News: Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering
Wetter conditions could increase water storage in Lake Mead by nine to 48 Percent within two years.
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ faculty demonstrate that research is actually the mother of invention – although necessity certainly got them thinking.
Erin Breen is busy saving lives. Her work with 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’s Transportation Research Center focuses on traffic safety issues – particularly related to teenagers. The personal tragedies she works tirelessly to prevent were brought home to her last summer in a way she never imagined.
One Las Vegas neighborhood is cutting summertime energy bills in half thanks to a collaborative partnership between the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Center for Energy Research, Pulte Homes, and NV Energy.
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ geoscientists are shaking things up with a new 3-D model showing how the Las Vegas Valley will respond to earthquakes. The model will help officials and planners design safer buildings and improve disaster relief plans.
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ is going big and thinking small as it moves to the forefront of solar energy research. The 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Center for Energy Research has installed the world’s most powerful solar energy generator while a 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ chemist is working to expand solar cell technology.
Engineering professor Brendan O’Toole and his team are driven to find ways to protect soldiers through the innovative use of research and technology.
When unsolicited praise for 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’s research and graduate programs arrives, it’s good news for both the university and the community
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