Our Students in Action

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Congratulations to the following students on their recent awards.

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Danielle Passaglia, AE, was one of 13 students nationwide chosen to receive DiscoverE’s 2016 New Faces of Engineering: College Edition Award. Among the selection criteria that is considered are a student’s involvement in national engineering organizations and community involvement both inside and outside the school. 

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Christopher Davidson, BSEN, was one of three UNL students chosen to receive a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship; he plans to use the three-year grant to find ways to replace damaged organs or tissues in the human body. 

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Yuchuan Shao, an MME graduate student, is one of seven recipients of the 2016 Materials Research Society's Graduate Student Gold Award. 

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Jonathan Berger, MECH, was one of four UNL students chosen to receive the William N. Wasson Student Leadership and Academic Award, presented at the annual NIRSA national conference April 3-6 in Florida. The award is given to 24 undergraduate and 12 graduate students nationwide and recognizes active participants, employees or volunteers in collegiate recreational sports departments.