Marek Flaska has been named Chair of The University of New Mexico’s Department of Nuclear Engineering. He will begin the role on Aug. 10.

Flaska joins UNM from Penn State University’s Kenneth and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering, where he has been a faculty member since 2015. He has 20 years of expertise in computational and experimental radiation transport focused on fundamental and applied radiation-detection applications. Prior to joining Penn State, Flaska was a postdoctoral researcher and later a…

The program will be the first of its kind in the state

The University of New Mexico School of Engineering was approved by the New Mexico Higher Education Department to launch a new bioengineering bachelor’s degree. It is believed to be the School’s first new undergraduate degree program in 40 years.

The new degree will help prepare students to work in healthcare, agriculture, food science, pharmaceuticals, and other fields related to biological innovation.

“We’ve heard from many students that a bachelor’s degree in bio…

An associate professor at The University of New Mexico received a grid modernization research grant from the New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department.

Ali Bidram, associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, received the $788,000 grant to create advanced energy storage architecture for characterizing the ability, resilience, efficiency and flexibility of New Mexico’s electric power grids.

UNM will lead the project titled “Optimization and Control Framework for Advanced Sto…