President Bush Awards Top Tech Award to Sicking

Released on 06/14/2007, at 12:00 AM
Office of University Communications
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Lincoln, Neb., June 14th, 2007 —
Dean Sicking (photo by Erik Stenbakken)
Dean Sicking (photo by Erik Stenbakken)

The White House announced this week that Dean Sicking, professor of civil engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, won the nation's highest honor for technology.

The National Medal of Technology honors America's leading innovators. It is given to individuals, teams and companies that develop and commercialize technological innovations and processes that improve the nation's economic, environmental and social well-being.

As director of the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility, Sicking was instrumental in developing the award-winning Steel and Foam Energy Reducing Barrier that has been installed at racetracks throughout the country. The SAFER barrier absorbs energy to reduce the crash's impact and then distributes energy over the wall without forcing the vehicle back into traffic.

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