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Biquan Zhao, a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Animal Science, teaches University of Nebraska–Lincoln students about drones and their sensors.

Drones debut in geospatial technology class

December 10, 2025

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Adam Houston stands with his arms crossed in front of two storm-chasing vehicles.

'Twisters' draws from storm-chasing science led by Nebraska expert

July 15, 2024

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Concentration shows on Nick Restau’s face as he tries to pilot a small UAV through an obstacle course at Nebraska Innovation Studio. Restau, from Milford Public Schools, is one of several teachers training to get their drone license in a class taught by Travis Ray from NIS.

Nebraska Innovation Studio pilots drone course with educators

June 24, 2024

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Adam Houston stands with his arms crossed in front of two storm-chasing vehicles.

Houston’s Nebraska Lecture to explore using drones to predict severe weather

March 7, 2024

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(From left) Francisco Muñoz-Arriola, Justin Bradley, Carrick Detweiler, Brittany Duncan and Trenton Franz pose among unmanned aerial vehicles at the NIMBUS outdoor flying area on Nebraska Innovation Campus.

NIMBUS receives $2M to advance robotics’ role in climate change research

March 27, 2023

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NIMBUS lab members

NIMBUS Lab developing drone swarm enhancements for Army

July 15, 2022

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Justin Bradley, assistant professor of computer science and engineering at Nebraska, is using a nearly $500,000, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program to give drones and other robots the ability to sense and adapt to a changing environment, diverting energy to the most important tasks at hand while pausing lower-priority work.

Bradley’s CAREER project to boost drones’ adaptability, performance

April 27, 2021

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Carrick Detweiler, Susan J. Rosowski Associate Professor of computer science and engineering at Nebraska, has been elected a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors.

Drone technology expert Detweiler named NAI senior member

February 17, 2021

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Drones take building recon, repair to new heights

February 21, 2020

TORUS covers 9,000 miles across five states to collect storm data

August 23, 2019

Agriculture & Environment

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Graduate student Alex Erwin drills a pipe that will hold an instrument cluster on Nebraska's newest storm chase vehicle. Starting this spring, 13 Huskers will be part of TORUS, a national study designed to collect data about how severe storms and tornadoes are formed.

Huskers begin chase to collect severe storm data

May 14, 2019

Agriculture & Environment

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A drone used by the TORUS team maneuvers toward a supercell thunderstorm during the 2018 storm season.

Drones to soar in search of tornado triggers

March 25, 2019

Agriculture & Environment

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