Reach out to Jenna Hefley (jhefley2@unl.edu) with questions or for more details.
Seth Brunkhorst
Born and raised in Lincoln, Nebraska, Brunkhorst is a sophomore studying Agriculture Engineering and works at Midwest Roadside Safety Facility as an undergraduate research assistant. He is a part of quarter-scale tractor team on campus and the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineering. This past summer, he worked to improve the safety of roads by testing guardrail systems at MwRSF; he also went on a week-long mission trip to Galveston, Texas to help build homes for people who lost theirs in the hurricane.
Liz Staudacher
From Fort Collins, Colorado, Staudacher is a sophomore in BSE with minors in biomedical engineering, math, and psychology. At Nebraska, she is involved with the Society of Women Engineers, is a mentor with Nebraska Legends, and is an active member in her sorority, Tri Delta. In high school, Staudacher held internships in Chemical Engineering as well as Microbiology at Colorado State University, and plans to find a lab to be a part of in Lincoln as well. Outside of school activities, she can be found hiking, skiing, playing volleyball, or reading in a hammock in the mountains.
Kelly Broad
Raised in Lincoln, Kelly is a sophomore Biological System Engineering major with minors in biomedical engineering and English. She is a member of the Engineering Student Advisory Board, Biomedical Engineering Society, and serves of the executive board of Society of Women Engineers. This summer was her fourth summer doing research at Pannier Lab, and can usually be found working at the lab bench if she isn’t in class. When not studying or working she stays busy volunteering at Ten Thousand Villages, helping out School Middle School’s competitive slam poetry team, reading Gothic literature and science news, or having coffee with friends. She hopes to go to study abroad this summer, and eventually attend graduate school for biomedical engineering.