Jung Yul Lim, associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering, has earned a 2017 Pilot Program grant from the University of Nebraska Medical Center's Great Plains IDeA-Clinical Translational Research network. The award provides selected scientists and health professionals partial salary support and up to $50,000 to assist preliminary research efforts for up to two years. Lim's work, "Peripheral Nerve Regeneration with Novel Graphene Nerve Guidance Conduit," focuses on peripheral nerve injury that accompanies reductions in motor function and sensory perception, and may result in severe neuropathies. Lim will conduct the research with Alexander Sinitskii, associate professor of chemistry. For more on Lim's grant: http://go.unl.edu/rs06
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Matthew Dwyer, Sebastian Elbaum and Gregg Rothermel, all professors of computer science and engineering, have been named to AMiner's Most Influential Scholars list for the field of software engineering. With three honorees, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln placed fifth in the software engineering category of AMiner’s Institutes of Winners list, which denotes the research institutes with the most award winners in each category. Dwyer, CSE department chair, was listed as a Top 10 Most Influential Scholar and ranked fourth on the list overall. Rothermel and Elbaum were ranked 17th and 74th, respectively. For more on the AMiner honors: http://go.unl.edu/b554
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Terri Norton, associate professor of construction, is part of a team of faculty from three universities that has received a National Science Foundation INCLUDES grant to increase STEM education efforts for underrepresented groups while also contributing to hazards and disaster research. The Scholars from Under-Represented Groups in Engineering (SURGE) and the Social Sciences: Minority SURGE Capacity in Disasters launch pilot will provide empirical research to identify ways to increase the opportunities for minorities in STEM disciplines, especially for those interested in hazards mitigation and disaster research. The University of Nebraska Omaha is the headquarters for the program, which also includes faculty from the University of Colorado-Boulder. For more on the SURGE project: http://go.unl.edu/587k