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two students working on quantum equipment at UNM

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UNM Receives NSF Award to Further Quantum Science and Engineering Research

22 August 2022

The National Science Foundation has awarded researchers at the University of New Mexico (UNM) and the University of Delaware (UD) an EPSCoR (Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) Track 2 grant for $4 million to advance quantum…

Members of the six-state CIRCLES Alliance pose for a picture

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New Mexico EPSCoR and UNM collaborating on a $10 Million Award to Advance Native American STEM Education

11 August 2022

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded researchers at the University of New Mexico (UNM), New Mexico Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (NM EPSCoR), and partner institutions from five states in the western half of the U…

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Director Balakrishnan Presents to NM Legislature

14 July 2022

What happened? Earlier this month, NM EPSCoR Director Gunny Balakrishnan presented to the New Mexico State Legislature Science, Technology & Telecommunications Committee at an interim committee meeting held on July 7th and 8th. Committee…

Headshots of NM SMART Grid Center team members who did great things in May

Professor Laura Boucheron standing in front of chalkboard

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The Force of NM SMART Grid Center: Success Stories from May

23 May 2022

Four reasons the force may be with the NM SMART Grid Center Professor Laura Boucheron is on a team at NMSU that has been awarded a $300,000, two-year grant from the Office of Naval Research to develop machine learning algorithms that analyze the…

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Dr. Trilce Estrada Selected as 2022 Women in Technology by New Mexico Technology Council

25 April 2022

Dr. Trilce Estrada, an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science at UNM and a faculty member of the NM SMART Grid Center Decision Support research team, has been selected as one of the New Mexico Technology Council's 2022 Women in…