School of Engineering

To say biomechanical engineer Christina Salas, Ph.D, MSc, has had a busy year would be an understatement. Since last spring, she and her students at The University of New Mexico have used 3D printers to create thousands of face masks and face shields...

The University of New Mexico is part of a team announcing the launch today of the National Science Foundation Directorate for Engineering’s Engineering Research Visioning Alliance (ERVA), the first engineering research visioning organization of its...

Four researchers from several disciplines at The University of New Mexico recently were awarded a three-year National Science Foundation grant for their project to create new career opportunities for rural craftspeople by blending traditional craft...

Every year, U.S. News and World Report releases rankings for select university and college programs across the country. Each year it focuses on different types of programs, sometime ranking sciences and other times humanities, etc. Below are those...

Researchers from The University of New Mexico have discovered a connection that has implications in the area of optimal control theory. The results are detailed in “Controlling network ensembles,” authored by Isaac Klickstein and Francesco Sorrentino,...

Right now, 99.7 percent of New Mexico is in a severe drought, 82.2 percent is in extreme drought and 53.4 percent is facing exceptional drought – all of which create considerable strain on local communities, agricultural efforts and wildlife. In the...

The 2021 Goldwater Foundation Awards were just announced, with all four nominees from The University of New Mexico named winners – all women. Ryla Josephine Cantergiani, Anna Janicek, Abigail Pribisova and Sophia Salbato are among just 410 Goldwater...

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has significantly reduced the number of people willing to fly due to safety concerns, and to ease fears, some airlines have opted to leave middle seats open to increase the amount of space for social distancing. But the...

Matthew Lakin, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at The University of New Mexico, has been selected for a National Science Foundation CAREER Award for a project that seeks to use DNA nanotechnology to program the behavior of...

A team of interdisciplinary researchers at UNM is teaching robots to take care of plants on Mars – a big step towards having viable food available for astronauts when they land on the Red Planet. Architects, biologists, computer scientists and engineers...