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g o . u nm . e d u /e n g i n e e r i n g It takes a special kind of person to want to become an engineer—someone the world turns to to solve all of its increasingly complex problems. Its infrastructure, computing and communications puzzles. Its water and environmental conundrums. Its desperate need for thinner, faster, smaller, stronger and more sustainable everything. Are you up for the challenge? Because we have more than 100 razor-sharp faculty we’d like you to meet if you are. And some hands-on, world-changing, sometimes top-secret research we’d like you to do. The University shares information and creates new knowledge alongside others. Others like some of the most technologically advanced laboratory partners in the world. And others like those in our institutes and our Category III research centers. Because we found that if we pair extraordinary people with extraordinary people, wonderful things happen. We find answers. Create jobs. Empower students. And discover ways to improve the health, welfare and security of people everywhere. Her home away from home is the lab. And at the top of her class, she has her pick. Bleeding-edge research at cutting-edge facilities like Sandia National Laboratories and more. Did we mention those labs are at the top of the world? Beyond her coursework and research work, she sets an example of what it means to lead as a Lobo. BUILD A RACECAR IN CLASS: ME407 g o . u nm . e d u /r e s e a r c h WE WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH 3 NATIONAL LABS—SO YOU CAN. EVERY DAY, OUR PROFESSORS AND STRATEGIC PARTNERS DO WORLD-CHANGING RESEARCH IN OUR CENTERS AND CREATE UNMATCHED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS. Center for Biomedical Engineering (CBME) | Center for Emerging Energy Technologies (CEET) COSMIAC | Manufacturing Training and Technology Center (MTTC) | Institute for Space and Nuclear Power Studies Center for Water and the Environment (CWE) | Resilience Institute CENTERS & INSTITUTES UNM DataONE CASAA CMEM GPS BBER CARC CHTM SHRI NM EPSCOR WE CREATE RELAT I ONSH I PS TO CREATE NEW TH I NK I NG . Air Force Research Laboratory Sandia National Laboratories Los Alamos National Laboratory Find out more about each of these centers and institutes at GO.U NM . E D U / R E S E A R C H C E N T E R S FACULTY FOCUS M A R I N A K O G A N Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science You can find her on the internet. But more importantly, in an emergency she’ll find you. After natural disasters like Hurricanes Sandy, Harvey and Irma, she began researching social computing for the greater good. Setting out to solve problems as whole communities rather than lone individuals. And her desire to harness news-breaking, real-time data when people need it the most—it’s mobilized from here. 0 8 FACULTY FOCUS C H R I S T O P H E R P E R F E T T I Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science STUDENT PROF I LE R A C H E L S T A R K W E A T H E R Junior BS Mechanical Engineering, Department of Computer Science He’s a breaker and a builder. An engineer who plays with atomic nuclei, charting their sensitivities and making energy safer. He knows the implications of his work. How manipulating degrees of isotopic subtleties could mean a future without emissions. Or renewable nuclear energy. So he came here. Splitting time between class and lab to literally power the future. WHEN HE’S NOT MAKING STRIDES IN NUCLEAR ANALYSIS, HE’S LOGGING MILES FOR HIS NEXT MARATHON. ENGINEERING SCHOOL IN NEW MEXICO #1 ENGINEERING SCHOOL — U.S. News & World Report, 2019 TOP 100