Two engineering faculty – Ece Erdogmus, professor of architectural engineering, and Hossein Noureddini, professor and chair of chemical and biomolecular engineering – are among 10 University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty chosen by the Executive Vice Chancellor’s Office to attend Big Ten Academic Alliance leadership programs this year.
https://go.unl.edu/oi4i
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More than 50 employees were honored during the university’s annual Celebration of Service on Sept. 25. The event recognized more than 1,000 university employees for service anniversaries from five to more than 50 years.
Daniel Linzell, associate dean of graduate and international programs and Voelte-Keegan Professor of civil engineering, was honored for his five years of service by being featured in a University Communication video that was posted on the Nebraska Today Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/NebraskaToday/videos/740215613006252/
Honorees from the College of Engineering:
40 YEARS
*Deborah Heckens, Computer Science & Engineering
*George Meyer, Biological Systems Engineering
35 YEARS
*Mohamed Dahab, Civil Engineering
*Kamlakar Rajurkar, Mechanical & Materials Engineering
30 YEARS
*David Billesbach, Biological Systems Engineering
*Kevin Cole, Mechanical & Materials Engineering
*Scott Minchow, Biological Systems Engineering
*James Nau, College of Engineering
*Ashok Samal, Computer Science & Engineering
25 YEARS
*Charles Daniel, Computer Science & Engineering
*Thomas Franti, Biological Systems Engineering
*George Gogos, Mechanical & Materials Engineering
*Michael Hoffman, Electrical & Computer Engineering
*Gustavo Larsen, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
*Alma Ramirez-Rodgers, College of Engineering
*John Reid, Mechanical & Materials Engineering
20 YEARS
*Eveline Baesu, Mechanical & Materials Engineering
*Sina Balkir, Electrical & Computer Engineering
*Nicole Church, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
*Shane Farritor, Mechanical & Materials Engineering
*Stephen Goddard, Engineering Computer Science
*Won Mee Jang, Electrical & Computer Engineering
*Paul Pokorny, College of Engineering
*Byravamurthy Ramamurthy, Computer Science & Engineering
*Stephen Scott, Computer Science & Engineering
*Laura Smoyer, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
*Lori Straatmann, College of Engineering
15 YEARS
*Gregory Bashford, Biological Systems Engineering
*Alisa Gilmore, Electrical & Computer Engineering
*Brian Hermes, College of Engineering
*Suat Irmak, Biological Systems Engineering
*William Velander, College of Engineering
10 YEARS
*Mark Bauer, Electrical & Computer Engineering
*Michael Hempel, Electrical & Computer Engineering
*Rafal Korlacki, Electrical & Computer Engineering
*Yusong Li, Civil Engineering
*Jung Yul Lim, Mechanical & Materials Engineering
*Wei Qiao, Electrical & Computer Engineering
*Annie Wood, College of Engineering
5 YEARS
*Jacquelyn Allensworth, College of Engineering
*Brian Bockelman, Computer Science & Engineering
*Christopher Cornelius, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
*Juan Cui, Computer Science & Engineering
*Hunter Flodman, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
*Nicole Franta, College of Engineering
Robert Hahn, College of Engineering
*Matthew Honke, College of Engineering
*Daniel Linzell, Civil Engineering
*Michael Loehring, College of Engineering
*David McCreight, Electrical & Computer Engineering
*Francisco Munoz-Arriola, Biological Systems Engineering
*Hasan Otu, Electrical & Computer Engineering
*Ryan Patrick, Engineering Computer Science
*Kayla Person, College of Engineering
*Massimiliano Pierobon, Engineering Computer Science
*Chittaranjan Ray, Civil Engineering
*Joshua Steelman, Civil Engineering-Lincoln
*Karen Stelling, Mechanical & Materials Engineering
*Kevin Sueper, College of Engineering
*Karl Vogel, College of Engineering
*Richard Wood, Civil Engineering-Lincoln
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Please join us in the Othmer Hall lobby at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 3 as we celebrate the life and career of Maria Szerszen, associate professor of civil engineering, who died May 20 after a short battle with cancer.
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The Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor is accepting applications for fellows in the area of faculty affairs. Interested full-time faculty can email applications to executivevcoffice@unl.edu. The deadline to apply is Oct. 1.
https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/fellows-sought-for-diversity-and-inclusion-faculty-development/
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George Meyer, professor of biological systems engineering, is part of a team that received the 2018 Award for Excellence in Multistate Research from the Northeast Regional Association of State Agricultural Experiment Station Directors. Meyer is part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service Technical Committee NE1335, which features horticulturists and biological systems engineers from 12 institutions. The research team conducts experiments using controlled-environment systems such as hydroponics, aquaponics and vertical farms.