Author: Giovanni Cordova

  • Oishi to Present at Lightning Lounge

    Co-PI Meeko Oishi will be presenting at the UNM Faculty Lightning Lounge on April 17th @ 4:00 – 5:00 pm at the Draft & Table Pub in the Student Union Building. See flyer here for more details!

  • Yin Yang Wins NSF CAREER Award to Apply Predictability to Shape-shifting Objects

    What could a wrinkled overcoat, a bad hair day and the movement of the tongue all have in common? The answer: A phenomenon called “deformation,” which is the change in the shape of any object. Yin Yang, an assistant professor in The University of New Mexico’s Department of Electrical and…

  • Agile Mfg Featured in ABQ Journal

    The UNM/AFRL Agile Manufacturing Center has been featured in the Albuquerque Journal! Click here to read the news story.

  • Oishi Selected for Prestigious Defense Science Study Group

    Agile-Mfg Co-PI Meeko Oishi has been selected for the prestigious DSSG program. Congratulations Dr. Oishi! Meeko Oishi, an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of New Mexico, has been chosen to participate in the 2020-2021 Defense Science Study Group. The Defense Study Science…

  • Taha Receives American Concrete Institute Award

    Agile-Mfg Co-PI Mahmoud Taha has been honored with the Delmar L. Bloem Distinguished Service Award. Congratulations Dr. Taha! Mahmoud Reda Taha, Distinguished Professor and chair of The University of New Mexico Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, has been awarded the American Concrete Institute’s Delmar L. Bloem Distinguished Service Award.…

  • Tehrani Receives NSF CAREER Award to Develop Strong and Ductile Composites

    Agile-Mfg Lead Co-PI Mehran Tehrani has been honored with the NSF CAREER Award. Congratulations Dr. Tehrani! Mehran Tehrani, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at The University of New Mexico, has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award to develop new materials that are ductile yet strong. Such…

  • UNM Receives Funding from Google for Program to Attract Women into Graduate Studies in Robotics

    Lydia Tapia, associate professor in the Department of Computer Science at The University of New Mexico, is leading a project that received a $35,000 grant from Google to establish a program that uses innovative mentoring to encourage undergraduate women to pursue graduate studies in robotics. UNM was one of 15 institutions…

  • $6.7 Million UNM/AFRL NM Agreement Focuses on Manufacturing Techniques of the Future

    The University of New Mexico and the Air Force Research Laboratory are partnering on a major new project that focuses on agile manufacturing for cost-effective and efficient production of small spacecraft and integrated directed-energy systems. The $6.7 million cooperative agreement is aligned along four research areas: multi-material additive manufacturing, machine…