WOLF PACK INNOVATION: Strategic plan research pillars
The College of Engineering is focused on research and innovation that contributes to economic growth and diversification in Nevada, improves quality of life both at home and around the globe and advances the state of the art in its field. Our research pillars align with both regional and national priorities that reflect our role as a Carnegie classified “very high research activity” institution.
Resilient supply chains, lithium and critical materials
Optimizing a globally sourced, sustainable supply chain and manufactured systems in pharma, active pharma ingredients and biomedical innovations; EV batteries; semiconductors; and critically mined minerals
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- Award to support initial 24-month process of lithium battery workforce and economic development in Nevada, May 11, 2023
- Bahram Parvin receives $2 million to develop a novel cancer therapeutic by reprogramming the tumor microenvirornment, April 20, 2023
- Lithium Supply Chain Process, Engineering Innovation and Education part of College of Engineering vision, Nov. 29, 2022
Equitable infrastructure, mitigating natural hazards
Engineering and designing equitable community infrastructure to mitigate cascading local, regional and global hazards, including wildfires, water issues and earthquakes
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- Engineering receives $4 million Army grant to establish Nevada Center for Water Resiliency, June 8, 2023
- University researchers are key players in world’s tallest full-scale building ever tested on Earthquake Shake Table, May 8, 2023
- Recycled-plastic pavement withstands heavy trucks and extreme weather, April 24, 2023
- Rubber hits the road for RTDensity: Electrical Engineering Professor Sesh Commuri's road construction tool goes to market, March 21, 2023
- ‘Edge to Edge’ project aims to help communities better handle wildfires, other natural disasters, Jan. 25, 2023
- New experimental facility tests interaction of soil and structures during earthquakes, Sept. 15, 2022
Cyber-protected information and communication technology
Designing cyber-enabled information and information communications technology (ICT) systems that drive the future
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Sustainable, net-circular, green and recyclable systems
Designing for a green, net-circular world
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- New testing equipment, only one of its kind in Nevada, allows College of Engineering to expand research into power grids, March 14, 2023
- Nevada Institute for Sustainability improves performance of electric vehicles and the grid, and connects to nation's first Batteries and Energy Storage Technologies Minor, May 11, 2022
Unmanned vehicles — the new space frontier
Understanding unmanned vehicles and the new space frontier, supporting the design vision
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- Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor Aditya Nair wins DoD DEPSCoR award: Research will investigate the control of aeroelastic instabilities for lightweight and flexible aircraft wings, June 9, 2023
- Mechanical Engineering assistant professor wins CAREER award: Lei Cao's research could help industry manufacture stronger, more flexible titanium alloys, Jan. 5, 2023
- Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor wins DOE Early Career Award, Aug. 12, 2022
- Engineering research to develop safe, unmanned aerial systems set to begin this summer, March 10, 2022
- New aerospace engineering program will build on Nevada's rich history in the aerospace industry, June 20, 2021