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Bruce Grewcock (right), chairman and chief executive officer of Peter Kiewit Sons', Inc., joined University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Ronnie Green and College of Engineering Dean Lance C. Pérez to announce the company's $20 million gift
Bruce Grewcock (right), chairman and chief executive officer of Peter Kiewit Sons', Inc., joined University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Ronnie Green and College of Engineering Dean Lance C. Pérez to announce the company's $20 million gift

Peter Kiewit Sons', Inc., partnership powers Nebraska Engineering forward

Announced today, a gift of $20 million from Peter Kiewit Sons', Inc. is a substantial contribution to an $85 million engineering facility to be named Kiewit Hall, which will serve as the College of Engineering's academic hub.

More details at: https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/kiewit-partnership-powers-nebraska-engineering-forward/
 

IN THE NEWS: Research in the spotlight

With an insect-inspired approach and more than $500,000 from the National Science Foundation, Nebraska's Fadi Alsaleem and colleagues think they can lower power consumption by as much as 100-fold in wearable technology that detects falls among the elderlyIn this edition, Fadi Alsaleem develops power-saving tech to incorporate in a fall-detecting wearable device, and a paper written by Christos Argyropoulos, asst. prof. of ECE, and grad student Boyuan Jin is published in Advanced Optical Materials. Continue reading…

 

Calendar / Events

Calendar / EventsClick for full calendar:

* #LINKBASH
* “Responding to Students in Distress”
* Fall STEM Career Fair
* Durham School Career Fair
* "Burnout and Self-Care" Continue reading…

 

COE Update is weekly

The COE Update is published weekly. Please send news and announcements to Karl Vogel at kvogel2@unl.edu, preferably no later than the Friday prior to the Tuesday publication.

 
Originally published September 17, 2019 - Submit an Item