Engineering@Nebraska - Fall 2008

Table of Contents: Front & Center A Welcome Home: Zero Net Energy Test House unites university and industry as students\u27 learning is caught green-handed Making their mark on mars: Huskers at Honeybee, a New York City robotics firm, work on Mars missions Epigenetics: A dialogue between biologists and engineers: Joe Turner, professor and chair of the Department of Engineering Mechanics, collaborates with UNL plant scientist Sally McKenzie on nanoscale work with huge potential Energy monitoring on the home front: Together with OPPD, Nebraska Engineering studies devices to promote efficiency Wave of the future: Biological Systems Engineering professor Greg Bashford creates a new ultrasound process to detect the severity of tendon injury Study eyes predicting tenderness of steaks: BSE\u27s Jeyamkondan Subbiah innovates a process with hyperspectral imaging toward better beef UNL, UC-Irvine partnership engineers a talent pipeline: The connection draws more students to UNL\u27s online M.Eng. program Cargill plant goes ergo-friendly with help from Nebraska Engineering: IMSE professor David Cochran shows that ergo is the way to go Accomplishments Class notes Play-by-play with the Nebraska Engineering flag team Heart of a Husker, mind of a mechanical engineer: How does he do it? Blackshirt senior Tyler Wortman keeps a 3.955 grade point average while playing linebacker for the Huskers After Hours: ride on: Nebraska Engineering\u27s web developer David Sockrider maintains an eco- and budget-friendly commute across the season