Accomplishments: Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering

Cameron Jensen (Mechanical Engineering) presented his research titled, “Linear No-threshold Model: A Collection of Studies on The Highly Debated Radiation Protection Standard,” during the International Nuclear Law Association’s (INLA) Radiological Protection Working Group’s Technical Meeting on April 21, 2023. Jensen shared a collection of studies…
Melissa Morris (Mechanical Engineering) received the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Pacific Southwest (PSW) Outstanding Teaching Award. The award recognizes an engineering educator for their outstanding classroom performance and contributions to the scholarship of teaching.  She was honored with this award at the annual…
Jin Ouk Choi (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) received the 2023 Modular Building Fellow Award from the Modular Building Institute (MBI) at the 2023 World of Modular Conference, which had over 1,500 registrants, on April 1, 2023, held in the Bellagio Hotel. The Modular Building Fellow Award is awarded for…
Godson Ebenezer Adjovu (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) has won the 2nd place for the student poster competition held on April 4, 2023, as part of the 2023 Spring Conference of the CA-NV Section of the American Water Works Association (AWWA) held in San Diego, California.
Godson Ebenezer Adjovu (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) presented his research on April 4, 2023, at the CA-NV Section of the American Water Works Association (AWWA) Spring Conference 2023 held in San Diego, California.
Godson Ebenezer Adjovu, Haroon Stephen, David James, and Sajjad Ahmad (all Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) published an article titled, "Overview of the Application of Remote Sensing in Effective Monitoring of Water Quality Parameters," in Remote Sensing.
Kwang Kim (Mechanical Engineer), distinguished professor and Southwest Gas professor of energy and matter, co-authored a paper titled "Multiphysics Modeling Framework for Soft PVC Gel Sensors with Experimental Comparisons," in Polymers. The leading author is Justin Neubauer, who graduated with a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering.
Recently, Research.com has ranked professor Kwang Kim (Mechanical Engineering) #180 in the Best Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Scientists in the United States for 2023. The ranking is based on Discipline H-index metric.
Via an interdisciplinary collaboration between 51ԹϺ's International Gaming Institute, department of computer science, department of psychology, and William F. Harrah College of Hospitality, Kasra Ghaharian published "Payments transaction data from online casino players and online sports bettors" in Data in Brief with co-authors…
Godson Ebenezer Adjovu (Civil and Environmental Engineering) was awarded the Grad Brag Honoree Award at the 49th Annual Convention of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) held in Kansas City, Missouri, in upholding the “NSBE mission in increasing the number of culturally responsible black engineers who excel academically,…
Godson Ebenezer Adjovu (Civil and Environmental Engineering) presented his research on March 23, 2023, at the Technical Research Exhibition: Poster Session at the 49th Annual Convention of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) held in Kansas City, Missouri.
Hal Berghel (Computer Science) has published an article titled, "911 Swatting, VoIP, and Doxxing," in the current (March 2023) issue of IEEE Computer. The article explains how VoIP has exacerbated the problems in preventing and prosecuting 911 Swatting and Doxxing.