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UNM faculty chair international nuclear conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods
April 25, 2025
Three faculty members from The University of New Mexico Department of Nuclear Engineering are organizing an international conference on nuclear engineering modeling to be held in Denver from April 27 to May 1. Read More...
Student wins presentation award at ANS Student Conference
April 17, 2025
Keenan Kresl-Hotz received the Best Presentation Award at the American Nuclear Society Annual Student Conference held in Albuquerque earlier this month. Read More...
UNM to host nuclear engineering students from around the country
March 14, 2025
More than 500 university students, scientists, and job recruiters from around the country are expected to flock to The University of New Mexico in early April to attend “Old and Nu,” the 2025 American Nuclear Society (ANS) Student Conference, which is being held in New Mexico for the first time. Read More...
UNM alum to present Nuclear Engineering seminar on public policy engagement
January 23, 2025
The University of New Mexico’s Department of Nuclear Engineering will begin the Spring 2025 installment of its Seminar Series on Tuesday, Jan. 28 with a seminar by James Gover, Ph.D. Read More...
El-Genk delivered lecture at ANS Winter Meeting and Expo
December 4, 2024
Mohamed S. El-Genk, PhD, Distinguished and Regents’ Professor of Nuclear Engineering and the founding Director of the Institute for Space and Nuclear Power Studies, was an invited speaker at the Open Plenary Panel of the American Nuclear Society’s Winter Meeting and Expo held in Orlando, FL, November 17 – 21, 2024. Read More...
Engineering professor to lead $5 million project investigating materials for safe storage of nuclear waste
October 31, 2024
Project will expand experiential research opportunities for students at UNM and two HBCUs Read More...
UNM Ph.D. student attends Nuclear Engineering Student Delegation
October 9, 2024
A Ph.D. student in the University of New Mexico Department of Nuclear Engineering was one of just 18 students to attend the Nuclear Engineering Student Delegation (NESD) in Washington, D.C., last month. Read More...
UNM Engineering student competes on American Ninja Warrior
August 1, 2024
If you think a college student studying nuclear engineering by day and training as a ninja by night sounds like the plot of a television series, you would almost be right. Read More...
UNM, LANL cohosting muography workshop in November
July 28, 2024
The University of New Mexico and Los Alamos National Laboratory are are cohosting the international 2024 Muographers Workshop, which will be held in Nov. 4-7 in Santa Fe. Read More...