Snow is listed as one of the essential climate variables to be monitored by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. However, much o…
2021 Archive
February
March
UNM teams up with international researchers to study snowmelt
March 30, 2021
From the UNM Newsroom:
Right now, 99.7 percent of New Mexico is in a severe drought, 82.2 percent is in extreme drought and 53.4 percent is facing exceptional drought – all of which create consi…
April
Undergraduate engineering students empowering the next generation
April 20, 2021
From the UNM Newsroom:
"Two undergraduate students at The University of New Mexico are hoping to pass their excitement for water and scientific discovery on to the next generation.
Taylor Busch (a sen…
May
Civil engineering research paper highlighted in journal
May 25, 2021
A research paper authored by faculty in the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering at The University of New Mexico has been selected to be spotlighted in the journal Environme…
Engineering Program Ranked #18
May 25, 2021
Intelligent.com has ranked the Best Engineering Degree Programs (undergraduate) in the U.S. and UNM’s engineering programs are #18!
Each program was evaluated on the basis of flexibility, facult…
UNM awarded $3.7 million from EPA for drinking water and wastewater projects
May 13, 2021
The University of New Mexico is one of the lead institutions that will receive grant funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for training and technical assistance to small drinking water…
SOE honors CCEE faculty members and students
May 10, 2021
The School of Engineering recently held its annual awards ceremony to honor faculty, staff, and students. Dr. Kerry Howe received the SOE Senior Faculty Research Excellence Award, and Dr. Mark Stone r…
Center for Water and the Environment participates in STEM Research Challenge
May 3, 2021
Four members of The University of New Mexico’s Center for Water and the Environment (CWE) volunteered to be category judges for the 2021 Central New Mexico STEM Research Challenge on March 22-27…
June
CCEE student receives NM WWRI grant
June 23, 2021
Natalie Gayoso, a student in the Water Resources Engineering Program has received a grant from the New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute.
The award supports the training of Ne…
UNM project on environmental behavior of metals receives Army Research Office funding
June 21, 2021
Researchers from The University of New Mexico have received a three-year, $370,000 award from the Army Research Office, an element of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Army…
PhD student honored at conference
June 3, 2021
Isabel Meza has received the 3rd Place Oral Presentation Award for the AWWA/WEA (American Water Works Association/Water Environment Federation) Rocky Mountain Section student conference!…
July
Dr. Gonzalez-Pinzon awarded NSF grant for wildfire disturbances
July 28, 2021
Dr. Ricardo Gonzalez-Pinzon, Associate Professor in CCEE, who specializes in water resources, has been awarded an NSF grant of $423,431 to investigate how far downstream wildfire disturbances propagat…
August
Howe receives Water Quality Person of the Year award
August 16, 2021
Kerry Howe, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, has been selected as Water Quality Person of the Year from the American Membrane Technology…