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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 |

An enduring UNLV end-of-semester tradition is to highlight exceptional students who embody the academic, research, and community impact of the graduating class.

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Campus News |

As plans for a permanent memorial garden take shape, community-driven projects offer a way for students and faculty to reckon with loss.

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People |

From growing the university’s research infrastructure to prioritizing personal passions, David Hatchett makes time to do it all.

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Business and Community |

Fortune ranks university’s master of science in cybersecurity #2 overall in 2025 list of top cybersecurity programs. 
 

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Campus News |

Outreach programs, personalized resources, and interactive activities create a welcoming campus culture.

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Campus News |

A monthly roundup of the top news stories at UNLV, featuring the presidential election, gaming partnerships, and much more.

Engineering In The News

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

Community members are raising concerns about an intersection near a northwest valley middle school after two children crossing a street were hospitalized in two separate crashes.

KSNV-TV: News 3

A new initiative started by three men launched in Las Vegas to combat the rising number of pedestrian fatalities kicks off by encouraging the community to donate reflective jackets to those most at risk.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

Here in Clark County, we recycle 99 percent of the water we use indoors via several treatment facilities—but plants like that are a luxury few rural communities can afford. So, what will people there do if the drought gets so bad the pipes run dry? Graduate students in UNLV’s School of Engineering may be close to finding an answer.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

Southern Nevada roads can be a dangerous place to be, and recent road rage incidents are heightening concerns for drivers. Most recently, a man was killed in a road rage shooting in Henderson Friday night.

Business Wire

Splunk Inc., the cybersecurity and observability leader, today announced the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) is raising the bar for cybersecurity education and campus security by integrating Splunk’s solutions into its student-powered Security Operations Center (SOC). Faced with the challenge of securing a large university environment with limited resources, UNLV turned to Splunk to help safeguard its campus and equip students with in-demand cybersecurity skills.

KSNV-TV: News 3

As commencement approaches, graduating seniors from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) College of Engineering showcased their semester-long projects at the Fred and Harriet Cox Senior Design Competition. According the university, the event marks the culmination of their academic journey, and challenged students to apply their theoretical knowledge to create commercially viable prototypes.

Engineering Experts

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Recent Engineering Accomplishments

Jemin Ahn (Computer Science), Rasheed Hussain, Kyungtae Kang, and corresponding author Junggab Son's (Computer Science) paper titled, "Exploring Encryption Algorithms and Network Protocols: A Comprehensive Survey of Threats and Vulnerabilities," has been accepted for publication in the IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials (IF=34.4, Acceptance…
Daniel Ogenrwot and John Businge's (both Engineering) authored a paper titled, "PatchTrack: Analyzing ChatGPT's Impact on Software Patch Decision-Making in Pull Requests," which was accepted for the 39th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering.
Professor Yoohwan Kim (Computer Science) has been recognized by EC-Council as an Academia Instructor Circle of Excellence winner for 2024. The EC-Council recognizes award winning partners and instructors from across the world that have had lasting impacts on cybersecurity education and student success. The award recipients include a diverse group…
Zuobin Xiong (PI), Mingon Kang, Junggab Son (all Computer Science), and Ying Guo (Environmental and Occupational Health) have been awarded a grant from National Science Foundation (NSF), titled "Equipment: HSI: ELPSE: EI: A Guided Pathway to Enhancing HSI Student Experience and Success in Generative AI with the Planting of Education-Oriented…
An Huang, Junggab Son, and Zuobin Xiong (all Computer Science)'s paper, "DDSNet: A Lightweight Dense Depthwise Separable Network for Tumor Classification," was accepted in the 40th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing (ACM SAC 2025).   
Kavita Batra (Medicine), Ravi Batra, Ying Guo (both Public Health), Mina Atin (Nursing), and Bryar Shareef (Computer Science) co-authored a paper titled "Promise and Peril of Artificial Intelligence: Digital Monoculturalism in a Robotic World," published in the Advances in Medicine, Psychology, and Public Health journal. Dr. Kavita Batra, an…