School of Engineering

Dawn Tilbury, assistant director of the Engineering Directorate at the National Science Foundation, will speak to faculty of The University of New Mexico, as well as invited guests of the national labs and industry on Nov. 20.   She will speak on...

The University of New Mexico School of Engineering honored eight of its graduates as recipients of the 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award. Honorees are from each of the School’s six departments and one young alumnus, which can be from any department. Each...

Two faculty members are being honored for their outstanding performance with Research and Creative Works Leadership Awards. In October, The University of New Mexico's Office of the Provost recognized two faculty members including Meeko Oishi in the...

As a child growing up in a tenement in the Bronx in the shadows of Yankee Stadium, Edl Schamiloglu probably never could have imagined that he would one day make his home among the mountains, prickly pears and cholla in the high desert of the...

One can tell a lot from the composition of the gasses coming from active volcanoes about what is happening deep beneath. It is even possible to predict when an active volcano will erupt causing widespread damage, yet gathering this critical data can be...

Her peers know her as an exceptional engineer. But to some Indigenous people, Sandra Begay is legendary.   “Like many Native American students in STEM, I knew of Sandra before I met her,” said Suzanne Singer, who is Navajo and interned under Begay at...

When you turn on your kitchen faucet, do you know where your water comes from? Kerry Howe does, and he can tell you where it was before it got there and where it goes after disappearing down your drain. He is the director of the UNM Center for Water and...

The University of New Mexico Office of the Vice President for Research hosts its 65th Annual Research Lecture recognizing Kerry Howe on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 5:30 p.m. via Zoom. This award is one of the highest honors the University bestows on its...

A new collaborative research project led by The University of New Mexico seeks to answer some of the compelling questions surrounding a range of materials, including those for quantum and energy applications. The three-year project, titled...

As the COVID-19 virus continues to spread around the globe, studying aerosol and droplet transport within different environments can help establish effective, physics-informed measures for virus mitigation. One of the most important environments to gain...