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College advisor uses Girl Scout leadership experience to design new NSO activities
October 6, 2025
This month, she’ll present the ideas at a national conference Read More...

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Ph.D. student receives grant to present at MECC 2025
August 22, 2025
Kumar Anurag, a Ph.D. student in The University of New Mexico Department of Mechanical Engineering, received a student grant award to attend the International Federation of Automatic Control’s Modeling, Estimation and Control Conference. Read More...

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Shen reflects on 9 years as mechanical engineering chair
August 19, 2025
Yu-Lin Shen, longtime chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has stepped down from the position after 9 years. Shen returned to the faculty as a professor in July and reflected on his time as chair and his insights on leadership in anticipation of the Fall 2025 semester. Read More...

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