Facts About the School of Engineering

Updated 12/21/11

Leadership

Dr. Catalin Roman	Dean, School of Engineering
Dr. Charles B. Fleddermann	Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Dr. Plamen Atanassov	Associate Dean for Research
Dr. Ramiro Jordan	Associate Dean for International Programs
Dr. Wennie Shu	Associate Dean for Graduate Recruiting
Dr. John Wood	Special Assistant to the Dean for Governmental Affairs
Dr. Timothy L. Ward	Chair, Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering
Dr. John Stormont	Chair, Department of Civil Engineering
Dr. George Luger	Interim Chair, Department of Computer Science
Dr. Luke Lester	Interim Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Christopher Hall	Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Steve Peralta	Director of Engineering Student Services
Pete Morgan	Chief Financial Officer
April Davidson	School Administrator
Pamela Hurd-Knief	Senior Development Director
Tamara Williams	Director of Marketing

Departments: 5

Chemical and Nuclear Engineering
Civil Engineering
Computer Science
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mechanical Engineering

Academic Degree Programs

Undergraduate Programs: 9
Master's Programs: 12
PhD Fields: 10

Research Centers & Institutes: 10

• Advanced Materials Laboratory (AML)
• Center for Advanced Research Computing (CARC)
• Center for Biomedical Engineering (CBME)
• Center for Emerging Energy Technologies (CEET)
• Center for High Technology Materials (CHTM)
• Center for Micro-Engineered Materials (CMEM)
• Center for Nuclear Nonproliferation Science and Technology (CN2ST)
• Institute for Space & Nuclear Power Studies (ISNPS)
• Manufacturing Training and Technology Center (MTTC)
• UNM Aerospace Institute

Research

Total Annual Expenditures: $31.73 million
Annual Expenditures per Faculty: $300,000

NSF CAREER Awards since 2007: 13

SOE Innovations since 1995
Patents issued: 203
Start-up companies: 23

Faculty

Tenured and tenure-track faculty: 100
Visiting and Research: 47

Enrollments

Undergraduate: 1167 (35% Hispanic)

Undergraduate Enrollment	Fall 2011
Chemical & Nuclear Engineering (ChNE)	119
Civil Engineering (CE)	106
Computer Science (CS)	96
Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE)	180
Mechanical Engineering (ME)	214
Pre-major	452
Total	1167

 

Graduate: 687 (14% Hispanic)

Graduate Enrollment - MS and PhD	Fall 2011
Biomedical Engineering	8
Chemical & Nuclear Engineering (ChNE)	73
Civil Engineering (CE)	83
Computer Science (CS)	129
Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE)	228
Mechanical Engineering (ME)	86
Manufacturing Engineering	6
Nanoscience and Microsystems	49
Optical Science & Engineering	25
Total	687

Currently 45% of engineering undergraduates come from underrepresented groups (Native American, African American, and Hispanic).

In its September 2010 issue, Hispanic Business magazine ranked the UNM School of Engineering as the fourth-best engineering graduate school for Hispanic students in the nation.

Year School of Engineering was founded

1906

Mailing Address

The University of New Mexico
School of Engineering
MSC01 1140
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001

Dean's Office Phone Number: 505-277-5521