The UNLV Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering has been selected for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission for a project aimed at making nuclear power plant analysis faster and less expensive, potentially accelerating the deployment of nuclear energy. Led by WooHyun Jung, professor of mechanical engineering at UNLV, the $750,000, nine…

 Bianca Ionescu (Cybersecurity), Master of Cybersecurity student and CyberCorps SFS scholar, was invited to present a talk at the OSINT for Good Community at DEFCON 2026. Established in 1993, DEFCON is the world's largest hacking and security conference. Ionescu's presentation, "Classical OSINT Using AI" focused not on 'artificial…

Master's student Nefeli Georgilas (Cybersecurity) was invited to present at the Aerospace Village during this year's DEFCON conference. Founded in 1993, DEFCON is the world's largest hacking and security conference. Georgilas'  presentation, "Racing PX4: Memory Corruption and Timing Vulnerabilities" analyzed remote vulnerabilities in the PX4…

Shaoan Zhang (Teaching & Learning), Yingtao Jiang (Engineering), Qingmin Shi (Decision Support), and Tony Ferrar (Engineering) recently presented their NSF-HSI Implementation and Evaluation Project, “Enhancing and Expanding the Second-Year Experience (EESYE) to Improve Student Success in Engineering and Computer Science Programs,” at the…

Mehmet Erdem (Hospitality), Shashi Nambisan (Engineering), Billy Bai (Hospitality), William Werner (Hospitality) published the article "Transportation Needs and Commuting Stress Among Hospitality Employees: A Perspective from the Las Vegas Strip Corridor" in ICHRIE Research Reports. This multidisciplinary research effort identifies key components…

Mingon Kang and Eunyoung Jang (both Computer Science) published a perspective article entitled, "Intra- and inter-multi-omics interaction analysis using deep learning" in Bioinformatics Advances. This article provides insight of multi-omics interactions and how deep learning deals with. This article is written by the collaborator, Tesfaye…

Hal Berghel (Computer Science) has published an article titled "A Naive Economics Perspective on Non-Fungible Tokens" in the July 2026 issue of IEEE Computer. In this article, Berghel discusses the technology behind NFTs in the context of the difference between traditional economic theory and meme culture economics.

UNLV has received a $1 million award from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation as part of the national Sloan Centers for Systemic Change (SCSC) initiative. Led by the Graduate College in partnership with the colleges of Sciences and Engineering, the four-year initiative will provide fellowship funding for 30+ STEM doctoral students and…

Richard M. Oxborough, Trishan Wickramasinghe, Louisa Messenger (all Environmental and Global Health), Nikita Gopakumar (Mechanical Engineering), Michael Fong (Art), Yafet Tiruha, and Seungman Park (both Mechanical Engineering), along with other researchers from the University of Ghana Anastasia Mosquito Control (Florida) and Imperial College…

Ahmadreza Khatamgooya (Civil and Environmental Engineering) was recently announced as the 2026-2027 Robert E. Lang Memorial Fellow. The Robert E. Lang Memorial Fellowship is awarded annually to an outstanding UNLV Ph.D. student completing a dissertation in metropolitan public policy broadly defined with special consideration given to…

Charlotta Sanders (Mechanical Engineering) published the article “Nuclear Decommissioning as a New Beginning: Evolving Practices, Emerging Opportunities, and the Next Phase of the Nuclear Lifecycle” in Progress in Nuclear Energy. The work reframes decommissioning as an integrated phase of the nuclear lifecycle rather than an end‑state activity,…

Three doctoral degree students, Jhaell Jimenez, Katrina Parsom, and Michelle Buslon (all Computer Science) were invited to present their research at the Silicon Valley Cybersecurity Conference (SVCC). The conference, supported by the Silicon Valley Cybersecurity Institute (SVCSI) and taking place in early June, brought together researchers,…