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COSMIAC, a space-related research center in the School of Engineering, has received the inaugural Space Valley Diversity in Business Champion Award, sponsored by the New Mexico Minority Business Development Agency. COSMIAC provides innovative technical...

Researchers from The University of New Mexico are part of one of 16 finalist teams for the first-ever National Science Foundation Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines) competition, spanning a range of key technology areas and societal and economic...

Two University of New Mexico School of Engineering professors are part of one of the eight Microelectronics Commons innovation hubs recently announced by the Department of Defense as part of President Biden’s CHIPS and Science Act. "Creating Helpful...

The University of New Mexico, through the COSMIAC research center, is among eight universities selected nationwide for an Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and NASA partnership called the Mission Concept Program, which will assist students with the...

The idea of show and tell is a time-tested way to engage students, especially when teaching about complex subjects. And one research center at The University of New Mexico is taking full advantage of that concept, with promising results. Beginning last...

A University of New Mexico research center has recently been awarded a $19 million award to conduct communications, positioning, navigation and timing projects, which have been deemed a priority to the U.S. Space Force and other military and governmental...

The state’s flagship university is working with the New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency to get face shields and masks to frontline workers battling COVID-19. "The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented event that truly calls for all...

It didn’t take long after news of the global pandemic of the coronavirus hit for members of The University of New Mexico’s School of Engineering to begin using their ingenuity, looking for ways to help. In particular, news that those on the front lines...

The University of New Mexico has been awarded a $7 million grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory to develop and build new materials and devices for electronics in space. The five-year contract was awarded this month to COSMIAC, a research center...

A rainstorm passing through Albuquerque can frizz your home television satellite signal, and degrade signals relaying data from space or across long distances at the radio frequencies we all use now. But what happens when you use frequencies much farther...