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Doctoral student Adam Erickson adjusts the nitrogen-vacancy scanning probe in Abdelghani Laraoui's lab. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing) Discovery could expand number of materials used in next-gen computing
Nirupam Aich, McNeel Associate Professor of civil and environmental engineering, won the 2024 Faculty Research and Creative Activity Slam. (Photo by Nick Kumpula/Research and Innovation) Aich wins 2024 Faculty Research and Creative Activity Slam
Eric Markvicka, Krohn Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, is leading a project aimed at developing a wearable monitoring device that contains multiple types of sensors, enabling faster and more accurate detection of exacerbations of COPD and chronic conditions like asthma, heart disease and other inflammatory disorders. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing) New device would help those with chronic conditions get timely treatment
Nirupam Aich, Richard L. McNeel Associate Professor in civil and environmental engineering. Aich adds expertise to project developing PFAS detection & remediation process
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Grace Panther, Ph.D.
June 20, 2024 - With a five-year, $650,000 grant from the NSF Career Award, Grace Panther aims to improve engineering pedagogy.  Full Story

Shuai Nie, assistant professor of computing in the School of Computing.
June 10, 2024 - Shuai Nie is using an $812,995 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program to unlock the potential of a lesser-trafficked portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.  Full Story

Lily Wang, director of the Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction
June 05, 2024 - Lily Wang, who runs the acoustics program in the Durham School, was featured in a June 2 Washington Post article exploring noise levels in restaurants.  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

Carrick Detweiler, Susan J. Rosowski Professor in the School of Computing, has been chosen to receive the 2024 NU President's Excellence Award. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
May 28, 2024 - Innovative research has earned Carrick Detweiler, Susan J. Rosowski Professor in the School of Computing, the President's Excellence Award, the University of Nebraska system's most prestigious faculty honor.  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

Nirupam Aich, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering
April 26, 2024 - A research team headed by Nebraska Engineering’s Nirupam Aich has found a way to use nanomaterials to not only remove harmful "forever" chemicals targeted by new EPA regulations from water but also to effectively degrade or destroy them.  Full Story

Eric Markvicka (left), assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, holds a tray of liquid metal samples while graduate student Ethan Krings works on a sample at right. Markvicka has earned a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation to advance his work with room-temperature, non-toxic liquid metals. (Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing)
April 22, 2024 - Eric Markvicka received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program grant to support research to produce materials that could propel the fields of soft robotics, stretchable electronics and beyond.  Full Story

Tyler Wortman, Nebraska mechanical engineering alumnus, is designing and building pharmacy fulfillment centers for Amazon.
April 22, 2024 - Tyler Wortman, former Nebraska football player, earned two mechanical engineering degrees at UNL. Now, he's building and designing pharmacy fulfillment centers for Amazon.  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

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