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New director will enhance interdisciplinary engineering learning opportunities
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 design a new interdisciplinary engineering major and expand on work to create a common first-year engineering experience. Read More...

Final SIRI cohort visits UNM campus
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. Read More...

Perfetti receives ANS Landis Engineering Achievement Award
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 national conference in Chicago for his work advancing nuclear engineering modeling and simulation codes. Read More...

Engineering a new treatment for ovarian cancer
June 24, 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 alternative treatments for ovarian cancer. Read More...

UNM engineers win 2nd place at RMWEA design competition
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 this year. Read More...

UNM places first at solar boating championship
June 10, 2025
The University of New Mexico Solar Splash team was named World Champion of Collegiate Solar Boating over the weekend at the annual Solar Splash competition held in Ohio. Read More...

New Electrical and Computer Engineering chair joins UNM from Penn State
June 9, 2025
Tim Kane has been named chair of The University of New Mexico Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, beginning Aug. 11. Read More...

Study shows protected bike lanes increase bicycle commuting
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. Read More...

SoE’s Research Support Office is now open
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 related to purchasing, filing reports, booking travel, and financial analysis. Read More...