E-Week 2025 – the annual Engineers Week celebration, which runs through Saturday on City and Scott Campuses – is focusing on the Next Level. Click the link below to learn more about E-Week 2025. Continue reading…
Thursday, Feb. 20 is the registration deadline for the Emerging Tech Conference, a one-day event on March 7, co-sponsored by the College of Engineering and College of Business and dedicated to exploring the latest breakthroughs in emerging tech. Continue reading…
The 2024-23 American Academy of Environmental Engineering and Scientists (AAEES) Kappe Lecture is Feb. 20 (11 a.m.) in the Nebraska Union Heritage Room / PKI. Speaker is Craig H. Benson - "Does Harvesting Coal Ash for Use as Cementitious Material Promote Sustainability?" Hosted by: CEE Department Continue reading…
The College of Engineering is seeking nominations for 2025 COE faculty and staff awards. Detailed criteria and information for each award can be found at the link below. Nomination deadline is Feb. 28 at 5 p.m. Awards will be presented April 11 at the annual COE Awards Luncheon. Continue reading…
In the latest installment of this recurring feature, which appears in the COE Update on the third Monday of each month, we recognize some of the recent accomplishments, awards and honors earned by College of Engineering faculty, staff and students:
NASCAR honors Dean Sicking and Midwest Roadside Safety Facility team, which developed the SAFER barrier system, during the auto racing circuit’s Hall of Fame weekend, Feb. 6-7. https://go.unl.edu/odkm
Jae Sung Park received the Rising Star of Mechanical Engineering from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and was honored at the 2024 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition in November 2024 in Portland, Oregon. https://go.unl.edu/ejct
Josephine Lau and David Yuill were elevated to ASHRAE Fellows at the organization’s 2025 Winter Conference in Orlando, Florida and a Durham School student team – Benjamin Bugenhagen, Katie Frey, Reece Fuchs, Solanda Honda, and Will Randby – earned first place in the HVAC System Category in the 2024 Student Design Competition. https://go.unl.edu/z2pe
If you know of faculty, staff or students who have been awarded major grants or awards, been published in prestigious journals, were recognized with awards at conferences or other events, or any other newsworthy achievements, please contact Karl Vogel – kvogel2@unl.edu – with the information so it can be included in future editions.
IANR (in partnership with the Women Supporting Women group) is hosting Dr. Aaron Clauset, who will be giving a seminar entitled “Gender and retention patterns among U.S. faculty” on March 6 at 10:30 a.m. in East Campus Union, Prairie Suite B/C. Contact: Angie Pannier apannier2@unl.edu.
The Office of Research and Innovation (R&I) is sponsoring an internal competition to identify UNL’s next Centers for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) proposal team for the new Phase 1 application in early 2026. NOI submission deadline is Feb. 28. Read more in PDF (link below).
The International Student and Scholar Office and the Center for Transformative Teaching are offering a series of panels (April 3, May 1) to showcase ways to better support international students. All panels will be on Zoom. Continue reading…
2/19: University Career + Internship Fairs: Day 2 (architecture, engineering & construction; science, research & development), noon-4 p.m., Nebraska Union (Centennial Room) https://events.unl.edu/career_services/2025/02/19/185861/
2/20: AAEES Kappe Lecture: Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar – Craig H. Benson, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Nebraska Union Heritage Room / PKI 269 https://events.unl.edu/engineering/2025/02/20/188016/