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After more than 30 years with The University of New Mexico School of Engineering, John Russell, director of the LOBOMotorsports Formula SAE (FSAE) program and professor of mechanical engineering, will retire in May 2026. A $1 million gift from Jim and...

A University of New Mexico alumnus sped into a new job in August as an aerodynamics design engineer with the McLaren Formula 1 team in Woking, England. Tiger Lee, who graduated from UNM in 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, has...

The saying that it’s about the journey, not the destination, would be an apt way to think about The University of New Mexico’s Formula Society of Automotive Engineering (FSAE) LOBOmotorsports team. In June, the team competed in the Formula SAE...

For the University of New Mexico’s LOBOMotorSports team, it’s been a sweet few years. The team did well at the Formula SAE competitions, and seemed to do better each year. In 2014, the team placed 11th overall. In 2013, they took 12th place, and the team...

The University of New Mexico’s LOBOMotorSports team placed 11th overall out of 80 international entries at the Formula SAE competition held in Lincoln, Neb. recently.

UNM LOBOMotorSports took 12th place overall out of 80 international entries at the Formula SAE competition in Lincoln, Neb., recently. The team also broke its own records, with the highest point total ever and the highest design place, tied for ...

UNM Mechanical Engineering student Alejandro Perez has been awarded a fellowship considered to be among the world's best. The “la Caixa” scholarships, from the leading savings bank in Spain, are designed for students to continue a ...