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Dr. Lily Wang named in ‘Women Engineers You Should Know’ feature by SWE Magazine

Dr. Lily Wang has been selected as one of SWE Magazine’s “Women Engineers You Should Know.” The article appears in the magazine’s Spring 2023 issue. Since 2015, the magazine has conferred this honor to women engineers who were nominated by … Continue reading

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Underwood receives accolades from INCE, UNL Office of Graduate Studies, and UNL College of Engineering

Congratulations to PhD student Sam Underwood! He has been selected to receive the 2023 Martin Hirschorn IAC Prize – Graduate Student Project Award for the project “Predicting noise in restaurants via hybrid simulation“, awarded by the Institute of Noise Control … Continue reading

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Underwood awarded two prestigious ASA Graduate Scholarships

Congratulations to Samuel Underwood, a former undergraduate and MAE student in our program who is returning to complete his Ph.D. degree in architectural engineering with an emphasis in acoustics! He has been selected to receive two prestigious fellowships from the Acoustical … Continue reading

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Anderson receives 2020 ASA Robert W. Young Award

Congratulations to Tori Anderson on being named a recipient of the 2020 Robert W. Young Award, from the Acoustical Society of America! Tori is using the funds to study mask effects on speech communication.

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Solheim receives Commendation Award in 2020 ASA Student Design Competition

Congratulations to Jenny Solheim whose entry received a Commendation Award in the 2020 Student Design Competition, hosted by the Newman Student Award Fund and the Acoustical Society of America! Jenny received her Master’s of Architectural Engineering degree in May 2020.

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Peng and Wang article receives 2020 ASHA JSLHR-Hearing Section Editor’s Award

We are thrilled to announce that alum Dr. Z. Ellen Peng’s article on “Listening Effort by Native and Nonnative Listeners Due to Noise, Reverberation, and Talker Foreign Accent During English Speech Perception“, co-authored with Dr. Lily Wang, was selected to … Continue reading

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Kramer’s team places first in ASHRAE 2020 Student Design Competition – HVAC System Selection

Congratulations to NAG member, John Kramer, who was on the first place team of the ASHRAE 2020 Student Design Competition in the HVAC System Selection category! Students in our UNL Architectural Engineering Program have placed first in this competition category … Continue reading

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NAG members receive INCE Student Awards

Congratulations to the following NAG students who have received 2020 awards from the Institute of Noise Control Engineering: Yoshimi Hasegawa (Leo Beranek Student Medal), Kenton Hummel (Martin Hirschorn IAC Prize), Tori Anderson and Joshua Palakapilly (Undergraduate Student Project Awards)!

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Hummel receives 2020 ASA Winker Scholarship

Congratulations to Kenton Hummel who has been named the recipient of the 2020 Frank and Virginia Winker Memorial Scholarship for Graduate Study in Acoustics, from the Acoustical Society of America! Kenton is currently a PhD student in our program, advised by Dr. Erica … Continue reading

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Puckett receives 2020 ASA Beranek Scholarship

Congratulations to Brian Puckett who has been named the recipient of the 2020 Leo and Gabriella Beranek Scholarship in Architectural Acoustics and Noise Control, from the Acoustical Society of America! Brian is currently a PhD student in our program, advised by Dr. Erica … Continue reading

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