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As the Lobo Football team prepares to compete in the Rate Bowl later this month, the team’s first out-of-town bowl game since 2004, one player is wrapping up his first semester as a master’s student in Nuclear Engineering. While Mercury Swaim, No. 16 on...

More than 500 university students, scientists, and job recruiters from around the country are expected to flock to The University of New Mexico in early April to attend “Old and Nu,” the 2025 American Nuclear Society (ANS) Student Conference, which is...

The University of New Mexico hosted Space Day recently to highlight important discoveries, advertise internships, and provide fun experiences - like walking on the planet Mars - for attendees to experience. The event, which was part of UNM’s Research &...

A Ph.D. student in the University of New Mexico Department of Nuclear Engineering was one of just 18 students to attend the Nuclear Engineering Student Delegation (NESD) in Washington, D.C., last month. Ethan Krammer, who anticipates finishing his...

Four undergraduates in the UNM Department of Nuclear Engineering received awards at the 2024 American Nuclear Society (ANS) Student Conference, held April 4-6 at Penn State. Lauren Bailey, Alexandra Martinez and Courtney Mace presented on their capstone...

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...

During his time at The University of New Mexico, Sean Allen has already connected with several of the departments in the School of Engineering, which has broadened his knowledge base. And now he’s on the verge of gaining even more skills and experience,...

Two students in The University of New Mexico School of Engineering have received National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRFP) awards in environmental engineering. Carl Abadam and Christine Gleicher, both students of Anjali...

Small unmanned aircraft — what are known widely as drones — have drastically increased in popularity in the last several years. No longer restricted to electronics buffs, they are now flown by hobbyists, used by photographers to take aerial photos, and...

Railroads transport huge amounts of freight and people every day across the continent and being on time is of paramount importance. There are approximately 100,000 railroad bridges in the United States, and more than half are over 100 years old, making...