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Copper mounds

Laser-pelted, citric acid-washed copper could boost heat transfer

November 11, 2021

Science & Technology

Graduate students Zahra Ahmadi and Mark Anderson work in the Scott Engineering Center in November 2019. Beyond developing students individually, the new Peter Kiewit Foundation Engineering Academy in the College of Engineering will increase access and enhance diversity by removing financial barriers to engineering education and encouraging and supporting more Nebraska women to pursue careers in engineering, computing and construction.

Peter Kiewit Foundation Engineering Academy aims to increase access, diversity

November 8, 2021

Science & Technology

Rendering of silicone and liquid metal

In the heat of the byte: Design could curb overheating, up performance of soft electronics

November 8, 2021

Science & Technology

Ronnie Green

NUtech Ventures announces 2021 Innovator Awards

November 3, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Doctor wearing a blue boxing glove punching a COVID-19 model.

COVID-19 vaccine, immunology info sessions open to students

November 3, 2021

Cutline: Hamid Bagheri (left) and Lisong Xu are using a $750,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a tool that will address one of the most significant drivers of internet congestion: buggy congestion control algorithms.

Husker engineers developing tool to combat internet congestion

November 2, 2021

Science & Technology

Project researchers, standing in front of a bridge in the study, are (from left) Brian Ricks, Robin Gandhi, Deepak Khazanchi, Daniel Linzell and Chungwook Sim.

Researchers awarded $5M bridge safety grant

November 1, 2021

Science & Technology

The inaugural cohort of Kiewit Scholars includes (from left) Grace Kerr, Taylor Hosick, Carolyn Fairchild, Nicole Dirks, Wyatt Cassidy, Scott Tvrdy, Hayden Wulf, Matt Feldmann, Felicity Sierra, and Rebeca Young.

Engineering announces Kiewit Scholars Program, inaugural cohort

October 21, 2021

Science & Technology

Two military men work in a hallway of server racks.

Researchers to support $25M contract for strategic deterrence, nuclear threat reduction

October 20, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

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Society & Culture

Riders get on the N-E Ride shuttle outside Othmer Hall on the morning of Nov. 16. The weekday shuttle, which started in 2014, is primarily used to connect Nebraska Engineering campuses in Lincoln and Omaha.

New hires, climate survey are next steps in Engineering diversity plans

October 20, 2021

Rajib Saha, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Nebraska, has received a $747,855 National Science Foundation CAREER award to study how an unusually versatile bacterium can be harnessed to more efficiently break down plant waste.

Husker scientist studying cellular metabolism’s role in fight against diseases

October 14, 2021

Science & Technology

Abhijeet Prasad (left), a doctoral student in engineering; Ravi Saraf (center), Anderson Distinguished Professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering; and Aashish Subedi, a senior physics major, are photographed in Saraf’s Othmer Hall lab. Prasad is holding small electronic chips used to study the nanoparticle necklace network devices. Subedi is holding a suspension of nanoparticle necklaces (blue container) made from individual particles (red container).

Saraf advances work on first-of-its-kind ‘living’ transistor chip

October 8, 2021

Science & Technology