Nebraska Engineering faculty, staff and students who are receiving recognition in media outside the College of Engineering.
FACULTY & STAFF
- Dan Linzell, associate dean for graduate and international programs and professor of civil and environmental engineering, discussed how research related to data from the December 2017 implosion of the Cather and Pound Hall dormitories can yield insights into the June 2021 collapse of a high-rise Florida condominium.
Check out University Communication’s “Pocket Science” article: https://go.unl.edu/ic95; a Lincoln Journal Star article: https://go.unl.edu/06c5; a KETV video: https://go.unl.edu/ozk9; a KLKN video: https://go.unl.edu/ibz5 - Bai Cui, associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering, is part of a research team that has earned a $700,000, 18-month Phase 1 Department of Energy Advance Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) ULTIMATE (Ultrahigh Temperature Impervious Materials Advancing Turbine Efficiency) grant. https://go.unl.edu/4nc9
- Carrick Detweiler, computer science and engineering, CEO and co-founder of Drone Amplified, was quoted in a June 1 Associated Press article on Congress moving to impose a five-year ban on U.S.government purchases of drones manufactured or assembled in China. Since China-based DJI dominates the market, there aren’t many affordable and reliable alternatives, Detweiler said. It will take three or four years for the U.S. market to reach parity, he said. The story was picked up by 170-plus media outlets. https://go.unl.edu/pk69
- The University of Nebraska has received a five-year, $20 million award from the National Science Foundation’s Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research to create a research and education cluster aimed at enhancing the state’s competitiveness in the field of emergent quantum materials and technologies and boosting the participating institutions’ research and education capacity. Stories on the new Emergent Quantum Materials and Technologies (EQUATE) collaboration have appeared in at least four Nebraska media outlets and Web MD.com: https://go.unl.edu/hfjo
STUDENTS
- Luke Farritor, a sophomore in computer science and engineering, was featured by University Communication for his work in helping a Lincoln artist bring to life a project that features remotely controlled acoustic stringed instruments, such as guitars and mandolins, that each play a single assigned none to create a symphonic listening experience. https://go.unl.edu/n9sm
ALUMNI
- Hard work leads to groundbreaking career at Amazon for mechanical engineering alum and former Husker football player Tyler Wortman: https://go.unl.edu/bfru
If you know of someone who has been featured in a newspaper or magazine, on television, radio or the internet, please contact Karl Vogel – kvogel2@unl.edu – with the information so it can be included in future editions.