Accomplishments: Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering
Marie-Odile Fortier and graduate student Santiago Cisneros Castillo (both Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) presented at the International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST) 2023 conference in Fort Collins, Colorado. Fortier gave a pre-conference workshop on "Parametric life cycle assessment (LCA)鈥
Professor Hal Berghel (Computer Science) has published a paper titled, "'Free' Online Services and Gonzo Capitalism," in the current (July 2023) issue of IEEE Computer. In this article, Berghel discusses how recent litigation over violations from privacy abuse and antitrust issues to monopolistic digital advertising practices suggest that online鈥
On Thursday, June 15, 2023, OUR鈥檚 Spectra Undergraduate Research Journal鈥檚 Vol. 3, Issue 1 went live with four undergraduate research articles. This issue celebrates the work of undergraduate researchers representing three academic departments: department of history, School of Life Sciences, and department of civil and environmental engineering鈥
As part of a 2023 Faculty Opportunity Award (FOA) program, Bill Bai (Hospitality), Mehmet Erdem (Hospitality), and Shashi Nambisan (Engineering) received $34,998 in funding for their project titled, 鈥淎n Examination of Transportation for Service Employees from Socio-economically Disadvantaged Populations in Las Vegas.鈥 FOA is intended to help鈥
Godson Ebenezer Adjovu, Haroon Stephen, and Sajjad Ahmad (all Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) published an article titled, "Spatiotemporal Variability in Total Dissolved Solids and Total Suspended Solids along the Colorado River," in Hydrology
Kwang Kim (Mechanical Engineering) received a research grant of $800,000 from the Department of Defense, titled "Bioinspired Multi-Functional Soft Materials for Naval Applications."
性视界传媒 College of Engineering graduate student Emma Letourneau is among 32 scholars nationwide awarded a prestigious Tau Beta Pi Fellowship for the 2023-24 academic year. The fellowship, awarded to only about 10% of applicants each year, comes with a $10,000 stipend for advanced study. The oldest engineering honor society, Tau Beta Pi has awarded鈥
In the American Geriatrics Society 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting, interdisciplinary 性视界传媒 'NIHAN' and UNR Sanford Center ICECAP project teams 鈥 Sidkazem Taghva, Mingon Kang (Computer Science); Jay Shen, Pearl Kim, Yonsu Kim (Healthcare Administration & Policy; Public Health), Laurie Kim, Ji Yoo (Medicine) 鈥 were invited to present鈥
Lung-Wen Antony Chen (Environmental and Occupational Health), Prosun Roy, Yi-Tung Chen (both Mechanical Engineering), and their colleagues published an article on "High time-resolution fenceline air quality sensing and dispersion modeling for environmental justice-centered source attribution " in the journal 鈥
Professor Hal Berghel (Computer Science) has had one of his articles, "ChatGPT and AIChat Epistemology," published in the May 2023 issue of IEEE Computer. This article places the current fascination with AIChat technology, and ChatGPT in particular, in the context of a content generation continuum.
Cameron Jensen (Mechanical Engineering) presented his research titled, 鈥淟inear No-threshold Model: A Collection of Studies on The Highly Debated Radiation Protection Standard,鈥 during the International Nuclear Law Association鈥檚 (INLA) Radiological Protection Working Group鈥檚 Technical Meeting on April 21, 2023. Jensen shared a collection of studies鈥
Melissa Morris (Mechanical Engineering) received the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Pacific Southwest (PSW) Outstanding Teaching Award. The award recognizes an engineering educator for their outstanding classroom performance and contributions to the scholarship of teaching. She was honored with this award at the annual鈥