Top Sponsored Awards, July 2025

September 8, 2025

Lucia Fernandez Ballester, Eric Markvicka, and Herman Batelaan.
Lucia Fernandez Ballester (L), Eric Markvicka (C), and Herman Batelaan (R).

The following list of awards from public entities includes grants of $200,000 or more between June 16 and July 15, 2025, as reported through NuRamp, the university’s electronic research administration system. 

Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering 
Lucia Fernandez Ballester 
$739,205
NSF
CAREER: Processing of Materials to Control Micro- and Nano-Plastic Release 
 
Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering/Department of Biological Systems Engineering 
Eric Markvicka, G. Bashford 
$516,794
NSF
REU Site: Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Biomedical Engineering Devices at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln 

Department of Physics and Astronomy 
Herman Batelaan 
$495,259
NSF
Coherent Electron Control