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Nathan Jackson, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, is receiving Department of Defense (DoD) funding to develop new functional thin films that could be utilized in microsystem sensors and actuator applications, including...

Mahmoud Taha, Gerald May, Doug Campbell and Donna Riley stand underneath the new department sign. The University of New Mexico on May 10 held a ceremony to celebrate the official renaming of a department, which makes the School of Engineering home to...

During his time at The University of New Mexico, Sean Allen has already connected with several of the departments in the School of Engineering, which has broadened his knowledge base. And now he’s on the verge of gaining even more skills and experience,...

Two nuclear engineering students from The University of New Mexico are among 32 students from institutions around the country to receive graduate fellowships as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s University Nuclear Leadership Program...

Two students in The University of New Mexico School of Engineering have received National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRFP) awards in environmental engineering. Carl Abadam and Christine Gleicher, both students of Anjali...

Arjun Aryal, a Ph.D. candidate at in the Optical Sciences and Engineering program at The University of New Mexico, has been awarded first place for the 2023 Intel Supply Chain Award for Best Student Paper announced recently at the 2023 SPIE Advanced...

It’s an old equation with a new solution. Now, new funding, plus a new UNM team is going to equal more STEM educators in New Mexico.  The National Science Foundation (NSF) has just awarded a UNM cross-campus collaboration a $1.49 million grant. That...

Donna Riley, a recognized leader in engineering education and in bringing diverse views into the field of engineering, began April 1 as the Jim and Ellen King Dean of Engineering and Computing at The University of New Mexico. She is the 22nd — and first...

Mentions of quantum technology may bring to mind images of a certain insect-like superhero, but research in the emerging field happens everyday at the University of New Mexico, and undergraduates from around the state are invited to get in on the...

For the first time in three years due to the pandemic,  a good-sized contingent from The University of New Mexico made the trip to Santa Fe to showcase a variety of activities highlighting the University’s people, colleges and departments as well as...