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Ferenchak shares plans to make roadways safer for pedestrians and bicyclists
November 6, 2024
Nick Ferenchak, an associate professor in the Gerald May Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, recently shared some interesting research on how infrastructure design influences safety of vulnerable road users. Read More...

Ashish Ravi Joshi to receive American Public Transportation Foundation's (APTF) Board Scholarship
October 24, 2024
Ashish Ravi Joshi, a PhD student in the Gerald May Department of Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering, was recently selected to receive the American Public Transportation Foundation's (APTF) Board Scholarship. Read More...

3 CCEE students awarded prestigious Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship
October 24, 2024
The University of New Mexico announced that three students have been awarded the prestigious Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship from the U.S. Department of Transportation. Read More...

Cerrato leads new research center focused on climate resilience
October 21, 2024
José M. Cerrato, a professor in the Gerald May Department of Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering, is leading an interdisciplinary team of collaborators from UNM Main Campus and UNM Health Sciences to identify gaps in health care that can inform strategies to protect vulnerable communities in New Mexico from climate change. Read More...

Rapid response research allows UNM team to study the effects of the largest wildfire recorded in New Mexico on water resources
August 23, 2024
The results of a longitudinal study on the effects of wildfires on hydrologic and water quality processes have been published in the journal Nature Communications Read More...

Two UNM faculty and their students named 2024 Faculty Mentored Research Awardees
August 21, 2024
This year’s recipients of the UNM Faculty Mentored Research Award (FMRA) focused on research that evaluates strategies for promoting student success at UNM. Read More...

Two UNM students selected as Transportation Research Board Minority Student Fellows
August 20, 2024
Two University of New Mexico engineering students have been selected as Transportation Research Board (TRB) Minority Student Fellows for 2025. Read More...

NSF announces $16 million investment in UNM-affiliated projects to build climate resilience
August 20, 2024
The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently announced it will invest nearly $16 million in three research projects led or supported by The University of New Mexico. Read More...

Equal, not separate: UNM researchers lead new NSF Center for Equity in Engineering
August 16, 2024
A group of University of New Mexico School of Engineering researchers is leading a new National Science Foundation effort to establish a center that is focused on diversity, equity and inclusion in the field of engineering. Read More...