IN THE NEWS: Strategy for ventilator sharing | Announce

Benjamin Terry, associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering, a surgeon from UNMC, and a team of Nebraska Engineering researchers have developed a strategy for stacking two patients on the same ventilator. (University Communication photo)

Benjamin Terry and a team of researchers from the College of Engineering and UNMC have developed a strategy for ventilator sharing that could be used now to help ease the demand for treating patients that have COVID-19 - https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/nu-researchers-develop-strategy-for-ventilator-sharing/
Siemak Nejati's team was featured by Technology.org for discovering a way to synthesize organic solids that can be joined like toy construction bricks - https://www.technology.org/2020/04/14/scientists-experimenting-with-organic-solids-that-can-be-joined-like-lego-bricks/
Bruce Dvorak was quoted by the Omaha World-Herald on the financial impact of poor water quality on Nebraska communities - https://www.omaha.com/news/nebraska-towns-pay-millions-to-fight-nitrates-as-water-bills-go-up/article_5a810bb0-1437-5538-aab9-e50546672f60.html
ASABE Resource Magazine published an article about Nebraska Tractor Test Lab and its 100th anniversary - https://bt.e-ditionsbyfry.com/publication/?m=23718&i=658885&p=4
Carrick Detweiler will be part of a team working on NASA's University Leadership Initiative to improve safety for unmanned aircraft systems by improving real-time weather forecasting of low-level winds and turbulence - https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-looks-to-university-teams-to-advance-aviation-technology
Yufung Ge and Nuwane Wijewardane's penetrometer prototype has been featured on KRVN, the York News-Times and the Environmental News Network - https://www.enn.com/articles/63014-prototype-uses-light-to-gauge-composition-density-of-subsoils
Yiqi Yang was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article about effectiveness of DIY masks in stopping the novel coronavirus - https://www.wsj.com/articles/do-diy-masks-help-stop-coronavirus-11587720603
Saravanan Raju, research scientist in computer science and engineering, was awarded the College of Arts and Sciences' Engagement Award. The award recognizes people or units involved in exemplary engagement activities that have an impact beyond the university.

The COE Update Tue. May 05, 2020