Tag: Engineering

  • Infrastructure improvements enhance research, teaching and outreach

    Infrastructure improvements enhance research, teaching and outreach

    From architecture to music, ag efficiency to museum exhibits and hospitality to engineering, facility improvements on campus will improve experiences for faculty, staff, students and visitors.  Kiewit Hall  Kiewit Hall is not just an academic building – it was designed and built with an emphasis on career development. Opened in January 2024, the six-story, $115…

  • Nebraska earns record nine CAREER awards

    A record nine Husker researchers earned National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program awards in 2024, for a total of $6.2 million in CAREER funding. This milestone places the University of Nebraska-Lincoln among the nation’s most successful institutions in earning awards through this prestigious program for rising scholars. Nebraska was one of only 25…

  • Surgical robot takes journey to outer space

    Surgical robot takes journey to outer space

    Nebraska engineer Shane Farritor makes little robots.   It’s not that he and his team aren’t thinking big. In fact, their 2-pound robotic surgical arm, MIRA, proved its mettle in outer space this year, an unlikely journey for its 1-ton cousins.   MIRA — Miniaturized in vivo Robotic Assistant — also became the only small robotic-assisted surgical…

  • Laser accelerates advanced manufacturing capabilities

    Laser accelerates advanced manufacturing capabilities

     A new laser is solidifying Nebraska’s position at the forefront of a specialized method of surface modification that is driving advances in space, defense, medicine and beyond.  Craig Zuhlke (left), associate professor of electrical and computer engineering; George Gogos (back), Wilmer J. and Sally L. Hergenrader Professor of mechanical and materials engineering; and Graham Kaufman…