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June 14, 2016 - The University of New Mexico Department of Mechanical Engineering
Former UNM Mechanical Engineering student Eric J. Jumper has been selected to receive the 2016 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Plasmadynamics and Lasers Award. He is being honored for “major contributions in the fields of aero-optics, chemical lasers, and laser supported detonation, and for the mentoring of young engineers and scientists.”