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NU alum, renowned photographer Sartore brings ‘Photo Ark’ to Morrill Hall

April 16, 2024

Photographer and Nebraska native Joel Sartore is getting a permanent exhibit of his project documenting every species living in the world’s zoos, aquariums and wildlife sanctuaries at the University of Nebraska State Museum.

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civil and environmental engineering

Wittich aims to strengthen grain bins against earthquakes, wind storms

April 16, 2024

When people think of structural engineering perils, they tend to imagine big-city bridges, skyscrapers and the like, but rural America has key vulnerabilities that could cause major economic upheaval regionally and even nationally.

A University of Nebraska–Lincoln researcher is focusing on a specific piece of structural engineering so ubiquitous across rural America, they are barely noticed — the humble steel grain bin.

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Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Researchers uncover ways to improve railcar roller bearing safety, strength

April 15, 2024

When Nebraska Engineering researchers began cooking up new recipes for manufacturing railcar bearing components, they expected there would be a few offerings that wouldn’t be as satisfying.

However, rollers for a railroad tapered roller bearing produced using metal powders, a state-of-the-art 3-D printing lab, and additive manufacturing processes proved to be just as robust as rollers made using currently conventional techniques.

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