The Nebraska architectural engineering program won five awards at the annual Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI) Conference April 3-6 near Washington, D.C., including Ece Erdogmus, professor of architectural engineering, being presented the AEI Outstanding AE Educator Award.
In the student design competition, the Nebraska Master of Architectural Engineering (MAE) team won both of the innovation awards given to the team that had the best response to the special challenges – one in acoustics and on in wood/timber/engineered wood design. The team also took second place in the structural sub-discipline.
https://engineering.unl.edu/ae-program-wins-awards-aei-conference-ece-erdogmus-chosen-outstanding-ae-educator/
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Shudipto Dishari, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, has received the Harold and Esther Edgerton Junior Faculty Award. This award is presented each year to honor an outstanding junior faculty member who has demonstrated creative research, extraordinary teaching abilities, and academic promise. Dishari will receive a $5,000 award – with $3,000 in a professional development fund and $2,000 in salary supplement). The award – named for renowned electrical engineering alum Harold Edgerton and his wife, Esther – will be presented later this year at the university’s annual The Laurels award reception.
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Two staff from Engineering Student Services -- Jen Skidmore, director of student development, and Jayde McWilliams, coordinator of student development – were honored for their work as advocates for the university’s GLBT community during the annual Lavender Graduation on April 11 and at the annual Chancellor’s Awards event on April 18. Kai Meacham, a junior in biological systems engineering, was chosen as one of three winners of the Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Contributions to Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Community.