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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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Research |

UNLV among select group of universities with high research output identified for potential to “unleash innovation” and create economic impact.

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People |

The Honors College Alumnus of the Year says UNLV gave him the confidence to tackle complex problems, a skill he now puts to work as a software engineer at Google.

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Research |

UNLV boasts Nevada’s only MRI facility dedicated to university research. Here’s what our professors hope to discover with it.

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UNLV History |

Howard Hughes’ legacy lives on at UNLV, from artifacts and photographs in the Special Collections & Archives to the Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering.

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Research |

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. 

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People |

From the newly expanded preschool to the Advanced Engineering Building, alum Branden Brumble has led efforts that are reshaping campus spaces.

Engineering In The News

KSNV-TV: News 3

Waymo’s current service area stretches a few miles east and west of Interstate 15, reaching as far south as Boulder Junction and as far north as the northern terminal of the Las Vegas Strip.

KSNV-TV: News 3

A line of fur-midable characters made its way to schools in the West Valley Wednesday morning.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Traffic safety leaders joined forces with iconic local mascots Wednesday to send an urgent message to drivers in school zones: “Be kind, be alert, save a life.”

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

If you saw a mascot while you were dropping your kid off at school Wednesday morning, no, your eyes weren’t deceiving you.

Las Vegas Sun

Waymo has started offering autonomous ride-hailing service in Las Vegas to public riders, the company announced today.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

As Waymo rolls out driverless cars in Clark County, FOX5 is looking into safety concerns after several thousand cars were recalled this summer.

Engineering Experts

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Recent Engineering Accomplishments

Shaikh Arifuzzaman (Computer Science) is leading a three-year project with collaborators at the University of Kansas to address one of the fundamental challenges in earthquake science: understanding how active fault systems are organized, connected, and evolve across some of the world's most tectonically active regions. Backed by a $590,000…
Ph.D. student and graduate research assistant Melissa Swinehart (Computer Science; International Gaming Institute) presented her research, "Detecting Unusual Gambling Transaction Patterns," at the European Association for the Study of Gambling (EASG) conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Sept. 9, 2026. Her presentation highlighted advanced methods…
Moses Karakouzian (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) published a 1,200-page book in 2026 titled Advanced Foundation Engineering: Principles, Performance, and Prospects, co-authored with A. H. Eslami and published by Wiley.
Beomsu Baek, Eunyoung Jang, Phani Parsa, and Mingon Kang (all Computer Science) published an article, titled "Knowledge-guided learning with curated prior genetic biomarkers for robust model interpretation", in the 25th European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB 2026) (Acceptance rate: 19.64%). The study introduces an innovative idea…
Lina R. Nih (Brain Health) and Seungman Park (Mechanical Engineering) have co-authored an article entitled “Cellular Viscous Properties in Senescence: An Emerging Biophysical Perspective and Potential Biomarker,” published in Ageing Research Reviews. This article explores changes in cellular viscosity during aging and their potential use as a…
Shengjie Zhai (PI), Emma E Regentova (co-PI), Ming Zhu (co-PI) (all Electrical and Computer Engineering) and Vanessa Vongkulluksn (co-PI) (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) from the have received a prestigious National Science Foundation (NF) award of $899,898 for developing "Pocket TA: A Multimodal AI Platform for…