Accomplishments: Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering
Caleb Green (Law) recently received the Cultural Diversity Foundation Scholarship award. Currently a Boyd School of Law student, Green, '15 BA Computer Science, is a former McNair Scholar. He continues to excel academically while giving back to the university and the community. He has participated in the law school's community service program and…
The College of Engineering is proud to share that fiscal year 2017 marks its most prolific year in funded awards. A total of 130 funded proposals brought in $13.9 million in research funding, a 61 percent increase over last year.
The college is committed to pursuing and conducting influential research that is key to a growing STEM-driven economic…
Hal Berghel (Computer Science) once again has been featured in ACM Computing Reviews as having had a notable article published in 2016. His article, "The Bogus Science Theorem" originally appeared in IEEE Computer.
Hualiang "Harry" Teng (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) has been appointed as commissioner of Nevada High-Speed Rail Authority. His term began July 1 and will end June 30, 2021.
Donald Hayes (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) received the 2017 Dredger of the Year Award from the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) for his extensive and outstanding contributions to the dredging community and to the association.
As professor and department chair at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ, Hayes supports the dredging community in…
Daniel Gerrity (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction), Brett Levner (Film) and a group of students collaborated to create a short documentary about water conservation and reuse in Southern Nevada. Their project was funded by a grant from the the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program…
Forty undergraduates recently were awarded scholarships through the office of undergraduate research's summer undergraduate research funding (OUR SURF) program. These scholarships support undergraduate research, scholarship, entrepreneurial, performance, or visual art projects in the summer months. A total of $39,000 in funding was…
Justin Zhan (Computer Science) and Paul Oh (Mechanical Engineering) received a $600,000 award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Site in Big Data at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ. Zhan is the principal investigator on the project; Oh is the co-principal investigator.
The RET in Big Data will help close the…
Rachel Farner, Muhammed Thabet, Drew Brunson, Wayman Wittman, Artur Maryamov, Daniel Vargas, Michael Philichi, (all Business), Brian Garrido (Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology), and Albert Antero (Computer Science) were honored at the recent 2017 Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup Collegiate Business Plan Competition.
MBA students…
Pouya Shojaeishahmirzadi (Mechanical Engineering) recently was awarded the 2017-18 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Graduate College STEM Fellowship. Shojaeishahmirzadi is pursuing a doctoral degree in mechanical engineering. Professor Woosoon Yim is his advisor.
The 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Graduate College STEM Fellowship is granted over four semesters to support newly admitted doctoral…
Yoohwan Kim (Computer Science) has been selected for the 2017 Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship Program to conduct research at the Air Force Research Laboratory. The fellowship also will support graduate student Russell Harkanson (Computer Science).
The program, sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, offers hands-on…
Haroon Stephen (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) was awarded 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Foundation Distinguished Teaching Award at the 2017 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Academic Achievement Award Ceremony on April 19. Recipient of this award must be a full-time academic faculty member who has completed five years of teaching at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ and has been recommended by both their…