The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has selected Fernando Moreu, associate professor in the Gerald May Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, to join its class of fellows. Moreu will be inducted at the ASCE OPAL Gala and OCEA Awards Ceremony on Oct. 10 in Seattle.

Moreu was among just nine people elected to ASCE fellow status in June 2025. Only 3% of the organization’s members hold the title. To be considered, a potential fellow must have a record of longstanding membership in the organiza…

Angelea Maestas-Olguin, a postdoctoral research fellow in the University of New Mexico Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, won first place for her poster presentation at STEAM Summit 2025.

Maestas-Olguin presented a poster titled, “Rational Design of Silica and Lipid-Based Nanoparticles for Overcoming Barriers of Nucleic Acid delivery in Cancer Applications.” The presentation earned first in the postdoc poster presentation category.

The Southwest Transformative Educational Advancement Mentoring (STEAM) Network Program hos…

Kumar Anurag, a Ph.D. student in The University of New Mexico Department of Mechanical Engineering, received a student grant award to attend the International Federation of Automatic Control’s Modeling, Estimation and Control Conference. He is among a small group of recipients selected from 120 global applicants for their promising research in the field.

Anurag will attend MECC 2025 this October in Pittsburgh. He will present the paper titled, "RCUKF: Data-Driven Modelling Meets Bayesian Estimation,” which proposes a hybrid framework in…