The COE Update

Register today for COE Awards Celebration and luncheon

RSVP by today (Monday, April 3) for the college's Employee Awards Ceremony on Friday, April 7 from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in Red Cloud Room A of the Willa Cather Dining Complex on City Campus.

Fulbright U.S. Scholar information session Friday

The Council for the International Exchange of Scholars is offering a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program information session Friday, April 7 from 1-2 p.m. via Zoom. This session is intended for UNL faculty interested in applying to the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program. Click the link to register. Continue reading…

MwRSF offering access to Caresoft Global vehicle benchmarking database

The Midwest Roadside Safety Facility (MwRSF) has received an update for the Caresoft Global donation of access to its proprietary vehicle benchmarking database through a web portal and is now offering access to interested faculty, students and researchers at UNL. Continue reading…

In the latest installment of this recurring feature, which appears in the COE Update on the third Monday of each month, we recognize some of the recent accomplishments, awards and honors earned by College of Engineering faculty, staff and students:

FACULTY

• Srivatsan Kidambi chosen to join National Nanotehcnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI) 2023 Science Outside the Lab program. https://nnci.net/science-outside-lab

• In a recently published book, Jiashi Yang outlines new methods of approaching studies of elastic, thermal, electric, and magnetic interactions in solids. https://engineering.unl.edu/kudos/230302/mme/jiashi_yang_book/
  
• Team of CEE, BSE and USDA researchers has paper published in Communications Earth & Environment. https://go.unl.edu/j79b
  
• CEE team, led by Jongwan Eun and Yusong Li, has paper published in MDPI’s journal Water. https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/15/6/1033/htm
  
• ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering publishes Junke Guo paper on the design hydrographs in small watersheds. https://go.unl.edu/detx

• Four engineering graduate students receive Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowships. https://engineering.unl.edu/kudos/230310/dot_eisenhower_fellowship/
  
• Three Nebraska Engineering students earn Air Force You Can Fly scholarships. https://engineering.unl.edu/kudos/230302/airforce_scholarships/
  
• Construction grad student wins collegiate bass fishing tournament. https://engineering.unl.edu/kudos/230320/durham/schleich_fishing/
  
• Team of MAE students selected as finalist for AEI Student Design Competition. https://engineering.unl.edu/kudos/230323/durham/aei_student_team/

• Sam Wu rises to president and CEO of Ford China. https://go.unl.edu/car4

Registration ends Friday for Grand Challenges Catalyst Competition faculty reviewers

UNL faculty are invited to volunteer to serve as a peer reviewer of planning grant proposals submitted to the Grand Challenges Catalyst Competition in 2023. Reviewers will be needed for 9-12 hours in May and June. Register by 5 p.m. on April 14 or learn more at the link below. Continue reading…

Scott Campus (UNO) Commencement volunteers needed

Volunteers are needed for Scott Campus (UNO) on May 19 (Friday), in the morning. The college has more than 100 students graduating who will be attending the Commencement. See the link below to sign up by Friday, March 31, or contact Elle Straatmann for more information. Continue reading…

Suicide prevention training session set for April 14

Big Red Resilience and Well-Being is offering suicide prevention trainings in Nebraska Hall W213 on Friday, April 14 from noon-1:30 p.m. This 90-minute training/brown-bag lunch is open to all staff, faculty, and students. Participants will receive certificates and lapel pins. Register at link below.

SAME chapters hosting bowling event Friday

The Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) UNL and Student Chapters is hosting a bowling event Friday, March 31 at 3:30 p.m. at Maplewood Lanes in Omaha. Bowling, shoe rental, pizza and soft drinks will be provided and four $25 gift cards will be given out. RSVP to BobbiJo.Lang@Tepa.com

March is Women's History Month - stories encouraged

In the College of Engineering, all are welcome. To share how our faculty, staff, students and alumni are diverse in their many varying forms, we celebrate various heritage and other nationally recognized months. For Women's History Month in March, we encourage you to submit your stories!

Events of interest for College of Engineering faculty and staff:

3/28-29: Student Research Days 2023, Nebraska Union. https://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/gradstudies/15279/85902

3/29: Data Science Open House, 3:30-5 p.m., Avery Hall. https://events.unl.edu/cse/2023/03/29/171860/

3/29: COE Graduate Programs Information Session, 4-5 p.m., via Zoom. https://events.unl.edu/enggradstudent/2023/03/29/

4/7: Graduate Programs: Coffee and Conversations, 10-11 a.m., Nebraska Hall W347. https://events.unl.edu/cse/2023/04/07/169378/

4/7: COE Awards Celebration, 11:30 a.m., Willa Cather Dining Center, Red Cloud Room A.

4/14: Master of Engineering Management Information Session, noon-1 p.m., via Zoom. https://engineering.unl.edu/mem/upcoming-online-info-sessions/

4/17: COE Graduate Programs Information Session, 4-5 p.m., via Zoom. https://events.unl.edu/cse/2023/04/17/169374/

4/21: Durham School Distinguished Lecture: Denise Simmons, “Building a Sustainable and Inclusive Future: Effective Practices for Collaboration Between Industry and Academia in Construction,” 12:15-1:15 p.m., PKI 160 or Nebraska Hall 175 or via Zoom. https://engineering.unl.edu/durhamschool/durham-school-distinguished-lecture/