Jay Shen (Center for Health Disparities Research; Healthcare Administration and Policy) is currently leading an interdisciplinary team to conduct the COVID-19 Health Disparity Assessment and Healthcare Equity Modeling project, funded by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention through the Southern Nevada Health District, with a total…

Professor Hal Berghel (Computer Science) has published an article in the current (September, 2023) issue of IEEE Computer titled, "Fatal Flaws in ChatAI as a Content Generator." In this article, Berghel explains that content generation is actually one of the weakest capabilities of ChatAI, despite widespread popular fascination.

Liya Napollion (Mechanical Engineering), a Ph.D. student, published a paper titled, "Electrochemical performance of ionic polymer metal composite under tensile loading," in Smart Materials and Structures. 

Yingtao Jiang (Engineering), Shaoan Zhang (Education), Anthony Ferrar (Engineering), and Qingmin Shi (Decision Support) were awarded a research and development grant of $499,969 from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The grant supports the HSI Implementation and Evaluation Project, which has a primary objective of enhancing and expanding the…

Godson Ebenezer Adjovu (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) was selected as one of the fellows for Purdue University's Trailblazers in Engineering (TBE) workshop, which took place on the Purdue University campus in West Lafeyette, Indiana, on July 24-27, 2023. "TBE is a workshop to preparefuture outstanding engineering…

Godson Ebenezer Adjovu, Haroon Stephen, Sajjad Ahmad, and David James (all Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) have published an article titled, "Measurement of Total Dissolved Solids and Total Suspended Solids in Water Systems: A Review of the Issues, Conventional, and Remote Sensing Techniques," in Remote Sensing.

A recent article published in Ars Technica is based upon an earlier publication of UNLV professor Hal Berghel (Computer Science) on VoIP swatting. The Ars Technica article used Berghel's article as background in the announcement of the FBI's creation of a database on VoIP swatting to be shared by law enforcement. 

Godson Ebenezer Adjovu, Haroon Stephen, and Sajjad Ahmad (all Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) published an article titled, "A Machine Learning Approach for the Estimation of Total Dissolved Solids Concentration in Lake Mead Using Electrical Conductivity and Temperature," in Water.

Godson Ebenezer Adjovu, Haroon Stephen, and Sajjad Ahmad (all Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) published an article titled, "Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Key Water Quality Parameters in a Thermal Stratified Lake Ecosystem: The Case Study of Lake Mead," in Earth.

Jin Ouk Choi (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) received an outstanding leadership award from the Korean-American Construction Engineering and Project Management Association on June 27, 2023, during its annual meeting. The outstanding leadership award is awarded "in recognition of unwavering dedication and…

Marie-Odile Fortier and graduate student Santiago Cisneros Castillo (both Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) presented at the International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST) 2023 conference in Fort Collins, Colorado. Fortier gave a pre-conference workshop on "Parametric life cycle assessment (LCA)…

Professor Hal Berghel (Computer Science) has published a paper titled, "'Free' Online Services and Gonzo Capitalism," in the current (July 2023) issue of IEEE Computer. In this article, Berghel discusses how recent litigation over violations from privacy abuse and antitrust issues to monopolistic digital advertising practices suggest that online…