Highlights from the Nebraska Engineering community who have received recent media recognition:

FACULTY AND RESEARCH

• A Nebraska study regarding the release of huge numbers of plastic particles after microwaving plastic baby food containers has earned more than 80 media placements, including from Wired, The Weather Channel, Yahoo! News, MSN.com, and various ABC and NBC broadcast affiliates. https://go.unl.edu/bed3
  
• Mehmet Can Vuran addresses complex and rapidly evolving challenges for the Department of Defense regarding use of the electromagnetic spectrum. https://engineering.unl.edu/news/230722/soc/vuran_dod_ems/
• University of Nebraska remains among world’s best for earning U.S. patents. https://engineering.unl.edu/news/230803/nu_patents_top100/
• Engineers among UNL researchers who share work with LPS teachers to bolster science education. https://engineering.unl.edu/news/230811/coe/stem_fair_lps_teachers/

• Ayden Uerling (Chancellor's Scholar) and Daniel Noon (Honors Program) among recognized students at August commencement. https://engineering.unl.edu/news/230810/coe/commencement_honors/
  
• Recent School of Computing graduate Matthew Bigge missed the May commencement to spend a week at NASA’s Johnson Space Center with a Nebraska Engineering student team competing in the SUITS Artemis Student Challenge. https://engineering.unl.edu/news/230803/soc/nasa_suits_team/
  
• Bigge, Isaac Regier and Simon Thengvall join the Complete Engineering Podcast to discuss the RED Teams’ projects for NASA’s Micro-G NExT and SUITS Challenges. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-AnH6oVsaU
  
• Maryam Sule, chemical engineering student and scholar in Peter Kiewit Foundation Engineering Academy, discusses her summer work with Rural Fellows program. https://engineering.unl.edu/news/230808/chme/sule_rural_fellows/
  
• Gnyarienn Selva Kumar and Doreen Rahman, graduate students working in the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility, are featured in University Communication’s Photo of the Week. https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/strutting-their-stuff/