May 26, 2021 - Six projects from the College of Engineering have received 2021 grants from The Nebraska Environmental Trust. NET has awarded 23 grants totaling more than $2.1 million to University of Nebraska–Lincoln projects.
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May 17, 2021 - Hamzeh Haghshenas is leading a research team that is evaluating the effect of soybean oil on the performance of asphalt pavements containing recycled materials.
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May 05, 2021 - A team of transportation research organizations, including UNL, the College of Engineering, and the Midwest Roadside Safety Facilty, was awarded a $571M Federal Railroad Administration contract for research, testing, engineering and training services.
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May 05, 2021 - The devastation of an April 2015 earthquake in his native Nepal inspired Yajyoo Shrestha, a graduating senior in civil and environmental engineering, to pursue degrees at Nebraska with a goal of working to make the world a safer place.
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March 29, 2021 - Laurence Rilett, professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the Nebraska Transportation Center and Mid-America Transportation Center, was chosen as one of three University of Nebraska faculty to receive President's Excellence Awards.
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March 08, 2021 - Looking many millennia into the future, a research team headed by Nebraska engineering faculty is developing a new barrier material that would make the deep geologic disposal and storage of spent nuclear fuel a much safer proposition.
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February 11, 2021 - In August 2020, a deadly derecho swept the Plains - with straight-line winds, torrential rain and hail, and tornadoes - and caused $7.5 billion in damage. Christine Wittich is working to help communities be less susceptible to natural hazards.
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January 28, 2021 - Key leaders of the international construction and design engineering firm, established in Omaha in 1884, are creating the Kiewit Scholars Program, a full-tuition scholarship combined with a rigorous leadership program.
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January 11, 2021 - Laurence Rilett, distinguished professor of civil and environmental engineering and the Keith W. Klaasmeyer Chair in Engineering and Technology, has been elected to Fellow status by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
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January 06, 2021 - While 2020 was a challenging year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering had a year of success stories and major milestones.
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