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Highlights from the Nebraska Engineering community who have received recent media recognition:
COLLEGE NEWS
- Dean Lance C. Pérez has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society. https://go.unl.edu/atuc
- Former mechanical engineering chair Millard “Mill” Beatty passed away March 14. He was 94. https://go.unl.edu/oey7
FACULTY AND RESEARCH
- Nirupam Aich, Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, Santosh Pitla and Sangjin Ryu added to NSRI’s academic research network. https://go.unl.edu/dagr
- Yufung Ge, Hongzhi Guo, Qiang Liu and Saleh Taghvaeian collaborate on a project using digital twins to improve Nebraska farming methods. https://go.unl.edu/pnx3
- Nebraska Quarterly’s “The Professor Who Changed My Life” feature includes former student praising Roger Hoy. https://go.unl.edu/nve5
STUDENTS
- Nebraska Today profiles Abraham Cervantes Garcia and his work with Engineering Ambassadors. https://go.unl.edu/4m2n
- Engineering Without Borders chapter swings into New Orleans to rebuild playgrounds. https://go.unl.edu/xzbn
- Nebraska Engineering ASCE chapters host Mid-America Student Symposium. https://go.unl.edu/tn0v
- Story of Big Red Satellite team’s building of a small cube satellite launched from the International Space Station in 2024 is featured on Nebraska Public Media’s “What If …” https://go.unl.edu/wc0t
ALUMNI
- Ned Criscimagna (1965) tells Nebraska Quarterly how engineering helped shape his Air Force career and his devotion to innovation, mentorship. https://go.unl.edu/2xpu
- Cale Farquhar (2008) says his approach to a career in the Army is inspired by his days as an civil engineering student. https://go.unl.edu/ep58
If you know of someone who has been featured in the media, contact Karl Vogel – kvogel2@unl.edu – so they can be included in future editions.