Graduate Research Opportunities

UNM's proximity to national laboratories offers an unparalleled opportunity for students to participate in world-class research at Sandia National Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Idaho National Laboratory, and many local high tech companies.

Each program of study provides numerous areas where graduate students may focus their research:

Chemical Engineering offers a variety of research areas that include bioengineering, chemical processing, environmental engineering, materials process, and semiconductor manufacturing.http://www-chne.unm.edu/chemicalgraduate.html

Research highlights include:

• New Lab for Nano-Bio Breakthroughs
• A Productive Partnership: A collaboration between Harvard University and UNM creates many new opportunities
• Catalyzing Opportunities: Catalysis of Biomass-derived Reactants
• Powering the Future with Fuel Cell Technology

Nuclear Engineering offers a wide range of research areas that range from medical physics to radiation protection. http://www-chne.unm.edu/nucleargraduate.html

Research highlights include:

• Centers of Collaboration and Creativity: SOE Adds 2 New Centers
  

Civil Engineering's research areas include construction engineering and management, environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering, hydraulics and water resources, structural mechanics, transportation and traffic. http://www.unm.edu/~civil/graduate.html

Research highlights include:

• Mixing Minds and Methods in Materials Design
• Water Hunters
• Learning from the Land

Computer Science offers a wide range of research from computer and internet security to computer programming. http://cs.unm.edu/academics/prospective_graduate_students/

Research highlights include:

• Mighty Molecular Machines: UNM researchers harness the power of molecules
• Scaling the Wall One Word at a Time: Researchers study the computer science behind Internet censorship
• How Do Networks Work?
• Turning 1s and 0s Into Hope

Computer Engineering offers a variety of research areas that include bioengineering, computer intelligence, computer architecture, computer networks and systems, and image processing. http://www.ece.unm.edu/classes/graduatePrograms.html

Research highlights include:

• Transforming Graphics for All: Pradeep Sen's research on computer graphics, visualization, and gaming
• Researching the Mysteries of Complex Systems
• Developing Tomorrow's Internet

Electrical Engineering's research areas include applied electromagnetics, bioengineering, communications, image processing, microelectronics, optoelectronics, signal processing, and systems and controls. http://www.ece.unm.edu/classes/graduatePrograms.html

Research highlights include:

• Energizing Education: Engineering students participate in solar house design competition

• Building a Better Agent: Yasamin Mostofi shows that strong networks start with more cooperative agents

Mechanical Engineering offers a variety of research areas that include energy conversion, energy resources, environment and transportation, manufacturing, materials and structures, and systems and design. http://www.unm.edu/~megrad/

Research highlights include:

• Intelligent Energy
• Racing to a New Level
• The Formula for Success