Engineering@Nebraska - Fall 2006

Table of Contents: From the Dean Faculty Profile—It’s Easy Being Green (and Red): Roger Hoy, new director of the Tractor Test Lab, is making sure the 87-year-old operation still meets the needs of today’s industry. Front and Center We’ve Got Your Back: Sixty members of the Class of 2010 begin their college careers at a two-day camp just for engineers. COVER STORY: Where Are The Rest?: Despite increased recruitment efforts, women still comprise only 12 percent of the college’s student body. What has gone wrong, and how can we improve? Leading By Example: Engineering and architecture students lobby for environmentally friendly campus buildings. Alumni Profile—How the Peace Corps Changed His World: Alumnus Zach Kippenbrock, ’04, reflects on his two-year stint building water and sanitation systems in Panama. Connections After Hours—Uncovering the Criminal Mind: Research Assistant Janet Renoe is studying forensic science in hopes of discovering why criminals do the things they do