University of New Mexico School of Engineering

12/21/2024

Happy Holidays, Lobos! Enjoy your winter break and we'll see you in 2025.

12/20/2024

The Engineering Student Success Center and the Center for Water and the Environment received the Students' Choice Award at the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central New Mexico Discovery Festival last month. The School of Engineering table featured several engaging displays and experiments ranging from a Lobo Launch rocket to an insta-worm demo illustrating polymer chemistry, and even an interactive floodplain simulator.

Congratulations to the SoE students and staff who put the exhibit together and thank you for inspiring young learners with a love for all things STEM!

12/19/2024

Professor Meeko Oishi from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering delivered a distinguished lecture to the National Science Foundation Directorate for Engineering last week. Her talk was titled, "Human-in-the-loop systems with nonideal humans: Towards stochastic, heterogeneous modeling and control." It explored her research on the challenges that arise from human interaction with autonomous dynamic systems and the need for new methods and tools to address those challenges.

The NSF's Directorate for Engineering invests in engineering approaches and research infrastructure that address national challenges. The group, which has expertise across all engineering disciplines, is made up of federal employees, as well as scientists and engineers from a wide range of research institutions serving in temporary positions.

12/17/2024

Congratulations to the School of Engineering Class of 2024! 🎓

12/14/2024

Watch our Fall 2024 School of Engineering Convocation live on our YouTube Channel and engineering.unm.edu!

12/13/2024

Congratulations, graduates! Attending the School of Engineering Convocation tomorrow? Here is what you need to know!

🎓Location: Albuquerque Convention Center's Kiva Auditorium
⏰ Time: Convocation begins at 4 p.m.; please report to check-in at the lobby between 2:45 and 3:35 p.m.
👜 Bag policy: Only small clutch purses no larger than 6.5"x4.5" and clear bags no larger than 12"x6" are allowed.
🚧 The 3rd Street entrance will NOT be open
✅ Enter through the 2nd Street Entrance or through the ACC parking garage
🎉 Celebrate your graduation with family, guests and instructors at the event reception immediately following Convocation
💻 Convocation will be live-streamed on engineering.unm.edu

12/04/2024

Join us on December 11th at 5:30 p.m. in Larrañaga Auditorium for a discussion with BMW Group's Peter Lamp, an international leader in battery technology and electric vehicles.

As the principal expert of BMW Group's Battery Cell Technology, Lamp has played an instrumental role in developing the battery technology expertise of BMW Group, which is home to BMW, MINI, Rolls-Royce and other premium car and motorcycle brands.

Visiting UNM's School of Engineering all the way from Germany, he will deliver a lecture titled, “Battery Technology: The Key for Electric Mobility.” This is the final fall installment of the Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series powered by Doug Campbell and supported by the Leaders of Enchantment podcast.

RSVP at goto.unm.edu/peter-lamp.

12/02/2024

Read about how Matthew Concho, a Construction Management student, found a passion for transportation solutions and developed community through involvement with AISES, Kiva Club, and UNM - American Indian Student Services.

Born in Albuquerque, but raised in Missouri, Matthew Concho planned to finish high school, get a certificate in welding, and immediately join the workforce. Working at his father’s landscaping business showed him he likes using his hands and he doesn’t...

11/26/2024

Interested in electric vehicles or transportation? 🔋🚙 Join us on December 11th for the next installment of the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series! Peter Lamp, head of battery cell technology at BMW Group in Germany, will give a talk titled, “Battery Technology: The Key for Electric Mobility” followed by a free dinner reception. RSVP at goto.unm.edu/peter-lamp.

11/22/2024

Earlier this week, the School of Engineering hosted an exciting presentation by Akilah Martinez all about XR technology and Indigenous-based circular economic ecosystems through art, emerging tech, language and culture revitalization and success consciousness. Akilah’s use of art and XR technology to empower Indigenous communities is truly groundbreaking and we can’t wait to see what this UNM alumna does next!

The discussion was an exciting second installment in the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series powered by SoE alumnus Doug Campbell and supported by the Leaders of Enchantment podcast! Each lecture features discussions centered on innovation and entrepreneurship.

11/15/2024

Thank you to everyone who attended Kelly Cross’s Research and Discovery Week Keynote Lecture, “Racialized Trauma: Does It Happen in Engineering?” The workshop and reception were great opportunities to learn more about this issue and potential mitigation strategies.

Cross, an NSF CAREER awardee, is an assistant professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. Her research interests include diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM, intersectionality, teamwork and communication skills, assessment, and identity construction. Her teaching philosophy focuses on student centered approaches such as problem-based learning and culturally relevant pedagogy.

11/14/2024

Don't miss this exciting, innovative discussion happening next Wednesday!

Here is a new take on innovation you don't want to miss. RSVP today!

https://forms.unm.edu/forms/rsvp_deans_distinguished_lecture_series

11/06/2024

UNM's Research and Discovery Week starts Friday and there are plenty of opportunities to learn about engineering, space, AI and more. Check out this list of innovative discussions, workshops and lectures involving School of Engineering faculty or taking place right inside the Centennial Engineering Center.

Engineering professor to lead $5 million project investigating materials for safe storage of nuclear wasteOctober 31, 2024

10/31/2024

UNM and Los Alamos National Laboratory are cohosting the international 2024 Muographers Workshop, which will be held Nov. 4-7 in Santa Fe.

Adam Hecht, professor of nuclear engineering and UNM contact for the workshop, said the event “will bring together leading researchers, scientists and practitioners in the field of muography to share their latest discoveries, innovations and applications.”

Muography, also known as muon radiography or muon tomography, is a cutting-edge imaging technique that uses cosmic-ray muons to explore the interior of large and dense structures.

Registration is still open at muon.unm.edu.

10/28/2024

Eric Lang leads a new consortium to develop materials for safe and effective nuclear storage while creating a job pipeline to national laboratories.

Eric Lang, assistant professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering, will lead a new consortium funded by the Minority Serving Institution Partnership Program in the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration to...

10/25/2024

Here is a new take on innovation you don't want to miss. RSVP today!

https://forms.unm.edu/forms/rsvp_deans_distinguished_lecture_series