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The College of Engineering and its faculty and staff continue to conduct research of global impact:
- Eun, Kim developing new barrier material that could make nuclear waste disposal safer. https://go.unl.edu/2twg
- Ruiguo Yang’s team measures the breaking point and resilience of an organic bridge that connects two mature cells. https://phys.org/news/2021-02-first-of-its-kind-resilience-breakage-cellular-bridge.html or https://www.technology.org/2021/02/04/first-of-its-kind-system-measures-resilience-breakage-of-cellular-bridge/
- Santosh Pitla discusses the future of robotics in agriculture on RFD-TV. https://www.rfdtv.com/story/43322083/unls-santosh-pita-in-order-to-become-more-efficient-how-we-think-about-ag-must-change
- Farm Progress America features Christine Wittich’s work to improve infrastructure and help make communities less susceptible to natural hazards. https://soundcloud.com/farm-progress-america/february-19-2021-farm-progress-america
- Autoweek looks at how the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility developed the SAFER barriers. https://www.autoweek.com/racing/nascar/a35667978/safer-barriers-nascar-drivers-survive-the-big-one/