Recent News
Two UNM engineers receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
May 12, 2025
Mechanical Engineering student selected for NASA internship
May 7, 2025
UNM’s ASME chapter wins first place at IAM3D drone competition
May 1, 2025
Engineering Ph.D. student selected for DOE ORISE internship
April 28, 2025
UNM Mechanical Engineering students building rocket
May 17, 2017 - The University of New Mexico Department of Mechanical Engineering
From the UNM Newsroom:
"A group of mechanical engineering students at the University of New Mexico are working to build and launch the world’s largest amateur rocket as part of a first-of-its-kind senior design project.
The 400-level, two-semester course is called Rocket Engineering and is taught by Fernando (Doc) Aguilar, a part-time faculty member in UNM’s Mechanical Engineering department."