Accomplishments: Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering
Godson Ebenezer Adjovu, Haroon Stephen, David James, and Sajjad Ahmad (all Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) published an article titled, "Overview of the Application of Remote Sensing in Effective Monitoring of Water Quality Parameters," in Remote Sensing.
Kwang Kim (Mechanical Engineer), distinguished professor and Southwest Gas professor of energy and matter, co-authored a paper titled "Multiphysics Modeling Framework for Soft PVC Gel Sensors with Experimental Comparisons," in Polymers. The leading author is Justin Neubauer, who graduated with a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering.
Recently, Research.com has ranked professor Kwang Kim (Mechanical Engineering) #180 in the Best Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Scientists in the United States for 2023. The ranking is based on Discipline H-index metric.
Via an interdisciplinary collaboration between UNLV's International Gaming Institute, department of computer science, department of psychology, and William F. Harrah College of Hospitality, Kasra Ghaharian published "Payments transaction data from online casino players and online sports bettors" in Data in Brief with co-authors…
Godson Ebenezer Adjovu (Civil and Environmental Engineering) was awarded the Grad Brag Honoree Award at the 49th Annual Convention of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) held in Kansas City, Missouri, in upholding the “NSBE mission in increasing the number of culturally responsible black engineers who excel academically,…
Godson Ebenezer Adjovu (Civil and Environmental Engineering) presented his research on March 23, 2023, at the Technical Research Exhibition: Poster Session at the 49th Annual Convention of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) held in Kansas City, Missouri.
Hal Berghel (Computer Science) has published an article titled, "911 Swatting, VoIP, and Doxxing," in the current (March 2023) issue of IEEE Computer. The article explains how VoIP has exacerbated the problems in preventing and prosecuting 911 Swatting and Doxxing.
Junggab Son (Computer Science) recently published a co-authored paper, "Cooperative Obstacle-Aware Surveillance for Virtual Emotion Intelligence with Low Energy Configuration," in Drones (IF=5.532).
The new book Weird Science of the World by Japanese author Anna Ikarashi features interviews with faculty members Si Jung Kim and Michael Genova (Entertainment Engineering and Design). The interview delves into the future of entertainment technology and the UNLV EED program.
UNLV Construction Management (CM) undergraduate students participated in Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) Regions 6 & 7 Student Competition held in Sparks, Nev., from February 8-11.
There were 57 universities with a total of 1613 students and 125 faculty coaches who participated in the competition. In this competition, the student…
Marie-Odile Fortier (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction), along with collaborators and students at UC Merced and Winston Cone Optics, published an article, "Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of low-temperature process heat generation by external compound parabolic concentrator (XCPC) solar thermal array," in Renewable Energy.…
Godson Ebenezer Adjovu (Civil and Environmental Engineering) was a recipient of the Phi Kappa Phi 2022 Love of Learning award. The award is to help fund the post-baccalaureate professional development of active Phi Kappa Phi members.