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Seminar: Dr. Shirin Panahi
March 20, 2025
The intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and nonlinear dynamics has opened new frontiers in engineering, enabling breakthroughs in forecasting, control, and model discovery. This talk will explore how AI-driven techniques, including machine learning, can enhance time-series prediction, attractor reconstruction, and digital twin development. Read More...

Mechanical Engineering to host seminar on reservoir computing
February 28, 2025
The University of New Mexico Department of Mechanical Engineering will host a seminar delivered by Louis Pecora, a research scientist at the Institute for Research in Electronics & Applied Physics at University of Maryland titled, “Statistics and Dynamics of Attractor Embeddings in Reservoir Computing.” Read More...

From fireflies to drones: UNM researchers uncover strategy for synchronization efficiency
October 30, 2024
Researchers from The University of New Mexico School of Engineering looked to the natural world to explain how synchronized systems can work more efficiently and made a significant discovery. Their results were published last week in the journal Nature Communications. Read More...

Engineering alumnus joins McLaren Formula 1 team
September 13, 2024
A University of New Mexico alumnus sped into a new job in August as an aerodynamics design engineer with the McLaren Formula 1 team in Woking, England. Read More...

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...