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Not your mother’s nanomedicine: NIH grant targets safer medication for women
October 20, 2025
Imagine if doctors could optimize treatment of fibroids or ovarian cancer by working with the natural hormonal fluctuations of the body to ensure someone received treatment when it was most effective. What if the medication were also specifically designed to target just one part of the body and reduce negative side effects? Engineers at The University of New Mexico are working to make this targeted medical technology a reality. Read More...

AI tensor network-based computational framework cracks a 100-year-old physics challenge
September 16, 2025
THOR AI breaks curse of dimensionality in statistical mechanics calculations Read More...

Postdoctoral research fellow wins 1st place in conference poster presentation
August 25, 2025
Angelea Maestas-Olguin, a postdoctoral research fellow in the University of New Mexico Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, won first place for her poster presentation at STEAM Summit 2025. Read More...

Engineering a new treatment for ovarian cancer
June 24, 2025
There’s a long way to go when it comes to sex and gender equity in medicine, but engineers at The University of New Mexico hope to close the gap with a new research project exploring alternative treatments for ovarian cancer. Read More...

Two UNM engineers receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
May 12, 2025
Two students from The University of New Mexico School of Engineering were named recipients of competitive National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. Read More...

Serendipitous discovery could lead to more efficient catalysts
April 9, 2025
Preparing catalysts by sending hot, steamy car exhaust over them could improve their efficiency and reduce the amount of rare and expensive metals required in vehicle catalytic converters and many other emission control and industrial processes. Read More...

Wei selected as New Mexico Women in Tech awardee
March 7, 2025
Shuya Wei, assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at The University of New Mexico, was named a recipient of the New Mexico Tech Council’s Women in Tech Award. Read More...

López honored as outstanding UW alum for ‘Creating a Healthier and More Just World’
January 29, 2025
Gabriel López, distinguished professor and interim chair in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at The University of New Mexico, was recently honored as an outstanding alumnus of the University of Washington College of Engineering. Read More...

Two School of Engineering students receive Tau Beta Pi scholarships
September 6, 2024
Two seniors in the School of Engineering have been selected to receive scholarships from engineering honor society Tau Beta Pi. Read More...