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The Nuclear Engineering Department Heads Organization (NEDHO) elected UNM Nuclear Engineering Professor Anil K. Prinja, professor of nuclear engineering, as its new vice chairman/chair-elect. Prinja will serve as chair-elect this year and will serve as ...

Computer Science Ph.D. candidate George Bezerra has received the 2012 UNM Chapter of Sigma Xi "Excellence in Graduate Research" Award. The UNM Chapter of Sigma Xi, an international, multidisciplinary research society, presents the Excellence in Graduate ...

George Gorospe can hardly contain his enthusiasm when he talks about working for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This spring he completed his Bachelor's degree in Engineering and is now on his way to the NASA leadership Academy. ...

New Mexico-based start-up company P.D. Laboratories recently signed an option agreement with STC.UNM, the University of New Mexico's technology transfer office to license technology developed by UNM faculty members Sang Han, professor in the departments ...

Aperture Center, the 78,000 square foot mixed-use commercial building at Mesa del Sol is now ground zero for the most complex experiment in renewable energy use in the state. The University of New Mexico has office and lab space in the building and is ...

UNM Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Andrea Mammoli is leading a team in a series of research projects involving renewable energy. The UNM School of Engi­neer­ing Cen­ter for Emerg­ing Energy Tech­nolo­gies (CEET) is col­lab­o­rating with the ...

A ribbon cutting at Aperture Center at Mesa del Sol on May 17 celebrated a new collaboration aimed at making renewable energy a workable reality that can be incorporated into the nations electrical grid. The University of New Mexico has office and lab ...

The 2012 Popejoy Dissertation Prize has been awarded to Mike Anderson. The award, which was established as a permanent memorial to late UNM President Tom L. Popejoy, recognizes and encourages the highest level of academic excellence among doctoral ...

The UNM Department of Mechanical Engineering has celebrated a year of academic achievement by awarding scholarships to students and accolades to faculty members and distinguished alumni. Department Chair Chris Hall has inaugurated an Academy of ...

A team of UNM undergraduates working on a senior design capstone project have designed, built and launched a helium balloon with a payload of sensors into the ionosphere. The group led by Clint Corbin, the lead mechanical engineering designer and Zach ...