After serving nearly two years in an interim position, Lance C. Pérez has been named dean of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s College of Engineering. Donde Plowman, executive vice chancellor and chief academic officer, made the announcement May 10.
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A partnership involving the University of Nebraska and the Los Alamos National Laboratory could position Nebraska and the College of Engineering as leading educational sites for students seeking careers in the biodefense field.
Additive manufacturing and the College of Engineering's new 3-D printers were in the spotlight May 16 at the Great Plains Additive Manufacturing Symposium and NEAT Labs Open House. About 100 attended to hear 10 speakers, including COE alum and Boeing Chief Technology Officer Greg Hyslop. Continue reading…
Brittany Duncan, assistant professor of computer science and engineering at Nebraska, has earned an NSF CAREER Award to develop software that allows drones to communicate through movement and maintain comfortable distances from people.
This edition of Research Reminders includes a welcome to Bob Wilhelm, UNL's new vice chancellor for research and economic development; a recap of UNMC's Regenerative Medicine Symposium; and information on the Biomedical Grant Club. Continue reading…
Maria Szerszen, associate professor of civil engineering who earned awards for her research on material fatigue and reliability and for teaching, passed away Sunday, May 20 after a short battle with cancer. She was 63.
More details at: https://go.unl.edu/rb44This edition includes Jay Puckett receiving TBP's 2018 Wyoming Eminent Engineer award, K.P. Rajurkar earning the M. Eugene Merchant Manufacturing Medal, and other awards given to faculty, students and alumni. Continue reading…
Upcoming College of Engineering events include:
6/6: Pink Hard Hat Days, Scott Technology Center
6/9: Durham Tradition of Excellence Golf Tournament, Tiburon Golf Club (Gretna)
A team of researchers from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Midwest Roadside Safety Facility was honored with the 2017 John Melvin Motorsports Safety Award for their development of the Steel and Foam Energy Reduction Barrier (SAFER Barrier).
More details at: https://go.unl.edu/9njiThis edition of In the News contains items on a licensing agreement with a European company that is taking UNL's conductive concrete global and a new technique that doubles the conversion of CO2 into a plastic component. Continue reading…