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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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The inaugural event brought together students and industry leaders for competitions and crucial professional development.

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The new degree combines technical expertise with business acumen to meet soaring demand in a burgeoning industry.

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A selection of top news headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.

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The assistant professor helps launch career-focused engineering technology program designed with student success in mind.

Engineering In The News

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It’s a big day on campus as UNLV’s College of Engineering celebrates the 25th anniversary of its senior design competition. More than 40 student teams will present their innovations to industry judges, who will score each project on innovation, commercial potential, sustainability, engineering quality, and presentation. And for the first time, the public can vote for their favorite project between 1 and 5 pm.

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UNLV engineering students presented projects to industry leaders.

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More than 60 people have died on Las Vegas valley roads while in or crossing streets, leading road safety advocates to once again sound the alarm.

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A program at UNLV is working with Las Vegas Valley high schools to recruit future technology experts as demand for cybersecurity professionals continues to grow.

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Clark County and PedSafe Vegas hosted a World Day of Remembrance Ceremony in the rotunda of the Clark County Government Center on Monday from 5 to 6 p.m. The ceremony honored those who have lost their lives or been impacted by roadway crashes.

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Six Las Vegas Valley pedestrians have been struck and killed since Nov. 1, and safety advocates warn about the dangers on our roads with shrinking daylight hours. The warning comes after the latest crash involving a child: on Monday at 4:38 p.m. police said an 11-year-old girl was badly hurt crossing Lake Mead Blvd. by Pecos Road. Police said the girl was outside a marked crosswalk.

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Recent Engineering Accomplishments

CyberCorps® SFS scholars Hareign Casaclang (Computer Science) and Bianca Ionescu (Computer Science and Information Systems) were selected to present their research on “Self-Hosted Workflow Automation For AI-Based Cybersecurity Operations” at the 2025 Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education (CISSE™) conference that took place at…
Juyeon Jo and Yoohwan Kim (both Computer Science) have secured the redesignation of Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD) for the department’s B.S. in Computer Science, Information Assurance Concentration degree program. Originally secured in 2019, this redesignation is valid through academic year 2030. The National Centers of…
The Brain Injury Translational Research (BITR) lab proudly presented posters at the UMC 8th Annual Poster Symposium help Nov. 5-6, 2025.  Hana Sourjah, Dihini Perera, Ph.D. student Joe Cadiz, and Hyunhwa "Henna" Lee (all Nursing) received the 2nd Place Award in the Healthcare Student category for their…
Chris Parker and Shae Deschutter (both Engineering), delivered a virtual presentation at the 2025 Annual NACADA Conference, the global community for academic advising. The conference was held at Caesars Palace from Oct. 26-29, 2025. The virtual presentation was titled "Hitting the Mark: A Holistic Approach to Increasing Retention, Progression and…
Graduate student Grace Goodwin (Psychology), undergraduate Sebastian Mehrzad (Princeton University), and faculty Jorge Fonseca (Computer Science), Jeffrey Cummings (Brain Health), and Samantha John (Brain Health) recently published their research article, "Classification of AD and bvFTD using neuropsychological and neuropsychiatric variables: a…
Hal Berghel (Computer Science) published an article titled, "A Generative AI Perspective on the Turing Test: Passed but Not Vindicated," in the current issue of IEEE Computer. In this article Berghel argues that while it seems clear that generative artificial intelligence has passed the Turing test, it does not follow that GenAI has demonstrated…