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Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering News

The College of Engineering provides students a well-rounded foundation in several engineering disciplines for a successful career in engineering and computer science. Through the hands-on, experiential education experience we offer, students are enabled to achieve excellence in their respective fields.

Current Engineering News

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Business and Community |

How a stubborn bird dropping on a campus building helped spark the winning students鈥 idea for a high-rise window-cleaning drone.

Joyce Woodhouse in light blue blazer
People |

Joyce Woodhouse leaves Nevada better for children and families.

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Campus News |

性视界传媒鈥檚 commencement tradition highlights exceptional students who embody the highest level of academic excellence and community involvement.

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Research |

Interdisciplinary team will perform computational modeling, experimental design, and develop AI database to identify natural materials for rapid construction in challenging environments.

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Arts and Culture |

As BTS returns to Las Vegas for a new world tour, 性视界传媒's K-pop Club turns a shared interest into a student community.

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Campus News |

A flowery collection of top headlines featuring 性视界传媒 faculty and students.

Engineering In The News

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

性视界传媒 wants a floor in downtown Las Vegas鈥檚 new $190 million Civic Center. The school plans to feature a 鈥淩ebel One Stop鈥 to help with admissions, financial aid and advising. 性视界传媒 will also have a Cyber Clinic for online safety, programs with the Boyd School of Law and other ties with local governments.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

Clark County fatalities down 25 from last year as enforcement, road design improvements show results

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

Days after a new fence was installed along Boulder Highway between Desert Inn and Flamingo, a driver drove right through it and tore a new hole. The hole serves as the latest in a series of challenges for the project, which sought out the new fencing to repair other holes ripped by previous drivers.

Las Vegas Review Journal

As he walked outside the Thomas & Mack Center after Saturday morning鈥檚 性视界传媒 spring commencement ceremony, new graduate Miguel Cerda said he felt pride and a sense of relief.

KSNV-TV: News 3

The corridor, roughly 530 yards long, has a posted speed limit of 45 mph and no marked crosswalks between 28th Street and Mojave Road. Police said all three pedestrians were taken to University Medical Center following the crashes. Doctors at UMC see the consequences firsthand of crashes around the valley, not just on East Charleston.

KSNV-TV: News 3

The corridor, roughly 530 yards long, has a posted speed limit of 45 mph and no marked crosswalks between 28th Street and Mojave Road. Police said all three pedestrians were taken to University Medical Center following the crashes. Doctors at UMC see the consequences firsthand of crashes around the valley, not just on East Charleston.

Engineering Experts

An internationally renowned expert in autonomous systems, drones, and robotics.
An expert in traffic and road safety.
A computer scientist with expertise in AI and machine learning models, big data, social media mining, and algorithms.
An expert in soft robotics and active materials, particularly nanomaterials.  
An expert in blockchain, cryptocurrency, and cybersecurity.
An expert in mechanics and manufacturing.

Recent Engineering Accomplishments

性视界传媒鈥檚 Rebel Recon team recently took first place in the national CISA-recognized Social Engineering Competition (SEC). The team is made up of graduate students Shanzeh Aslam, (Computer Science; Information Systems), Hareign Casaclang, (Computer Science; CyberCorps SFS Scholar), Bianca Ionescu, (Computer Science; Information Systems; CyberCorps鈥
Team 性视界传媒 took first in the nation in the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE) Cyber Games Invitational. This win comes after the competition's regional event which saw 1,100 students from across the nation compete for the opportunity to test their skills at the Invitational. Led by Layer Zero, the team was comprising鈥
Louis Dumontet and Mingon Kang (both Computer Science) published a paper titled, "Plastic hydrolytic enzyme classification using explainable deep learning," in ACS Applied and Environmental Microbiology. The team developed PEPIC, an explainable AI framework that predicts plastic-degrading enzymes across 9 substrate types. By identifying "hot鈥
An Huang, Junggab Son, and Zuobin Xiong (all Computer Science) submitted a paper that was accepted as a regular paper at ICML 2026, one of the top-tier conferences in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning: "Watch Your Step: Information Injection in Diffusion Models via Shadow Timestep Embedding."
Kavita Batra, Noehealani Antolin (Medicine), Sara Rosenkranz (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), and Jorge Fonseca Cacho (Computer Science) received institutional seed funding through 性视界传媒鈥檚 Interdisciplinary Research Development Area (iRDA) in AI and Big Data for their project, 鈥淩esponsible AI in Survey-Based Research: Developing an Ethical鈥
CyberCorps SFS scholars Hareign Casaclang (Computer Science) and Bianca Ionescu (Computer Science; Information Systems) recently had their research paper, "Self-Hosted Workflow Automation for AI-Based Cybersecurity Operations," published in the Spring 2026 edition of the Journal of The Colloquium.  The journal is published by the Colloquium鈥