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School of Engineering faculty awarded 5 NSF CAREERs
June 22, 2026
Five faculty members in The University of New Mexico School of Engineering (SoE) have received National Science Foundation CAREER Awards in what is believed to be a single-year record for the school. Read More...

Distinguished Professor Kapur remembered as research and teaching “perfectionist”
April 27, 2026
Distinguished Professor Deepak Kapur of the University of New Mexico Department of Computer Science passed away unexpectedly on April 11. He is remembered by friends and colleagues for an illustrious career in teaching and a deep intellectual curiosity that motivated him until the end. Read More...

Computer science undergraduate receives honorable mention for national research award
February 5, 2026
Adrian Faust, a senior in the Department of Computer Science, has received an honorable mention for the Computing Research Association (CRA) Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award. Read More...

UNM Engineering names Prabhakar inaugural Cleve Moler and MathWorks Endowed Chair
October 3, 2025
The School of Engineering is proud to announce Pavithra Prabhakar as the Cleve Moler and MathWorks Endowed Chair in Mathematical and Engineering Software. Read More...

Computer scientist wins Athlete of the Year Award for adaptive skiing technique
May 29, 2025
Like many students, Mike Adams would tell you skiing down a snowy slope is the perfect activity to decompress from the stresses of life as a University of New Mexico Ph.D. student in Computer Science, but Adams’s unique approach to skiing led him to become the Adaptive Sports Program New Mexico’s (ASPNM) 2025 Athlete of the Year. Read More...

Hand and Machine Lab wins 2 awards at CHI conference
May 15, 2025
Members of the Hand and Machine Lab housed in the Department of Computer Science at The University of New Mexico brought home two awards for papers they presented at the Association for Computing Machinery Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), held in Yokohama, Japan. Read More...

Dissertation defense, May 12: Jannatul Ferdous
May 9, 2025
Dissertation defense, May 12: Jannatul Ferdous Read More...

Dissertation defense, April 9: Abir Islam
April 3, 2025
We extend a set of mathematical concepts to develop and analyze distributed algorithms in the interface of robotics and computational geometry. Read More...

UNM student creates game-changing in-seat food delivery service
April 1, 2025
Imagine this: It’s the 4th quarter with five minutes left, and both teams are tied in the biggest rivalry football game of the season. Read More...