The COE Update

NUFlex Benefits Enrollment & Health Risk ends Friday

The 2024 NUFlex Benefits Enrollment and Health Risk Assessment runs 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.

Space Ag Symposium set for Thursday-Friday

Registration is open for the Nebraska Space Ag (Ag4Space) Symposium, which will be held Nov. 30-Dec. 1 at the Nebraska East Campus Union. The event is limited to the first 100 registrants. For more information about Ag4Space, click the link below. Continue reading…

Learn more about global education opportunities at college’s IEW events this week

This week is International Education Week (IEW) at Nebraska. The College of Engineering will be hosting three events dedicated to global education – an International Research Information Event on Wednesday, and Cookie Hours for international students and scholars on Thursday and Friday. Continue reading…

RDAR Center seeking pilot grant applications

The Rural Drug Addiction Research (RDAR) Center is seeking pilot grant applications from full-time faculty at UNL who are eligible for NIH funding. The request is not limited to investigators with experience in substance use research. To learn more or to apply, click the link below.

NCESR is Taking Applications for the Energy Sciences Research – 2024 Summer Internships for Undergraduates

The Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research (NCESR) is taking applications for the Energy Sciences Research – Summer Internships for Undergraduates. Continue reading…

IN THE NEWS

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

COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY NEWS

• Heartland Robotics Cluster and Mid-America Transportation Center-TSE grants help UNL set new research activity records. https://go.unl.edu/e3y7

• Yufung Ge, Santosh Pitla and David Jones lead team aiming to launch first center for space agriculture. https://engineering.unl.edu/news/231106/bse/space2/
  
• Joe Turner, research team employ a new technique to learn how plant cells respond to environmental changes. https://engineering.unl.edu/news/231103/mme/turner_stomata/
  
• Shannon Bartelt-Hunt and Mohammed Hasan were among the featured presenters at Nebraska Research Days, Nov. 6-10. https://engineering.unl.edu/news/231110/research_days/
  
• Ryan Pedrigi, Morgan Schake, and Nebraska Engineering colleagues show that normal blood flow may stabilize plaque, lower odds of cardiac events. https://go.unl.edu/3b7z
  
• Joe Luck and Hongfeng Yu were among UNL faculty working on the third phase of an initiative to create a national network of agricultural data repositories. https://go.unl.edu/boxe
  
• Aemal Khattak participates in collaboration to promote climate resilience through outreach to Native tribes and women owning farmland. https://go.unl.edu/kfiv

• Ashley Dohe, an Air Force veteran, built a Herbie Husker from papier-mâché to benefit vets and first responders. https://engineering.unl.edu/news/231108/ece/dohe_herbie/

• Luke Farritor (computer science-Raikes) is featured on KOLN-KGIN, WOWT (plus national/international media) for winning the first stage of the Vesuvius Challenge, a competition to decipher charred, ancient papyrus scrolls. https://go.unl.edu/wus5

• Kent Miller (civil engineering) receives service award from Nebraska Community College Association. https://go.unl.edu/q7v0

Calendar / Events

11/15: COE Graduate Programs Information Session, virtual, noon-1 p.m. https://events.unl.edu/engineering/2023/11/15/174953/

11/23-24: Thanksgiving (City Campus, Scott Campus closed)

12/8: Master of Engineering Management (MEM) Information Session, virtual, noon-1 p.m. https://engineering.unl.edu/mem/upcoming-online-info-sessions/