Two of our faculty members were awarded grants recently. Dr. Forrest Kievit, assistant professor in BSE, will be working on a joint project with UNMC. Dr. Joe Luck, assistant professor in BSE will be working with Santosh Pitla, also an assistant professor in BSE. Congratulations!
Kievit's grant is entitled, "Nanoparticle-Mediated Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury," and will be partnering with faculty at UNMC. Luck's project is called, "Next-Generation Spray Drift Mitigation via Field-Deployable, Real-Time Weather Monitoring and Novel Spray Nozzle Control Technologies" and is funded through the USDA NIFA program.
John Hay and Joe Luck submitted applications for promotion this year, and both were approved. Mark Riley stated, "next academic year Joe will be an Associate Professor with Continuous Appointment (Tenure) and John will become a Extension Educator...These promotions are are certainly well deserved!"
Naisargi Nitinkumar Dave, master's graduate student in BSE working with Aaron Mittelstet, earned first place in the 2017 Water for Food Conference Graduate Student Online Poster Competition. She has earned complimentary registration as well as a $1,000 prize. Continue reading…
Mumba Mwape, master's graduate student working with Derek Heeren, will present her master's thesis on Wednesday, April 5th at 9 am in 219 Chase Hall. Her thesis is entitled "Selection and Design of Irrigation Systems in Zambia."
Congratulations to Noël Menard for her accomplishments! Ms. Menard graduated from our Agricultural Engineering program in 2013. The Iowa Section of ASABE has presented her with this year's Newcomer Engineer of the Year award (see left). Continue reading…
BSE's student chapter of ASABE is hosting a food drive for the Food Bank of Lincoln. The drive will begin Monday, April 3rd and run through Friday, April 4th. Items can be placed in the blue bin located next to the student computing lab on the 1st floor of Chase Hall. Continue reading…
On Wednesday, April 5th, Dr. Xu Li will present at the next installment of the BSEN 898 Seminar Series. Dr. Li's presentation is entitled, "Fate, Transport, and Management of Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Genes in the Agroecosystem." The seminar will be at 12 pm in 112 Chase Hall. Continue reading…
4/5: BSEN 989 Seminar featuring Dr. Xu Li
4/6: Installation of Ronnie Green as Chancellor of UNL
4/7: CIPA Brown Bag "Hearing about Canvas Experiences," 12pm, 219
4/10 - 4/12/17: Water for Food Conference
4/13/17: CoE Awards Luncheon, Wick Alumni Center
4/21/17: BSE Spring Banquet Continue reading…
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