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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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People |

The Engineering Advising Center director rediscovered his true calling — and now helps UNLV students do the same.

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Campus News |

Join fellow Rebels on March 27 in a day of giving, celebration, and friendly competition — all for a great cause.

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Business and Community |

Regardless of how policymakers settle the TikTok debate, cybersecurity challenges will continue. 

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Campus News |

The rosiest headlines and highlights featuring the students and faculty of UNLV.

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Research |

By making computer programming more accessible in secondary education, UNLV professor Andy Stefik hopes to make coding easier for anyone to learn. 

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People |

Haroon Sahotra continues his passion to support faculty in his new role as associate vice provost of faculty affairs.

Engineering In The News

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

Another video of a group of young kids on electric bikes in the valley is making the rounds online. This time, they seem to be getting way too close to a traditional bicyclist. Some say they’re driving recklessly. FOX5 wanted to hear from bike riders on safety concerns they have when trying to get around town.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

Nevada lawmakers discussed a bill Tuesday that would bring automated traffic enforcement cameras to road construction sites.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

So far this year, Las Vegas Metro Police have responded to 35 deadly car crashes. A new bill is hoping to reduce that number.

Las Vegas Sun

On a cloudy morning in downtown Las Vegas, a white Kia e-Niro pulls up to the corner of South Main Street and East Coolidge Avenue, just down the street from the famous Snowball the cat art installation.

Las Vegas Review Journal

With daylight saving time beginning early Sunday morning motorists should be wary about the effects the time change could have on driving this week.

KNPR News

The Las Vegas Monorail, now over 20 years old, has helped prevent traffic congestion and provide tourists with easy Strip travel. But, how much longer is it expected to last? The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is seeking $12M to upgrade the train to make it last until 2035. Transportation engineer Harry Teng and UNLV Hospitality Associate Professor Chih-Chien Chen are here to discuss both the Monorail in comparison to the Boring Las Vegas Loop, as well as ideal public transportation systems.

Engineering Experts

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Recent Engineering Accomplishments

Graduate student Mouhsine Benmbarek and emeritus professor Samir Moujaes (both Mechanical Engineering) published their study, "CFD Analysis of Heat Transfer Enhancement for Twisted Tape Inserted in Spirally Corrugated Tubes and Proposal of a New Vane-Inserted Geometry" in the journal Fluids.
The Transportation Research Center (TRC) recently participated in the 2025 Pacific Southwest Region (PSR) University Transportation Center (UTC) Annual Congress at the University of California, Berkeley. Assistant research engineer Juliana Byzyka (TRC) presented their project titled, “A Methodology to Evaluate Complete Streets Development in Small…
Ph.D. student Aderemi (Tobi) Gbadamosi (Civil and Environmental Engineering) has been named a finalist for the prestigious ACI Foundation Fellowship/Scholarship Award. In recognition of this achievement, he has been invited to attend the 2025 ACI Concrete Convention in Toronto, Canada, from March 30 to April 3, 2025. Hosted by the American…
Gabson Baguma (Civil and Environmental Engineering) has been selected to attend the prestigious 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Chemistry, taking place from June 29 to July 5, 2025, in Lindau, Germany. This prestigious scientific forum brings together 35 Nobel Laureates and the world's most promising young scientists from over 100 countries…
Anthony Okeani (Mechanical Engineering) has been selected as a 2025 Graduate Scholarship recipient by the Roy G. Post Foundation. Okeani is a master's student in the nuclear engineering program. He is working on a research project on nuclear-powered desalination of ocean water; his advisor is professor Alexander Barzilov (Mechanical Engineering).…
A multidisciplinary team from UNLV's Computer Science and Teaching & Learning departments was awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) grant under the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Program. The team included: Edward Jorgensen (Computer Science), Marla Goins (Teaching &…