The National Strategic Research Institute at the University of Nebraska has funded five research projects focused on solving national security challenges.
Seed funding for the projects comes through the NSRI independent research and development (IRAD) program and totals more than $187,000. Four NSRI researchers together with nine researchers and several students from all four campuses of the University of Nebraska System are leveraging game theory, autonomous vehicle enhancements, falling film plasma reactors, drug development or nanofiber applications to attack complex challenges across the threat spectrum.
"I am always proud to see the enthusiasm of our university partners to apply their expertise to our mission space challenges," said Maj. Gen., USAF (Ret.) Rick Evans, NSRI executive director. "We are addressing a wide scope of threats through this year's projects, and all have the potential to create solutions that directly support the objectives of our warfighters and Department of Defense decision makers."
2022 NSRI IRAD Projects & Research Teams
Nuclear deterrence theory for a multi-polar world
Dustin White, NSRI fellow and assistant professor of economics at the University of Nebraska at Omaha
Christopher Yeaw, NSRI associate executive director
Jacques Bou Abdo, NSRI fellow and assistant professor of cyber systems at the University of Nebraska at Kearney
Autonomous repair and maintenance of spacecraft (ARMS)
Ada-Rhodes Short, assistant professor in the school of interdisciplinary informatics at the University of Nebraska at Omaha
Carl Nelson, NSRI fellow and professor of mechanical and materials engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Destruction of chemical warfare agent simulants using falling film plasma reactors
Barry Cheung, associate professor of chemistry at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Daniel Van Buren, NSRI senior scientist in chemistry
Wai-Ning Mei, professor of physics at the University of Nebraska at Omaha
Discovery of a novel bacteriophage-based treatment for multi-drug resistant combat wound infections
Eric Carnes, NSRI fellow and UNMC associate professor in environmental, agricultural and occupational health
April Shea, NSRI senior scientist in applied biology
Model-guided control of nanofiber orientation in nanomanufacturing of next-gen air filters
Yury Salkovskiy, assistant professor of biomechanics at the University of Nebraska at Omaha
Kevin Crown, NSRI senior scientist in biology
Yuris Dzenis, R. Vernon McBroom professor of mechanical and materials engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
