January 29, 2025
Gabriel López, distinguished professor and interim chair in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at The University of New Mexico, was recently honored as an …
January 28, 2025
Mala Htun, distinguished professor of Political Science and former special assistant to the dean for climate and inclusion in the School of Engineering, passed away on Friday, Jan. 24.
Htu…
January 17, 2025
The White House named two faculty members at The University of New Mexico as recipients of an award widely recognized as the highest honor bestowed upon early-career scientists and engineers. Professo…
January 15, 2025
Armed with a 3D concrete printer, careful measuring tools, and just the right ingredients, a team at The University of New Mexico has worked hard to design the construction building blocks of the futu…
January 7, 2025
A faculty member from the University of New Mexico School of Engineering spoke on a panel during Justice Week, hosted in Washington D.C. by the Department of Energy.
Tito Busani, assistant professor …
February 20, 2025
A student in the University of New Mexico Department of Computer Science received honorable mention for the Computer Research Association (CRA) 2024-2025 Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award.
February 14, 2025
Railroads may bring to mind images of the Old West and the Industrial Revolution, but researchers at The University of New Mexico School of Engineering are working to bring new, cutting-edge technolo…
February 3, 2025
Faculty members from The University of New Mexico School of Engineering and Health Sciences Center will collaborate with the University of California, Berkeley on a $10 million, six-year project gran…
March 27, 2025
When Erin Lawlor wraps up her semesters as a mechanical engineering student at The University of New Mexico, she returns home to Anchorage, Alaska and spends summers working as a volunteer firefighter…
March 14, 2025
More than 500 university students, scientists, and job recruiters from around the country are expected to flock to The University of New Mexico in early April to attend “Old and Nu,” the …
March 7, 2025
Shuya Wei, assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at The University of New Mexico, was named a recipient of the New Mexico Tech Council’s Women in Tech Awa…
March 6, 2025
The University of New Mexico’s School of Engineering recently hosted its inaugural JEADI Summit, two days of action-oriented discussions on the topics of justice, equity, accessibility, diversi…
March 4, 2025
Faculty members from one of Latin America’s top universities visited The University of New Mexico last month to learn about resilient infrastructure and smart sensing technologies research.
Repr…
April 28, 2025
Dimitrios Vrocharis, a Ph.D. student in The University of New Mexico Department of Mechanical Engineering, was selected for a Department of Energy Oak Ridge Institute for Science…
April 25, 2025
Stacie Hernandez, a Ph.D. candidate at The University of New Mexico, has been named the recipient of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society&#…
April 25, 2025
Three faculty members from The University of New Mexico Department of Nuclear Engineering are organizing an international conference on nuclear engineering modeling to be held in Denver from April 27 …
April 21, 2025
The New Mexico AI Consortium (NMAIC) has named its first class of AI Scholars at universities around the state. The selected graduate students will work with faculty at The University of New Mexico, N…
April 21, 2025
When a diorama, a living wall made of chia seeds and a video featuring a UNM water plant operator all come together, it can mean only one thing: the annual Undergraduate Water and Climate Science Comm…
April 15, 2025
Preparing a new recipe from a cookbook usually means a trip to the grocery store for fresh ingredients, but a new recipe book created by a postdoctoral fellow at The University of New Mexico School o…
April 9, 2025
April 7, 2025
The University of New Mexico School of Engineering recently hosted the Mechanical Engineering Scholar and Donor Luncheon to connect recipients and donors in celebration of student achievement.
During…
April 7, 2025
Associate Professor Fernando Moreu (right) shows Gabriella Gallegos, a 2nd year Civil Engineering master’s student, Michael Carl, an undergraduate student in the Department of Computer Science, …
April 1, 2025
Imagine this: It’s the 4th quarter with five minutes left, and both teams are tied in the biggest rivalry football game of the season. It’s a nail-biter, but you’re hungry. You dash …
May 29, 2025
The University of New Mexico’s Southwest Environmental Finance Center will receive a $7 million grant to help build the technical, managerial, and financial capabilities of small water systems, …
May 27, 2025
Bruce Hopper and Mike Adams during a ski run. Photo by JJ Joshua Squires.
