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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...

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...

UNM places first at solar boating championship
June 10, 2025
The University of New Mexico Solar Splash team was named World Champion of Collegiate Solar Boating over the weekend at the annual Solar Splash competition held in Ohio. Read More...

Two UNM engineers receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
May 12, 2025
Two students from The University of New Mexico School of Engineering were named recipients of competitive National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. Read More...

Mechanical Engineering student selected for NASA internship
May 7, 2025
Carldon Pascual, a University of New Mexico senior graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, will intern this summer at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Read More...

UNM’s ASME chapter wins first place at IAM3D drone competition
May 1, 2025
The University of New Mexico School of Engineering’s American Society of Mechanical Engineers chapter won first place in the 2025 IAM3D Challenge drone competition in St. Louis last weekend. Read More...

Engineering Ph.D. student selected for DOE ORISE internship
April 28, 2025
Dimitrios Vrocharis, a Ph.D. student in The University of New Mexico Department of Mechanical Engineering, was selected for a Department of Energy Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (DOE ORISE) fellowship at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) to study thermomechanical stresses in additively manufactured parts for rotating detonation combustion. Read More...

Students, donors gather to celebrate success in Mechanical Engineering
April 7, 2025
The University of New Mexico School of Engineering recently hosted the Mechanical Engineering Scholar and Donor Luncheon to connect recipients and donors in celebration of student achievement. Read More...

Student's fire safety research wins ASEE conference award
March 27, 2025
When Erin Lawlor wraps up her semesters as a mechanical engineering student at The University of New Mexico, she returns home to Anchorage, Alaska and spends summers working as a volunteer firefighter. Read More...