School of Engineering

Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s can be devastating to patients and their families. These diseases are difficult to diagnose before symptoms show, meaning it’s often already too late to reverse the damage to the central...

The University of New Mexico’s Department of Nuclear Engineering is a small department, but made a mighty impact at the recent 2019 American Nuclear Society (ANS) Winter Meeting and Nuclear Technology Expo in Washington,...

According to a new study led by a team from The University of New Mexico, centuries-old laws about the behavior of gas mixtures do not apply in the presence of shock waves. This finding could have potential impact on everything that involves mixtures of...

The University of New Mexico School of Engineering booth won runner-up for best single booth at the Big Brothers Big Sisters Discovery Festival held recently at the Albuquerque Convention Center. The event, designed to interest and attract students into...

The University of New Mexico School of Engineering’s Department of Nuclear Engineering, in partnership with the School of Medicine’s Department of Radiology, is jointly offering a master of science degree in nuclear engineering with a concentration in...

UNM associate professor of Computer Science Trilce Estrada was recently honored as the 2019 ACM SIGHPC Emerging Woman Leader in Technical Computing award winner at the recent International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage,...

Railroads transport huge amounts of freight and people every day across the continent and being on time is of paramount importance. There are approximately 100,000 railroad bridges in the United States, and more than half are over 100 years old, making...

Yu-Lin Shen, professor and chair of The University of New Mexico Department of Mechanical Engineering, is the recipient of the PNM Chair for Renewable Energy Research. The endowment, first established at UNM in 1985 thanks to a gift from the PNM...

A new documentary created and produced by the Deep Carbon Observatory (DCO), a scientific organization dedicated to investigating how the deep carbon cycle drives our world, illustrates in stunning fashion the ability of drone technology to help drive...

Students and researchers interested in the UNM Grand Challenges have an opportunity to help form ideas for targeted funding of projects related to sustainable water resources. There will be a workshop on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in...