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Mechanical Engineering Highlights

  • Grad student awards: Mechanical Engineering graduate student Soumya Sikdar has been selected for the 2024 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award by the University’s Graduate Student Association. Also, Mechanical Engineering graduate student Alessandro Ralls receives the 2024 Outstanding Graduate Researcher Award. Associate Professor Pradeep Menezes advises both students.
  • Mechanical Engineering graduate student Alessandro Ralls has been awarded the 2024 Sam Lieberman Regents’ Award for Student Scholarship by the Nevada System of Higher Education. Ralls and eight other students were recognized for their academic achievements, leadership ability and service contributions throughout the state. For more, see NSHE Regents’ Awards and Sam Lieberman Student Scholarships Announced.

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NASA astronaut Eileen Collins shares stories at Women in Space event

Selected for the astronaut program in 1990, Collins was the first woman to pilot the space shuttle Discovery

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Thanks to a $36 million gift from the Gillemot Foundation, a new aerospace engineering program prepares for takeoff

'It has taken a large team many years to bring it all together.'

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Engineering international exchange programs offer opportunity to connect to a global community

Student Robert Gillespy shares his experiences in Germany and Mexico

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