Using the latest advances in eye-tracking technology, University of Nebraska–Lincoln computer scientist Bonita Sharif is analyzing how software programmers work in order to develop tools that will help them write code better and faster. Sharif’s research and workshops are funded with a $432,000 Faculty Early Career Development Program award from the National Science Foundation, the prestigious award given to outstanding pre-tenure faculty. Sharif received her CAREER award as a faculty member at Youngstown State University in Ohio and is continuing her work at Nebraska.
https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/sharif-eyes-how-to-help-software-developers-write-better-code/?utm_campaign=UNL_ENews&utm_medium=email&utm_source=news&utm_content=Sharif%20earns%20NSF%20CAREER%20Award%20to%20continue%20eye-tracking%20research
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Two College of Engineering faculty – Shane Farritor and Angie Pannier – are among the four co-chairs chosen by Chancellor Ronnie Green to direct the development of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s next five-year strategic plan.
The N150 Strategy Team will build upon the work of the Nebraska 150 Commission, considering and implementing elements of the commission’s aspirational vision on what the university should be by the year 2044.
Farritor, professor of mechanical and materials engineering, and Pannier, professor of biological systems engineering, are joined as co-chairs by Rick Bevins, chair and professor of psychology, and Sue Sheridan, director of the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools, and a professor of educational psychology. Also among the 31 members of the N150 Strategy Team is Bob Wilhelm, vice chancellor for research and economic development and professor of mechanical and materials engineering.
https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/faculty-selected-to-lead-n150-strategic-planning/
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Virtual Incision, the surgical robotics company co-founded by Shane Farritor, professor of mechanical and materials engineering, was featured in a recent Lincoln Journal Star article, which focuses on the company’s new location at Nebraska Innovation Campus in the new Rise Building.
https://journalstar.com/special-section/new-directions/virtual-incision-keeps-building-learning-at-new-innovation-campus-home/article_ba58daa9-63d3-5c68-b9ed-5795859ab430.html?mode=nowapp#1