News: Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Nearly 40 student-created engineering projects provide technological solutions to real-world problems; prototypes on display May 9 at Thomas & Mack Center.
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This Research & Creative Honors Program participant is as curious as he was in the third grade — only now he's an undergraduate researcher.
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UNLV’s Research & Creative Honors Program provides undergraduates with unique opportunities that prepare them for graduate studies.
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UNLV grad brings an engineering mindset to his role as chief marketing officer for Credit Karma
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UNLV engineers developed a team of drones that detect radioactivity in areas where it’s unsafe or unfeasible for other trackers to go.
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Solar power is the future of energy, and this undergraduate engineering student is working on the future of solar cells.
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UNLV engineer Kwang Kim was one of 155 academic inventors to be named a 2017 National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellow.
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From magic and witchcraft to building robots using Legos, these wild courses can put swordfighters in training and future presidents ready to deal with environmental catastrophe.
UNLV president will highlight exceptional students at commencement who embody the academic, research, and community impact of the graduating class.
Commencement speaker Michelle Quizon is searching for the right materials to help build artificial organs that could help make diabetes a thing of the past.
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Rebel Robotics team wins out over more than a dozen schools in American Society of Mechanical Engineers competition; takes on world next.
Kwang Kim, a 2018 Distinguished Professor, work in biomedical engineering is inspiring a new generation of researchers.