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A test of the bridge railing.
December 21, 2011 - <span>The National Academies' Transportation Research Board will honor the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Midwest Roadside Safety Facility with its 2011 Practice-Ready Paper Award.</span>  Full Story

Mike Nastasi
December 16, 2011 - <span>Materials scientist Mike Nastasi will become director of UNL’s Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research on Jan. 3.</span>  Full Story

The UNL microgravity team includes (clockwise from top left): Jeremy Olson, Caleb Berggren, Shawn Schumacher, Dylan Horrocks, Matthew Manske, Ryan van Waes, Patrick Graeve, Eric Gutierrez, Team Adviser Carl Nelson (associate professor, mechanical and materials engineering), Joan Yule, Patricia Foley, Parise Reynolds, Bethany Drain, Evan Hilgemann, Nicholas Goeser and Jacob Reher. Team members not pictured are: Eric Fritz, Matthew Hames, Emily Hubl, Jake Lewis, and Colton Mahoney.
December 09, 2011 - <span>University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering students are floating on news from NASA that their team was selected for the space agency's 2012 Microgravity University.</span>  Full Story

Juan A. Cólon Santana
November 21, 2011 - <span>Juan A. Cólon Santana</span><span>, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln electrical engineering doctoral student, has been recognized at the national level for research excellence.</span>  Full Story

Angel McMullen-Gunn (left) was presented the 2011 SWE Distinguished New Engineer Award by SWE President Melissa Tata (right), on Oct. 14 during WE11: the society’s annual conference in Chicago.
November 15, 2011 - <span>The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) announced 52 award winners at its 2011 national conference, October 13-15 in Chicago.</span>  Full Story

John and Jerri McCue
November 14, 2011 - <span>A new memorial scholarship provides support to nontraditional students who study construction or civil engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln while remembering the life of alumnus John E. McCue, who enjoyed a career in engineering.</span>  Full Story

From left, American Society of Civil Engineers President Cathy Caldwell, UNL Durham School's Zhigang Shen and Wayne Jensen, and ASCE Executive Director Patrick Natale (far right) celebrate honors announced at the ASCE 2011 Annual Conference in Memphis, Tenn. on Oct. 21. Photographer- David Hathcox/ASCE
November 14, 2011 - <span>ASCE President Cathy Caldwell, P.E., F. ASCE and Patrick Natale, P.E., F. ASCE, ASCE executive director, presented the ASCE Society Award to UNL's Zhigang Shen and Wayne Jensen at the ASCE 2011 Annual Conference.</span>  Full Story

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November 08, 2011 - <span>Rodney O. Dillon died November 6 at age 69. He was a longtime member of UNL’s Department of Electrical Engineering faculty.</span>  Full Story

At naming ceremonies for the Burns & McDonnell Study Center at UNL's Engineering Library are: UNL Dean of Libraries Joan Giesecke, Burns & McDonnell's Greg Gould and Karen Stelling (both Nebraska Engineering alumni), and UNL College of Engineering Dean Tim Wei.
November 04, 2011 - <a href="http://www.burnsmcd.com/"></a><span>Burns &amp; McDonnell, an international engineering firm with headquarters in Kansas City, donated funds to match its employees’ gifts to build a study center in UNL’s Engineering Library.</span>  Full Story

The UNL SAE team sits with their car.
October 28, 2011 - <span>SAE International is seeking volunteers for its 2012 Formula SAE Lincoln competition, to be held June 20-23 at the Lincoln Airpark in Lincoln, Neb.</span>  Full Story