Daniel Gerrity (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) and Duane Moser of the Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences at the Desert Research Institute (DRI) submitted a winning proposal for the first year of the UNLV-DRI Joint Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. This award will allow the pair to recruit a postdoctoral fellow to…

Daniel Emaasit (Civil & Environmental Engineering) was invited by the United Nations Global Pulse to present his research at the 2016 Data Science Africa Workshop. This unique conference brought together experts from academia, industry, government, and development partners to discuss how big data and data science can be used to monitor and…

The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department has been selected as a recipient of the Cadence Design Systems University Software program. The package supports teaching and research applications. Several engineering professors are utilizing the software in their research and classes, including: professor R. Jacob Baker for design of SiGe…

Szu-Ping Lee (Physical Therapy) received a $13,505 grant from the Mountain West CTR-IN and National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health for his “Prosthetic Assessments of Gait and Mobility in Individuals with Lower Limb Loss” research study, which will explore functional mobility and limb loading…

Anjala Krishen (Marketing and International Business) and Pushkin Kachroo (Electrical and Computer Engineering), along with two past doctoral students, Orie Berezan, who earned a doctoral degree from the William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration and is now a faculty member at California State University, Dominguez Hills, and…

Daniel Gerrity (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) has a $330,000 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency research grant that was highlighted during the White House’s water summit outlining the country’s commitments to a sustainable water future. The summit took place March 22. The grant was part of the EPA's Science to Achieve…

Justin Zhan and Laxmi Gewali (both Computer Science) received a $40,000 Army Education Outreach Program (AEOP) UNITE grant to provide STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education to underserved high school students and raise awareness of STEM-oriented industries and career opportunities.  

Donald Hayes (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) was recognized with the Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering's inaugural Distinguished Service Award. The award is given to faculty showing outstanding commitment to the department, college, and university during the previous five years. Service contributions include committee…

David James (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) participated in the TedXLasVegasLive event this month at the Springs Preserve. Director of solar and renewable energy programs at UNLV, he is an expert on the interactive sustainability panel. The all-day event brought together local gurus on important topics concerning…

Paul Oh (Mechanical Engineering) and his team of UNLV researchers and students are being featured in the Nova special, "Rise of the Robots," which will air  at 9 p.m. Feb. 24 on Vegas PBS. In spring 2015, UNLV's team, DRC-HUBO@UNLV, competed in the international Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) robotics challenge,…

Justin Zhan (Computer Science) has been appointed a voting member of the Nevada Commission on Homeland Security (Commission) Cyber Security Committee by Gov. Brian Sandoval. The Cyber Security Committee is responsible for providing advice and recommendations to the commission on Nevada's cybersecurity risk, cyber threat preparedness posture,…

Undergraduate and graduate students in the electrical and computer engineering program participated in the 11th International Symposium on Visual Computing held in Las Vegas Dec. 14-16. Students who were part of presenting four papers included: Mohammad Shokrolah Shirazi (PhD), B. Morris: ” Vision-based Vehicle Counting with High…