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2025 Inspiring Graduate | Edain Larios
May 5, 2025
Edain Larios has been building a new life for herself from the ground up. Though attending the University of New Mexico was a no-brainer for her, when she came to Albuquerque, she was overwhelmed. Read More...
Grand Challenges graduate fellow wins UNM Graduate Poster Showcase
April 24, 2025
From Shiraz, Iran to Albuquerque to the moon is the trajectory of Hamideh Shojaeian, a Grand Challenges graduate fellow working with the Sustainable Space Research team. Shojaeian recently placed first in The University of New Mexico’s Graduate Poster Showcase, held in late February at the Student Union Building. Read More...
Annual Undergraduate Water and Climate Science Communication Fellowship event educates through creativity
April 21, 2025
When a diorama, a living wall made of chia seeds and a video featuring a UNM water plant operator all come together, it can mean only one thing: the annual Undergraduate Water and Climate Science Communication Fellowship presentations, held April 11 at The University of New Mexico. Read More...
From vision to victory: Civil Engineering students sweep UNM poster competition
April 15, 2025
Three graduate students from the Gerald May Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering (CCEE) took home top honors at The University of New Mexico’s Graduate Poster Showcase on Feb. 27— sweeping first, second, and third place in a competitive field of over sixty participants. Read More...
UNM preparing students to respond to the next large earthquake
April 7, 2025
Late one night in February, as Fernando Moreu sat in his office wrapping up work in the Centennial Engineering Center, he felt something unusual –– the building was vibrating. Read More...
CCEE faculty encourage prospective students to attend UNM
March 14, 2025
Prospective university students have a lot to consider when applying to college. Read More...
ESPOL faculty visit UNM Engineering
March 4, 2025
Faculty members from one of Latin America’s top universities visited The University of New Mexico last month to learn about resilient infrastructure and smart sensing technologies research. Read More...
Right on track: Researchers use new tech to improve railroad safety
February 14, 2025
Railroads may bring to mind images of the Old West and the Industrial Revolution, but researchers at The University of New Mexico School of Engineering are working to bring new, cutting-edge technologies to even the smallest and most remote railroad systems as part of a national center led by Penn State University and funded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA).
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UNM to collaborate with UC Berkeley on $10M USDOT grant for rural autonomous vehicle freight program
February 3, 2025
Faculty members from The University of New Mexico School of Engineering and Health Sciences Center will collaborate with the University of California, Berkeley on a $10 million, six-year project grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Rural Autonomous Vehicle Program to study the use of automated freight systems in rural communities. Read More...