News: Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering
Metal Rebel places eighth in the world during the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals. Their goal: Build a robot capable of disaster relief work. View the slideshow.

Meet six 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ graduates who are reshaping Las Vegas' urban core.

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ engineering students launch their drone company with help from across campus.


On display May 8 are inventions from 29 teams, including a solar-powered machine that kills bed bugs, a device that builds urban farms on parking garage roofs and a contraption that would power animal shelters using methane gas from animal waste and more.

Life Sciences and engineering professors team up to develop life-saving devices to detect stroke and heart problems.

Creators of Skyworks Aerial Systems plan to use prize money to research and develop new drone models.

University’s top ranked graduate/specialty programs include Boyd Law School’s legal writing program at No. 3, dispute resolution at No. 9.

Venkat, a faculty member in electrical and computer engineering at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ since 1989, was named interim dean of the college in 2010.

The solar home that netted 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ second place in the international U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon will be on display starting Saturday, Feb. 15.
Nevada designated by FAA as one of six regional sites for unmanned aerial vehicles development; 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ to become training, research hub for industry.

More rainfall in the Colorado River Basin means less water downstream.