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Sureshkumar named chair of Chemical and Biological Engineering starting January 2027
September 1, 2026
Radhakrishna “Suresh” Sureshkumar has been named chair of The University of New Mexico Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering following a national search with executive firm WittKiefer. He will begin the role in January 2027. Read More...

Creating adaptable DNA nanotechnology: William Bricker’s NSF CAREER Award
August 28, 2026
Assistant Professor William Bricker’s project, titled “Higher-order junctions for adaptable and multi-dimensional DNA nanotechnology,” will use computational approaches to expand the design and construction of DNA building blocks. Read More...

UNM to offer new bachelor’s degree in bioengineering
August 5, 2026
The program will be the first of its kind in the state Read More...

School of Engineering faculty awarded 5 NSF CAREERs
June 18, 2026
Five faculty members in The University of New Mexico School of Engineering (SoE) have received National Science Foundation CAREER Awards in what is believed to be a single-year record for the school. Read More...

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...