of Virtual Incision, is being prepped for testing aboard the International Space Station.  Full Story