A five-year NSF Early Career Development Program grant is supporting Jongwan Eun’s research to study how frozen soil’s capacity to absorb water can be affected by snowfall, rapidly changing temperatures and rainfall, all of which contributed to the disastrous 2019 eastern Nebraska floods.
More details at: https://engineering.unl.edu/news/231018/cee/eun_career_award/
Highlights from the Nebraska Engineering community who have received recent media recognition include:
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UNL Libraries is considering not renewing many current subscriptions based on their high costs. Forrest Kievit from Biological Systems Engineering is collecting feedback through the end of work today (Monday, Oct. 23) to share with Libraries. Click the link below for more information. Continue reading…
University benefits open enrollment is Oct. 30-Nov. 17, and two webinars are scheduled – Tuesday, Oct. 24 and Wednesday, Nov. 8 – to help you learn about the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska and EmpiRx benefits. Each webinar is 60 minutes with a Q&A session at the end. Continue reading…
The 2024 NUFlex Benefits Enrollment and Health Risk Assessment will begin on Monday, Oct. 30 and will run through Friday, Nov. 17. You will be able to update your coverage selections as many times as you like during the enrollment period. Click the link below for more information.
More details at: https://ffnews.nebraska.edu/firefly/news/Soon_Enrollment2024.pdfJoin us on Friday, Oct. 27 from noon-1 p.m. for the latest Inclusive Excellence Lunch & Learn session, titled “A is for Accessibility,” offered by UNL Institutional Equity and Compliance. In-person sites are Nebraska Hall 404 and PKI 100A. A Zoom link is also available. Continue reading…
More details at: https://engineering.unl.edu/inclusive-excellence-lunch-learn/
The Durham School Distinguished Lecture series returns Friday, Oct. 27, 12:15-1:15 p.m., with Thanos Tzempelikos, professor of civil engineering at Purdue University, presenting “Towards Human-Centered, Adaptive Indoor Environments.” For information or RSVP for a boxed lunch, click the link below.
Registration is open for the first Heartland Robotics and Automation Conference, which will be held Oct. 25 at Nebraska Innovation Campus. Explore the latest trends in robotics and automation and hear from keynote speakers. For more information or to register, click the link below.
Events of interest for College of Engineering faculty and staff:
10/25: ECEC: Learning by Design (Scott Campus), 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m., PKI 250. https://engineering.unl.edu/ecec/LBD/
10/26: ECEC: Learning by Design (City Campus), 9:15-10:30 a.m., ERC D110. https://engineering.unl.edu/ecec/LBD/
10/27: Durham School Distinguished Lecture: Thanos Tzempelikos – “Towards Human-Centered, Adaptive, Indoor Environments,” 12:15-1:15 p.m., PKI 160, Nebraska Hall 175 or Zoom. https://go.unl.edu/DSAEC-DL
10/27: CEE Lecture: Yolanda Lin – “What if? Exploring Possible Futures to Catalyze Active Hope in Disaster Risk Reduction,” 1 p.m., Nebraska Hall 413, PKI 161. https://events.unl.edu/engineering/2023/10/27/176567/
11/1: ECEC: Learning by Design (Scott Campus), 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m., PKI 250. https://engineering.unl.edu/ecec/LBD/
11/2: ECEC: Learning by Design (City Campus), 9:15-10:30 a.m., ERC D110. https://engineering.unl.edu/ecec/LBD/
11/8: ECEC: Learning by Design (Scott Campus), 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m., PKI 250. https://engineering.unl.edu/ecec/LBD/
11/9: ECEC: Learning by Design (City Campus), 9:15-10:30 a.m., ERC D110. https://engineering.unl.edu/ecec/LBD/
11/10: Master of Engineering Management (MEM) Information Session, virtual, noon-1 p.m. https://engineering.unl.edu/mem/upcoming-online-info-sessions/