July 8, 2020

UNL researchers and staff turned their research to COVID this spring. They are photographed with three front-line users of the PPE produced here. From left: Matthew Newman, mechanical research engineer; Benjamin Terry, associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering; Max Wheeler, instructional technician, and Jerry Reif, shop manager, Innovation Studio; Dr. Chad Duval, emergency physician, Nebraska Emergency Medicine; Tamara Silcott, aerospace medical technician, Nebraska Air National Guard; Dr. Steven Wirth, dentist, Optimal Dental; Grace Panther, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering; Hunter Flodman, associate professor of practice, chemical and biomolecular engineering; and Dr. Keely Buesing, associate professor of surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center. For safety reasons, each person was photographed individually, and the final image was composited together. Photo for the 2019-2020 Report Representing Nebraska’s Research Heroes. June 17, 2020. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication