School of Engineering

To say Christopher DeGraw took a slightly different path to becoming an engineer would be an understatement. The Connecticut native earned a bachelor’s in music education and a master’s in musicology (from Ithaca College and the University of Limerick...

Francis Salas will graduate from the University of New Mexico with his B.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering in mid-May. Five years ago even he couldn’t envision this moment. He was in federal prison, nearing the end of a 10-year sentence for drug...

University of New Mexico student Sean Kerwin will soon receive his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, but his journey was made more difficult when he was involved in a motorcycle accident that left him badly injured. Kerwin began pursuing his...

More than 30 people gathered last week to form a new student chapter of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute - EERI. There has been substantial interest in earthquake resistant structures since a group of UNM students formed to create an...

When you look at the image, you can easily see the intersection of two interstate highways, I-25 and I-40 is the greatest concentration of toxic vehicle pollution in the city. It’s the kind of graphic information that elected officials and public...

Two design teams from The University of New Mexico’s Department of Nuclear Engineering received best presentation awards in their technical tracks at the American Nuclear Society annual student conference at the University of Wisconsin - Madison.

Ayșe Muñiz, a senior in biochemistry from Alamogordo, N.M., will soon be leaving the sunny state of New Mexico she’s always called home for the northern frontiers of Michigan.  

The University of New Mexico School of Engineering hosts its second annual senior design expo on May 13, featuring projects from more than 200 students from all departments in the school. Engineering Expo II will be held 2-5 p.m. on the first floor of...

University of New Mexico Computer Science Professor Melanie Moses is leading a national competition to teach students to program small robots to swarm. Working together, UNM and NASA built 55 Swarmie robots. Schools across the country received 36 of the...

Students in third through 12th-grades are invited to “Engineering the Elements” on Saturday, April 16 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. sponsored by the National Society of Black Engineers and Hispanics in Engineering & Sciences Organization, two students groups in...