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Adam Houston stands with his arms crossed in front of two storm-chasing vehicles.

'Twisters' draws from storm-chasing science led by Nebraska expert

July 15, 2024

Science & Technology

Concentration shows on Nick Restau’s face as he tries to pilot a small UAV through an obstacle course at Nebraska Innovation Studio. Restau, from Milford Public Schools, is one of several teachers training to get their drone license in a class taught by Travis Ray from NIS.

Nebraska Innovation Studio pilots drone course with educators

June 24, 2024

Science & Technology

Adam Houston stands with his arms crossed in front of two storm-chasing vehicles.

Houston’s Nebraska Lecture to explore using drones to predict severe weather

March 7, 2024

Science & Technology

(From left) Francisco Muñoz-Arriola, Justin Bradley, Carrick Detweiler, Brittany Duncan and Trenton Franz pose among unmanned aerial vehicles at the NIMBUS outdoor flying area on Nebraska Innovation Campus.

NIMBUS receives $2M to advance robotics’ role in climate change research

March 27, 2023

Science & Technology

NIMBUS lab members

NIMBUS Lab developing drone swarm enhancements for Army

July 15, 2022

Science & Technology

Justin Bradley, assistant professor of computer science and engineering at Nebraska, is using a nearly $500,000, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program to give drones and other robots the ability to sense and adapt to a changing environment, diverting energy to the most important tasks at hand while pausing lower-priority work.

Bradley’s CAREER project to boost drones’ adaptability, performance

April 27, 2021

Science & Technology

Carrick Detweiler, Susan J. Rosowski Associate Professor of computer science and engineering at Nebraska, has been elected a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors.

Drone technology expert Detweiler named NAI senior member

February 17, 2021

Science & Technology

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Drones take building recon, repair to new heights

February 21, 2020

TORUS covers 9,000 miles across five states to collect storm data

August 23, 2019

Agriculture & Environment

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Graduate student Alex Erwin drills a pipe that will hold an instrument cluster on Nebraska's newest storm chase vehicle. Starting this spring, 13 Huskers will be part of TORUS, a national study designed to collect data about how severe storms and tornadoes are formed.

Huskers begin chase to collect severe storm data

May 14, 2019

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

A drone used by the TORUS team maneuvers toward a supercell thunderstorm during the 2018 storm season.

Drones to soar in search of tornado triggers

March 25, 2019

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Nebraska's Adam Plowcha pilots a drone that is being developed to drill holes and place sensors in soil. The vehicle has multiple applications, from agriculture to national defense.

Retired Navy pilot charts next career in Nebraska drone lab

November 9, 2018

Agriculture & Environment

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