Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering

UNLV Leads $20 Million Research Project Funded by NSF

Five-year grant will enhance solar energy technology, address issues related to large-scale solar installations in arid desert lands.

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Spring 2013 Senior Design Winners

Civil Engineering project "Maji to Tuleeni" takes home the grand prize on a night which included a Cirque du Soleil performance and keynote address from the President of National Security Technologies.

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UNLV Named a Regional Solar Test Center

The UNLV Center for Energy Research is one of five sites chosen by the U.S. Department of Energy.

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Team Las Vegas Preps for 2013 Solar Decathlon

DesertSol, an ultra-efficient home designed and built by a multidisciplinary team of UNLV students, marks the university’s first entry into the prestigious U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon.

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Faculty in the Classroom

Professor Donald Hayes, new chair for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, comes from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. His research interests include surface water quality modeling, wetland/ecological engineering, contaminated sediment remediation, and water resources systems planning/analysis.

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