School of Engineering

The leader of a major technical organization will visit The University of New Mexico School of Engineering later this month for a talk and a panel discussion. James Jefferies, president and CEO of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,...

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, major depression is one of the most common mental disorders in the United States, affecting millions of people. Although pharmaceutical and other treatments have become more advanced over the years,...

Multinational tech company Google is funding a new program at the University of New Mexico that aims at attracting more female undergraduates to robotics.  UNM was one of 15 institutions nationwide to receive exploreCSR (computer science research)...

For decades, research has produced vast amounts of data on how the brain works – how we think, how we learn, what happens when the brain is injured – and it is moving toward diagnosing mental illnesses that affect millions, like depression or...

The University of New Mexico School of Engineering is participating in a pilot program that provides faculty with a financial incentive for participating in research. The program, titled the “base plus” compensation model, is open to any faculty member...

Researchers from The University of New Mexico have been awarded more than $1.5 million in two separate multi-year grants beginning this fall and announced recently from the Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy University Program. One award, for...

For most spectators, everything about racing seems big—large and powerful motors, oversized tires, loud sounds, fast speeds. But as The University of New Mexico’s Formula Society of Automotive Engineers team has recently learned, racing actually ...

Provost Chaouki Abdallah and Health Sciences Center Chancellor Paul Roth announced the promotion of six UNM faculty to the rank of Distinguished Professor. The rank of Distinguished Professor is the highest faculty title that UNM bestows. It is awarded...

Provost Chaouki Abdallah announced that Edl Schamiloglu, Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Associate Dean for Research in the School of Engineering, has been appointed as the Special Assistant to the Provost for...

The University of New Mexico’s Solar Splash team won 10 awards during the recent Solar Splash competition, June 5-9 in Springfield, Ohio. The UNM team won fourth place overall and, for the second year in a row, took home the Outstanding Solar System...