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Achievements | Honors, appointments and publications for Dec. 8

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Nebraska U's new laser to facilitate manufacturing method of the future

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 (front), doctoral student in electrical engineering, pose with the now active Leybold ultra-high vacuum laser surface processing and materials analysis system in the Engineering Research Center. Zuhlke and Gogos are co-directors of the Center for Electro-Optics and Functionalized Surfaces.

Husker is first to decode word on ancient scroll

Luke Farritor, a senior at Nebraska, with superimposed Greek text from a nearly 2,000-year-old scroll that his work is helping to decipher.

Engineering programs help Claymore grow, give back on campus

Outside of classes, Ketch Claymore, a member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, is also vice president of the UNL Climbing Club.

Experiment finds AI-based intervention helps undergrads pass STEM course

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Nebraska Lecture: Wastewater-based epidemiology key to tracking disease

Sherri Jones, interim vice chancellor of research and economic development, moderates a Q&A session with Nebraska Lecturer Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, Donald R. Voelte Jr. and Nancy A. Keegan Chair of Engineering.

Tan wins Faculty Slam; clinches CoJMC’s three-peat

Ryan Tan, assistant professor of sports media and communication, won the 2023 Faculty Research and Creative Activity Slam, the third straight victory for the College of Journalism and Mass Communications.

Ziepke tapped for Space Force; first woman selected from ROTC Detachment 465

Cadet Taylor Ziepke, Air Force ROTC student, has been selected for service in the Space Force following her graduation from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in May 2024.

Engineering researchers develop new understanding of plant cells

Joseph Turner is photographed with students Magdalene Peklo, a senior in mechanical engineering, and Faezeh Afshar-Hatam, a doctoral student in mechanical engineering, next to the nanoindenter that they used in this research.

Air Force veteran builds larger-than-life Herbie to benefit others

Ashley Dohe, Administrative Coordinator for Electrical & Computer Engineering, has make an 8-foot tall Herbie Husker from papier mâché. She hopes to auction it off to help veterans.

Huskers aim to launch first center for space agriculture

Having developed a suite of technologies for better growing food on Earth — including Flex-Ro, an autonomous planter that can already seed a 5-acre field on its own — a Nebraska team is now looking to apply its agricultural expertise in space.

Laraoui and team improve performance of quantum computers

Ben Hammons, a freshman in electrical engineering, and Abdelghani Laraoui, assistant professor in mechanical and materials engineering, work on laser equipment.