The University of New Mexico School of Engineering has named Grant Rudnick the Fall 2025 recipient of the prestigious George E. Breece Award, which honors the senior with the highest grade-point average in engineering coursework of the semester’s graduating class.

Established in 1921, the award is among the oldest endowments in the School. Recipients consistently have grade-point averages above 4.0, reflecting a majority of A+ grades earned in their undergraduate engineering courses.

Rudnick graduates this semester with his deg…

SHM Team: Fernando Moreu, Ronan Reza, Michael Carl and Mahsa Sanei after receiving the SHM in Action award at Palo Alto, September 10, 2025.

For the second time in a row, The University of New Mexico took home an award from Stanford University’s International Workshop in Structural Health Monitoring (IWSHM 2025) by showcasing how humans and robots can work together to transform the future of structural health monitoring.

A team led by Fernando Moreu, associate professor in the Gerald May Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engi…

Earlier this month, dozens of alumni of the Native American Program, College of Engineering gathered to celebrate the program’s 50th anniversary at Fifty Years of Impact: Celebrating the Legacy of NAPCOE, the first university program in the country dedicated to serving Native American engineers.

Throughout its history, the program has provided students with community, scholarships, internships and a pre-engineering summer experience, all with the goal of increasing the number of Native American engineers. NAPCOE, which became NASTEM in 2011, …