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Recent News

Two Engineering undergrads receive New Mexico Space Grant Consortium Scholarships
July 8, 2024
Two students in the UNM Department of Mechanical Engineering are the recipients of 2024-2025 New Mexico Space Grant Consortium Undergraduate Research Scholarships. Read More...

UNM’s Solar Splash team shines brightly at national competition
June 14, 2024
The University of New Mexico Solar Splash team placed third overall and garnered other awards in the annual UPS Battery Center Solar Splash competition held June 4-8 in Springfield, Ohio. Read More...

Two School of Engineering advisors to present at national conference
June 11, 2024
Two UNM School of Engineering academic advisors will share their extensive expertise with a national audience this fall. Read More...

Chabi to present at workshop at the University of Arkansas this summer
May 22, 2024
Sakineh Chabi, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, will give a talk this summer at the eighth annual SiC+X Materials and Devices Workshop at the University of Arkansas. Read More...

UNM’s ASME student chapter wins national award
May 22, 2024
The student chapter of UNM’s American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) recently received second place in the ASME Innovative Additive Manufacturing 3D (IAM3D) Challenge. Read More...

New graduate scholarship established in mechanical engineering
May 10, 2024
Graduate students in the Department of Mechanical Engineering will receive more financial support beginning next academic year, thanks to a gift from an alumnus. Read More...

Department to launch renewable energy concentration
May 10, 2024
The UNM Department of Mechanical Engineering has established a new graduate concentration in renewable energy, set to begin in fall 2024. Read More...

Engineering professor receives funding for pilot study on new way to detect ovarian cancer
May 6, 2024
Nathan Jackson, an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, is receiving American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant funding for a pilot study on developing a new way to detect ovarian cancer. Read More...

Mechanical engineering professor awarded AFRL Summer Faculty Fellowship
March 7, 2024
Sakineh Chabi, an assistant professor in UNM’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been selected for a 2024 Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Summer Faculty Fellowship. Read More...