The COE Update

N-E Ride summer schedule continues

The College of Engineering is offering summer shuttle service between Lincoln and Omaha through Aug. 12 with an adjusted schedule. Covid-19 precautions implemented in Spring 2021 are continuing for the N-E Ride at this time, including ridership at half-capacity and required face coverings. Continue reading…

The COE Achievements features awards, fellowships, honors and recognition achieved by College of Engineering faculty, staff and students. This list does not include major news or feature articles published and/or linked to in this or previous editions of The COE Update.

This is not a comprehensive list, though we strive to share as many of these achievements as we receive. If you would like to see an achievement recognized in The COE Update, please send all pertinent information to Karl Vogel at kvogel2@unl.edu or JS Engebretson at jengebretson2@unl.edu.

We will run this feature regularly or when there are a significant number of achievements to be published. This might require that some achievements will be published separately in The COE Update to ensure their timely publication.

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• Five engineering faculty and staff honored with UNL awards: https://go.unl.edu/n26z
  
• Lily Wang on American Institute of Physics panel: https://go.unl.edu/0d85
  
• Daniel Linzell elected chair of Structural Stability Research Council: https://go.unl.edu/amgo
  
• Carl Nelson chosen as Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers: https://go.unl.edu/vn2g
  
• Ben Riggan becomes associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems: https://go.unl.edu/g470

• Two undergrads receive Lemelson-MIT Student Prize: https://go.unl.edu/7p85
  
• Logan Pettit awarded NASA graduate fellowship: https://go.unl.edu/6vob
  
• Grayson Minnick, two alumni earn NSF graduate fellowships: https://go.unl.edu/0veo
  
• Adrian Pilkington awarded Student Luminary Award: https://go.unl.edu/ifhu
  
• Durham school team wins top prize at AEI international competition: https://go.unl.edu/zfpq
  
• Four engineering graduates chosen as Chancellor’s Scholars: https://go.unl.edu/p5b8
  
• Nine students earn awards at UNL Research Days: https://go.unl.edu/8ijs

Two staff joining ESS this month

Engineering Student Services has hired two new staff members - Yajaira López-Villa, as academic advisor on City Campus, and Braxton Bellamy as recruitment coordinator. López-Villa started May 3 and Bellamy is scheduled to begin May 25.

Denver Schmadeke memorial service is Friday

A memorial service for Denver Schmadeke will be held Friday, May 21, at 10:30 a.m. at Westwood Church, 13056 Atwood Ave., in Omaha. Schmadeke, a College of Engineering faculty member, industrial engineering alumnus, and administrator of the Fire Protection Technology program, died Dec. 26, 2020.

Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

The College of Engineering is celebrating heritage and nationally recognized months. May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and we feature the stories of faculty members Leen-Kiat Soh and Yongfeng Lu and students Xuan Le and Emily Ritzdorf. Continue reading…