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A group from The University of New Mexico has received a grant from the National Science Foundation for a project that will develop a way to produce solar cells using nanotechnology, which could translate into more cost-effective solar panels for...

A researcher from The University of New Mexico School of Engineering will be the lead investigator on a three-year study funded by the National Science Foundation that will examine links among some common and incurable neurodegenerative disorders. The...

A Lobo Engineering team won first place, $2,500 and the Intel Environmental Innovation Award for their design in “The People’s Water” Treatment of Wastewater for Reuse” in the 26th Annual International Environmental Design Contest. The competition was...

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.  

Bacteria is such a common part of our world most of us don’t think much about it, but when bacteria grows prolifically on some surfaces it can cause major problems. One example is bacterial growth on a urinary catheter, another is bacterial growth on the...

Sang Eon Han, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of New Mexico, is the recipient of a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award. The $500,000 award ...

Ray Mabus, United States Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV), visited the University of New Mexico recently where he took of a tour of the Center for Emerging Energy Technologies (CEET) at the Centennial Engineering Center, followed by a talk with UNM...

The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) announced today that it has chosen a cohort of inventors from around the world for election as 2015 NAI Fellows. UNM Distinguished Professors Steven R. J. Brueck and C. Jeffrey Brinker were among 168 distinguished...

Abhaya Datye, department chair and Distinguished Regents Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of New Mexico, has been elected as a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. The rank of fellow is the...

When Chemical and Biomedical Engineering student Monica Padilla graduates this week with her Master’s degree, she will have the satisfaction of knowing her research helped develop the science to answer the question - can a problem gas become an industrial solution?