Jian Wang, professor of mechanical and materials engineering, recently received a three-year, $799,270 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop testing and modeling procedures that can better predict the ductility of iron-chromium-aluminum (FeCrAl) alloys that can be used in next-generation nuclear power facilities.
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Through funding from the National Science Foundation, a partnership between the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Material Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) and Tuskegee University is one of eight recipients of the NSF’s newest Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) grants. The six-year, $3.9 million grant from NSF’s Division of Materials Research is intended to help expand collaborations between minority-serving institutions and leading research facilities across the U.S. The PREM partnerships will also provide opportunities for both institutions to recruit, retain and graduate underrepresented minorities in materials fields. Jeffrey Shield, department chair and Robert W. Brightfelt professor of mechanical and materials engineering, is helping to facilitate the partnerships between the two universities.
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On a recent episode of NET Nebraska's "Consider This," civil engineering faculty Daniel Linzell and Chungwook Sim joined UNO's Robin Gandhi in discussing the new SMARTI project, an initiative that will focus on the management and monitoring of the health of aging rural bridges.
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Smart home devices can make life more convenient, except when communication occurs over unsecured networks. Qiben Yan, assistant professor of computer science and engineering, is working to make those tools safer.
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