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Shane Farritor and Clayton Anderson

Former astronaut Anderson tests profs' surgery robot

May 25, 2017

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Achievements | Honors, awards, publications for April 21

April 21, 2017

Hossein Dehghani

Soft robotic could ease complications, cost of colonoscopy

April 19, 2017

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Sidy Ndao (right), assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, and Mahmoud Elzouka, a graduate student, have created a thermal diode that will allow computers to use heat as an energy source to allow their operation in ultra-high temperatures.

Researchers harness heat to power computers

April 17, 2017

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. The Nebraska engineering students team took first place in the annual Chem-E-Car competition. With the win, the Nebraska team qualifies to compete against collegiate teams from around the world at an annual meeting Oct. 29-Nov. 3 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Achievements | Honors, awards, publications for April 14

April 14, 2017

14 earn teaching, junior faculty awards

April 12, 2017

Nebraska Innovation Campus

Nebraska makerspace workshop is April 17-18

April 3, 2017

Nebraska Engineering leads manufacturing efficiency initiative

February 23, 2017

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Ruiguo Yang

Researchers decipher nanoscale architecture of beetle shell

February 22, 2017

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Shane Farritor has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. He is pictured here with a prototype of one of his advanced miniaturized robots that shows promise for colon resection, a procedure used to treat diverticulitis, large colon polyps, precancerous and cancerous lesions of the colon and inflammatory bowel disease.

National Academy of Inventors honors Farritor

December 13, 2016

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In 1962, a memorial was built over the sunken wreckage of the USS Arizona. Since 1998, a Nebraska research team has been studying the effects of corrosion on the sunken battleship.

USS Arizona team to present findings during Pearl Harbor anniversary

December 2, 2016

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Achievements | Honors, awards, publications for Dec. 2

December 2, 2016