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
Howard Hughes’ legacy lives on at UNLV, from artifacts and photographs in the Special Collections & Archives to the Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering.
UNLV College of Engineering professors Chuck Tessler and John Businge each received highly coveted CAREER awards from the National Science Foundation to bolster their research programs.
From the newly expanded preschool to the Advanced Engineering Building, alum Branden Brumble has led efforts that are reshaping campus spaces.
An interdisciplinary team developing a household filtration and distillation unit is ready to advance to onsite pilot testing phase.
The Engle family's love for UNLV runs so deep they named their terrier-poodle mix Rebel. Now, they're helping the next generation of Honors College students unleash their potential.
With both theoretical knowledge and hands-on experience, UNLV students win national cybersecurity competition.
Engineering In The News
Autonomous vehicles are becoming a more familiar sight on Las Vegas roads, as companies including Zoox, Tesla, Waymo and Aviari move to expand driverless transportation in the valley.
A website allowing drivers to check whether their license plate was searched through Flock Safety’s system is going viral, renewing questions about privacy and the growing amount of data collected throughout everyday life.
Las Vegas is testing an AI-powered lighting system designed to make crosswalks safer and pedestrians more visible to drivers.
63% of pedestrian deaths happen where there is no crosswalk, according to Nevada Traffic Safety crash numbers.This week on Flamingo, just east of Maryland Parkway, FOX5 saw people crossing the road one at a time, two at a time, and three at a time, well outside of any marked crosswalk.
Las Vegas-based WAVR Technologies can actually turn air into water. The deep tech startup that spun out of UNLV is commercializing atmospheric water harvesting systems that extract water directly from the air — even in desert environments at humidity levels as low as 10 percent.
Las Vegas’ mark of 3.46 pedestrian deaths per 100,000 is the fifth-highest in the study, trailing only Albuquerque, New Mexico (4.41), Mesa, Arizona (3.6), Phoenix, Arizona (3.6) and Tucson, Arizona (3.6), respectively. Its walk score is the 13th-lowest in the study. According to a news release by Kuru, the city’s walk score reflects “limited pedestrian infrastructure amid high tourism traffic and busy roadways.”