Like many students, Mike Adams would tell you skiing down a snowy slope is the perfect activity to decompress from the stresse…
May 20, 2025
High school students are invited to register for The University of New Mexico School of Engineering’s first-ever nuclear engineering camp, set to take place July 20 through 26.
May 15, 2025
Rebecca Nez, a sophomore Regents' Scholar and a member of the Navajo Nation, has been selected as a 2025 Udall Scholar. The prestigious national award, administered by the Udall Foundation, honors stu…
May 13, 2025
Students in the School of Engineering gathered last Friday to present their senior design projects during the tenth annual Engineering Expo. The Expo offers students a chance to win monetary prizes t…
May 12, 2025
Three individuals will receive honorary doctorates at The University of New Mexico spring 2025 undergraduate commencement ceremony on May 17.
Honorary degrees are awarded to recognize individuals̵…
May 12, 2025
Two students from The University of New Mexico School of Engineering were named recipients of competitive National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships.
Mia Baca, a senior graduating with …
May 7, 2025
Carldon Pascual, a University of New Mexico senior graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, will intern this summer at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio.
Durin…
May 6, 2025
Albuquerque will soon welcome global experts on water and other porous materials for the International Society of Porous Media 2025 Conference (InterPore2025). The conference, set to take place May 19…
May 5, 2025
Edain Larios has been building a new life for herself from the ground up. Though attending The University of New Mexico was a no-brainer for her, when she came to Albuquerque, she was overwhelmed.
He…
May 1, 2025
The University of New Mexico School of Engineering’s American Society of Mechanical Engineers chapter won first place in the 2025 IAM3D Challenge drone competition in St. Louis last weekend.
Th…
June 30, 2025
Students participating in the 2025 Summer Intensive Research Internship spent a week at The University of New Mexico to kick off an internship introducing future engineers to cyber-physical systems.
June 30, 2025
There’s a long way to go when it comes to sex and gender equity in medicine, but engineers at The University of New Mexico hope to close the gap with a new research project exploring alternativ…
June 26, 2025
Chris Perfetti, associate professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering, received the American Nuclear Society Landis Young Member Engineering Achievement Award at the organization’s natio…
June 20, 2025
Students from the Gerald May Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering won second place in the Rocky Mountain Water Environment Association Student Design Competition earlier thi…
June 10, 2025
Left to right: Kristina Ji, Silas Murphy, Jesus Martinez, Isaiah Deane, David Sabol, and faculty advisor Peter Vorobieff
The University of New Mexico Solar Splash team was named World Champion of Coll…
June 9, 2025
Tim Kane has been named chair of The University of New Mexico Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, beginning Aug. 11.
“Tim brings to the School of Engineering a prodigio…
June 6, 2025
Would commuters be more likely to ride a bike if they had the option to ride in a protected lane? New research led by a University of New Mexico faculty member says yes.
Protected bike lanes are asso…
June 5, 2025
The School of Engineering has officially launched its own Research Support Office to provide faculty with a centralized resource for help with research proposals, programmatic oversight and tasks rela…
July 17, 2025
A team from The University of New Mexico School of Engineering, which developed and piloted an integrative first-year engineering course last year, won the award for Best Paper in the First-Year Prog…
July 2, 2025
Stephen Secules will join The University of New Mexico School of Engineering this fall as the inaugural faculty Director of Integrative and First-Year Engineering, where he will help…
August 27, 2025
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 …
August 25, 2025
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 2…
August 22, 2025
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 …
August 19, 2025
Yu-Lin Shen, longtime chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has stepped down from the position after 9 years. Shen returned to the faculty as a professor in July and reflected on his tim…
August 11, 2025
Siham Al Shanti, a Ph.D. candidate in the Gerald May Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, was named an Outstanding Reviewer of 2024 by the American Society of Civil Engine…
August 6, 2025
A $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation will help experts from institutions around the country develop an artificial intelligence research institute aimed at developing a new generat…
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