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Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering News

The College of Engineering provides students a well-rounded foundation in several engineering disciplines for a successful career in engineering and computer science. Through the hands-on, experiential education experience we offer, students are enabled to achieve excellence in their respective fields.

Current Engineering News

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Campus News |

Steered by President Keith E. Whitfield and UNLV Alumni Association, the first-ever event drew the support of around 100 participants.

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Campus News |

Team Protégé wins Shark Tank-style competition for AI-powered speech feedback app.

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Research |

Funding is part of Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program to develop zero emissions ironmaking and ultra-low life cycle emissions steelmaking.

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Business and Community |

With funding from governor's office, StepUp & StartUp program has matched 50 UNLV students with local tech companies. 

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Campus News |

A roundup of the top news stories featuring UNLV students and faculty.

Students Adi Pahima and Magnus Yuen build and programing their robot.
Campus News |

In an effort to encourage STEM learning, UNLV engineering students partner with local high schools to help 'gear' up for the FIRST Robotics Competition as part of a new two-semester course.

Engineering In The News

Las Vegas Review Journal

Amid a world of evolving AI, a Las Vegas man brings his creations to life.

This Old House

Several factors impact solar panel prices, but our research found that the average solar system for a 2,000-square-foot home is roughly $31,460. If that cost seems out of your budget, don’t worry — this figure is before applying valuable solar incentives that can shave off thousands.

High Country News

#iamthewest: Giving voice to the people that make up communities in the region.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

The end of the school year is nearing which means thousands of parents in the Las Vegas valley will be looking for camp options for their children over the summer months. It’s never too early to start planning because many camps are already accepting registrations and some fill up fast.

Transfers Magazine

Yazmin Martinez, a Ph.D. candidate in computer science at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, was recognized as the 2023 doctoral student of the year by the Pacific Southwest Region University Center for her innovative research methods and achievements.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

This weekend teams from across the Valley and around the world will meet on the field of battle to put their robots to the test. The teams are made up completely of high school students, with the help of some very special mentors sent to them from UNLV. FOX5 caught up with one team to learn more about the competition, and the bonds formed while building robots and futures.

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Recent Engineering Accomplishments

UNLV repeated their first place win in racquetball for Corporate Challenge. Congratulations to the team! Erica Marti (Civil & Environmental Engineering and Construction) - 1st place, women's singles; Venki Muthukumar (Electrical and Computer Engineering) and Sid Raich (Social and Behavioral Health) - 1st place, men's doubles; Adam Koebke (…
Juliana Byzyka (CEEC, Transportation Research Center) has been appointed as a Planning Committee Member of the 2024 Nevada Asphalt Conference: Sustainable and Resilient Pavement. The conference will be held at the South Point Hotel and Casino, and Spa in Las Vegas, Nevada, between October 29 to 31. The conference aims to bridge the gap between…
Senior student Daniel Fisher (Mechanical Engineering) won the 2024 Craig F. Bohren Best Student Presentation Award, at the 2024 SPIE The Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication conference in Long Beach, California. His presentation was titled, "From Bioimaging to Artificial Anatomy: 3D Printing Biomimetic Marine Life…
Alexander Barzilov (Mechanical Engineering) received a $400,000 award from Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the nuclear workforce fellowship program. Two Ph.D. students and two M.S. students will be supported by the program.
Emma Regentova (Electrical and Computer Engineering) and Alexander Barzilov (Mechanical Engineering) received a $350,000 award from Battelle Savannah River Alliance for their "Advanced Machine Learning-Based Analysis of Optical Sensor Data on the Drone Platform for Robust Detection of Methane Leaks" project. Two graduate and four undergraduate…
Juliana Byzyka (Transportation Research Center; Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) accepted a three-year appointment to the Standing Committee on Pavement Maintenance — AKT30 of the National Academies’ Transportation Research Board (TRB). Members of a TRB standing committee contribute with…