School of Engineering

The University of New Mexico has been selected as a United State Space Command Academic Engagement Enterprise (AEE) member. The AEE’s goal is to foster relationships and collaboration between cutting-edge academic institutions and the U.S. Space...

Among the many programs for student researchers at The University of New Mexico, the only school in the state with the prestigious R1 designation from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, is the Undergraduate Research Training...

Joseph Erwin, a senior in The University of New Mexico Department of Mechanical Engineering, is the recipient of a fellowship from the New Mexico Space Grant Consortium. The fellowship will allow Erwin to conduct two years of research of relevance to...

The well-known saying “Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good” might be an accurate way to sum up this year’s UNM LOBOmotorsports team’s performance in the latest international contest of collegiate electric cars. The University of New Mexico’s Formula...

Daniel Banuti, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at The University of New Mexico, has been selected as the principal investigator of a three-year, $600,000 grant from the Department of Defense. In a collaboration with Robert A. Frederick...

For the second year in a row, The University of New Mexico Solar Splash team placed third overall in a contest that pits solar-powered boats from universities around the county against each other in a variety of challenges. The annual UPS Battery Center...

Derric Romero compares his student experience at The University of New Mexico to the film Van Wilder. In the movie, the Wilder takes seven years to complete his degree and graduate. “I started UNM in the fall of 2010, fresh out of high school, 17 years old,...

Eric Olaguir, an El Puente Research Fellowship scholar and a University of New Mexico undergrad has been accepted into the highly competitive Apple Scholars Program.  “I want to advance the development of technology here in New Mexico and...

When Brian Romero began his doctoral research in the Advanced Fluids Lab, led by Professor Svetlana Poroseva at The University of New Mexico’s Mechanical Engineering Department, he quickly realized that the tool he needed to complete his work had not yet...

The University of New Mexico School of Engineering honored 16 of its graduates as recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Award. The 2020 and 2021 awardees were honored at a ceremony Dec. 2 at Hotel Albuquerque. Honorees are from each of the School’s six...