In The News: Department of Mechanical Engineering
The climate crisis continues to deepen throughout the Southwestern U.S. as severe heat waves and dwindling groundwater reserves threaten the vitality, livability, and economic future of the growing region. It’s an unfavorable prognosis that requires the intervention of invention.
The climate crisis continues to deepen throughout the Southwestern U.S. as severe heat waves and dwindling groundwater reserves threaten the vitality, livability, and economic future of the growing region. It’s an unfavorable prognosis that requires the intervention of invention.
A pioneer in the computing space named Alan Kay said these words over 50 years ago. And they summarize our current situation in the Southwest U.S. quite well. With heat waves getting more severe, along with dwindling groundwater, the unfavorable prognosis for the region requires the intervention of invention.
A pioneer in the computing space named Alan Kay said these words over 50 years ago. And they summarize our current situation in the Southwest U.S. quite well. With heat waves getting more severe, along with dwindling groundwater, the unfavorable prognosis for the region requires the intervention of invention.
Three UNLV professors are working on an iron-production method that doesn’t generate carbon emissions, part of an effort to clean up one of the world’s dirtiest industries.
Three UNLV professors are working on an iron-production method that doesn’t generate carbon emissions, part of an effort to clean up one of the world’s dirtiest industries.
The next generation of engineers is ready to solve real-world challenges. Engineering students at UNLV showcased their skills at the Fred and Harriet Cox Senior Design Competition on Thursday. Over 180 students across 38 teams presented their technology advancement ideas to a panel of industry judges.
You wanna see her move? I think that's the fun part. The room is thick with anticipation and fabricated skulls. She's gonna wake up. Give her a second. Matt McMullen eyes his creation as her eyes flutter open in return, her gaze settling upon all the disembodied faces and mechanical mandibles surrounding her in this workshop where fake hair co-mingles with real ambition.
Amid a world of evolving AI, a Las Vegas man brings his creations to life.
This weekend teams from across the Valley and around the world will meet on the field of battle to put their robots to the test. The teams are made up completely of high school students, with the help of some very special mentors sent to them from UNLV. FOX5 caught up with one team to learn more about the competition, and the bonds formed while building robots and futures.
UNLV student mentors are assisting high school robotics teams to compete in the Las Vegas Regional FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC). The international robotics competition has teams producing robots to compete against other teams in a game that changes with every tournament. This year involves collecting “notes”, orange, foam rings, and shooting them into goals.
Nevada regional transportation commissions are embracing a relatively untapped form of clean energy by adding hydrogen fuel cell buses to their fleets.