School of Engineering

At age one-and-a-half, most children are busy taking some wobbly first steps and beginning to form simple words, and that is the extent of their accomplishments. But Ruth Gyan-Darkwa’s timeline has been a little different. The 18-year-old Ph.D. student...

University of New Mexico Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs James Holloway has named Dr. Donna Riley as dean of the UNM School of Engineering, effective April 1, 2023. “UNM is thrilled to have Professor Riley joining us as Jim and...

The University of New Mexico is hosting I-Corps Day to provide information about how to obtain funding for discoveries and inventions or become involved in technology entrepreneurship. I-Corps Day will be Nov. 10 at the Student Union Building, Santa Ana...

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...

MathWorks gives $2 million to UNM to create endowed chair for Department of Computer Science October 18, 2022 - By Kim Delker MathWorks today (Oct. 18) announced it has donated $2 million to create an endowed chair in the Department of Computer...

Finding her niche from her traditional background to success has sometimes been a rocky road for Raven Longwolf Alcott. But now a senior looking forward to graduation next spring, she has negotiated the obstacles and found success at The University of...

After more than two decades as a faculty member at UNM, Sang M. Han is taking on a new role as chair of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. Since 2000, he has been a faculty member in the department, joining after a brief stint in the...

Christine Gleicher is the first in her family to go to college. Raised in the South Valley of Albuquerque, Gleicher started her college work at CNM before transitioning to The University of New Mexico in 2020. In March 2022, she was named a Goldwater...

The University of New Mexico is planning a celebration on Monday, Oct. 10 in honor of alumnus Jack Dongarra, the recipient of the 2021 The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) A.M. Turing Award, often referred to as the “Nobel Prize of...

Growing up, Lydia Tapia was curious about computers, but didn’t have much interest in what would eventually become her area of expertise: computer science. An Albuquerque native, the now-professor and incoming chair of the Department of Computer Science...