Accomplishments: Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering

The Da Kine Lab (DKL) under the direction of H. Jeremy Cho (Mechanical Engineering) have been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Members of the DKL have developed a new, faster way to capture water from the air. The students in the DKL include: Yiwei Gao, Areianna Eason, Santiago Ricoy, Addison Cobb, Ryan Phung, Amir…
Hal Berghel (Computer Science) conducted an interview with noted computer security authority Bruce Schneier that will appear in the November issue of IEEE Computer. This interview focuses primarily on the issue of computer and networking security as it applies to artificial intelligence.
Yoohwan Kim, Juyeon Jo, Mehdi Abid (all Computer Science), and UNLV Cyber Clinic members Bianca Ionescu, Christian Rodriguez, and Arturo Roman (all Information Systems), were invited to attend the 2024 National Cybersecurity Education Colloquium (NCEC) and present on the UNLV Cybersecurity Clinic. The main goal of the event, which took place…
Yoohwan Kim, Juyeon Jo, Mehdi Abid (all Computer Science), and UNLV Cyber Clinic members Bianca Ionescu, Christian Rodriguez, and Arturo Roman (all Information Systems), were invited to attend the 2024 National Cybersecurity Education Colloquium (NCEC) and present on the UNLV Cybersecurity Clinic. The main goal of the event, which took place…
Hal Berghel (Computer Science) is co-author of a paper titled "Healthy Skepticism," published in the November 2024 issue of IEEE Computer. Berghel and his co-authors emphasize the criticality of healthy skepticism in the project design and implementation of computerized socio-technical systems.
Yoohwan Kim (Computer Science) was recently joined by five-time CIO and Mandiant (now part of Google Cloud) Practice Leader Kathy Cruz, and Executive Director for the Guinn Center for Policy Priorities Jill Tolles, for a "Cyber Resiliency in American Elections" panel discussion. The discussion focused on the roles of people, processes,…
Yoohwan Kim (Computer Science) was recently joined by five-time CIO and Mandiant (now part of Google Cloud) Practice Leader Kathy Cruz, and Executive Director for the Guinn Center for Policy Priorities Jill Tolles, for a "Cyber Resiliency in American Elections" panel discussion. The discussion focused on the roles of people, processes,…
Scholars working on research at the International Gaming Institute presented four posters at the 25th annual International Center for Responsible Gambling (ICRG) Conference on Sunday, October 6, 2024.  Samantha Wells (Learning & Technology) presented her work on using LLM-based chatbots for supporting responsible gambling education.…
Alexander Barzilov, Woosoon Yim (both Mechanical Engineering), Artem Gelis (Radiochemistry), and Ke-Xun Sun (Electrical and Computer Engineering) were awarded a five-year, $5,000,000 renewal grant from the National Nuclear Security Administration through the Minority Serving Institution Partnership Program (MSIPP) to continue research projects of…
Victor Fearn, Man Vu (both Computer Science) and external UNLV Clinic member Leo Guerrero, had the chance to present as part of the Datasec Cybersecurity CISO Innovation Summit event hosted at the International Innovation Center. Datasec, organizers of the event, invited the Cyber Clinic to present after their earlier presentation this year at…
Yoohwan Kim (Computer Science) recently presented as part of a panel at the “Insight Q3: FinTech in Las Vegas” exclusive event hosted at Switch World Headquarters for key Las Vegas investors and stakeholders leading Southern Nevada’s economy. The event, organized by the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance and Cox Business, focused on the strengths…
Yoohwan Kim (Computer Science) recently presented as part of a panel at the “Insight Q3: FinTech in Las Vegas” exclusive event hosted at Switch World Headquarters for key Las Vegas investors and stakeholders leading Southern Nevada’s economy. The event, organized by the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance and Cox Business, focused on the strengths…