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The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Directed Energy Directorate is partnering with The University of New Mexico (UNM) to establish a center for directed energy studies, a congressionally-funded endeavor.   The Directed Energy Center will be based at UNM...

If you don’t know Alex Webster, one scroll through her Twitter feed will give you a glimpse at the funny, spunky, smart research faculty member who is bringing community into the UNM classroom. Her passion for water sustainability, shown on Twitter...

A team of researchers from The University of New Mexico has developed an improved process to make natural gas engines burn cleaner and emit fewer emissions. The work is reported in Nature Catalysis. While natural gas engines are cleaner than gasoline or...

Researchers at The University of New Mexico are exploring more efficient, sustainable and reliable ways of extracting heat from the Earth for geothermal energy. The Department of Energy recently committed $12 million to seven research projects focusing...

Assistant Professor Fernando Moreu and Marine 2nd Lieutenant Joshua Murillo of the Smart Management of Infrastructure Laboratory (SMILab) located in the Center for Advanced Research Computing, along with Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering...

Researchers from The University of New Mexico are part of $12 million in grants recently announced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that will provide training and technical assistance to small, rural and Tribal wastewater systems. This...

A faculty member from The University of New Mexico is one of the researchers on a recently-funded National Science Foundation project that focuses on carbon capture and conversion in manufacturing. Shuya Wei, an assistant professor in the Department...

The University of New Mexico is the recipient of one of $15.9 million in awards given by the National Science Foundation as part of the Civic Innovation Challenge Program. UNM’s one-year, $1 million project is called “Low-Cost Efficient Wireless...

The UNM Grand Challenge focused on sustainable water resources is seeing great success in its first two years of establishment – cultivating collaborative partnerships across campus and increasing visibility of research. “It’s incredible to see the...

Research students with The University of New Mexico’s Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering program are looking at ways to reduce material usage and heat on sidewalks. The concrete paths absorb heat, occasionally buckling because of the...