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

COLLEGE NEWS

• The Mid-America Transportation Center receives $15 million grant to remain Department of Transportation’s Region 7 hub and to focus on transportation safety and equity. https://engineering.unl.edu/news/230907/matc_tse_grant/
  
• The Nebraska Industrial Assessment Center is chosen as the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2023 IAC of the Year. https://engineering.unl.edu/news/230905/niac_2023_award/

• Fire ignition management system developed by Drone Amplified, co-founded by Carrick Detweiler, is among the final eight in Coolest Thing Made in Nebraska contest. https://go.unl.edu/e07u
  
• George Gogos and the flame weeding system he co-developed are featured in a recent Iowa Farm Bureau article. https://go.unl.edu/nhdz
  
• Christine Wittich and her research into safety of grain bins after severe weather is featured in an article posted on multiple media platforms, including Agrilife Today. https://go.unl.edu/czjr and Farms.com. https://go.unl.edu/s5n7
  
• Seunghee Kim and Saleh Taghvaeian are part of a team examining climate resiliency through soil. https://engineering.unl.edu/news/230905/soil_moisture_team/
  
• Nebraska Engineering researchers are on nine of 11 teams receiving Grand Challenges Catalyst funding (update to article in last week's edition). https://engineering.unl.edu/news/230829/coe/grand_challenges/

• Alyssa Grube, doctoral student in chemical engineering, is featured in AICHE’s ChEnected. https://go.unl.edu/dvxw