2023

May








Student teams win prizes at Engineering Expo VIII

May 7, 2023

photo: Edl Schamiloglu, associate dean for research and innovation, stands with the winning team for both the pitch and the poster competition, Conversion to Corn Stover to Ethanol in Iowa, USA.

On May 5, the School of Engineering hosted Engineering Expo VIII, an event that showcases senior design projects to corporate partners and includes a poster competition and elevator pitch contest wher…


FSAE driving day put supporters behind the wheel

May 7, 2023

photo: Dean Donna Riley driving FSAE car

On April 23, the UNM Formula SAE team held a driving day for sponsors, which allowed them take one of the past cars the team has taken to competition out for a spin around the G Lot practice track.


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June


Navarrette selected as manager of advising

June 30, 2023

photo: Krista Navarrette


Krista Navarrette

Krista Navarrette has been selected as manager of advising for the UNM School of Engineering. Her appointment begins July 1.

She has been serving as interim manager of advising since…






UNM researcher featured in Scripps News segment

June 12, 2023

Nick Ferenchak, an assistant professor in The University of New Mexico’s Gerald May Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering and director of the new Center for Pedestrian …




2023 SIRI student class visits UNM campus

June 1, 2023

photo: SIRI participants group photo

The summer 2023 group of Summer Intensive Research Internship (SIRI) participants are visiting The University of New Mexico campus as part of the National Science Foundation Cyberphysical Systems Fro…


July









August


ECE professor joins NSF as a program director

August 21, 2023

photo: Sudharman K. Jayaweer

Earlier this month, Professor Sudharman K. Jayaweera, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, joined the National Science Foundation (NSF) as a p…






September





October




Pleil selected for Outstanding Supervisor Award

October 16, 2023

Photo: Matthias Pleil

Matthias Pleil, a research professor and lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been selected as one of the two recipients of this year’s Outstanding Supervisor Award, given …




Ferenchak honored with UNM Ovation Award

October 10, 2023

photo: Nick Ferenchak

Nicholas Ferenchak, an assistant professor in the Gerald May Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, is the recipient of the 2023 Ovation Award, presented…







November




Students receive awards at AIChE national meeting

November 21, 2023

Two students from The University of New Mexico nanomedicine lab recently received awards at the 2023 AIChE Annual Meeting in Orlando.

Caleb Dang, a junior in chemical and biological engineering, and …


Riley inducted into ASEE Hall of Fame

November 15, 2023

Photo: Donna Riley

Donna Riley, Jim and Ellen King Dean of Engineering and Computing at The University of New Mexico, has been inducted into the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Hall of Fa…



December