The University of New Mexico Solar Splash team placed 3rd at the UPS Battery Center Solar Splash competition held in Springfield, Ohio over the weekend.

UNM Solar Splash is one of the senior design capstone project options for Mechanical Engineering students, with students from other engineering majors often participating to assist with the boat’s electrical systems. Students spend the academic year leading up to the competition designing and constructing a solar-powered boat. Participants include universities from around the U.S. and abroad.

New research led by a graduating Ph.D. student in The University of New Mexico Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has shown that randomization can improve quantum computer performance in the presence of noise.

Ph.D. student Leeseok Kim led the research under the advisement of Assistant Professor Milad Marvian, with support from Changhao Yi, a former member of Marvian’s group. Their findings, titled “Faster Randomized Dynamical Decoupling,” were published in the journal Physical Review Letters and presen…

After a year of planning and design, The University of New Mexico's American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) student chapter brought home several awards from the 2026 Rocky Mountain Symposium held in Rapid City, South Dakota.

Fifteen UNM students from the Gerald May Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering competed and several brought back awards.

Student members work with local contractors, industry leaders in the city, faculty mentors and various mentors throughout the year, which helped them develop the skills necessary t…