As of July 14, 2023 the College of Engineering is discontinuing the weekday NE-Ride bus service between our programs in Lincoln and Omaha. This service is being halted due to contracted costs doubling ahead of the 2023-24 academic year, as well as steeply rising costs and impending budget challenges to the University of Nebraska system.
Please know that we are committed to providing access to our programs and facilities in Lincoln and Omaha for our students, faculty and staff. We are working to find other cost-effective ways to accommodate our engineering community and will keep you informed as we determine additional solutions.
We began the free shuttle service in 2015 to support cross-collaboration in courses, research and cocurricular activities between our programs on City Campus and Scott Campus, as well as at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. The service was previously reduced from three round trips daily during the academic year to two in response to increased expenses resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Westbound traffic on Vine Street between Antelope Valley Parkway and 16th Street is closed through Tuesday, July 26. To access the A parking lot on 17th Street, enter Vine Street eastbound from 16th Street.
The College of Engineering is hosting the 2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference in Lincoln, Sept. 10-12, 2023. The deadline for registration has been extended until today (Monday, Aug. 28). Continue reading…
Highlighting the Nebraska Engineering community receiving recognition in the media.
FACULTY AND RESEARCH
Justin Bradley and Benjamin Riggan discuss their work with robotics and artificial intelligence and their part in a new Netflix docuseries in the Complete Engineering Podcast. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygBt_FHjE4w
Research by Kazi Albab Hussain, a doctoral student in civil engineering, and colleagues found that microplastics are released in huge quantities from plastic containers when they’re microwaved. https://go.unl.edu/hzwx
Tami Brown-Brandl is featured in a Morning AgClips article on more producers, industries interested in precision livestock farming. https://go.unl.edu/bdvm
UNL’s Pocket Science features Rebecca Wachs’ research that found two compounds that shorten the length of nerve fibers are often implicated in back pain. https://go.unl.edu/hxt6
Durham School researchers and alumni are featured in a Midlands Business Journal article on the development of “game-changing” acoustical engineering technology. https://go.unl.edu/a69k
COLLEGE NEWS
An InsideHigherEd.com article focuses on STEM CONNECT, a UNL scholarship program formed with a $3.5 million grant from NSF to support low-income students pursuing careers in STEM. https://go.unl.edu/srhn
David Jones reflects on his tenure as head of Biological Systems Engineering. https://go.unl.edu/ik6n
STUDENTS
Computer engineering graduate Isabel Adrover Gallego is featured in the Nebraska Today Pride Month series. https://go.unl.edu/52bh
Tate Koziol, junior in computer engineering, is learning from pros during an internship with Garmin. https://go.unl.edu/kzvq
Mark Pohl says OPPD internship program gave him valuable experience before he earned a Nebraska Engineering degree. https://go.unl.edu/imay
Though Vicente Villanueva left the Philippines to earn an engineering degree in 1910, Nebraska Quarterly reports, his lineage carries on. https://go.unl.edu/sxh7
If you know of someone who has been featured in the media, contact Karl Vogel – kvogel2@unl.edu – with the information.
Calendar for July 17, 2023.
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