College of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Tiny Satellite Built by UNH Students Blasts Off to Space
When the Falcon 9 rocket blasted off the day after Thanksgiving, it carried with it years of hard work — and the hopes and dreams — of 26 UNH undergraduate students who built a miniature satellite to study the sun and its effects on space weather. A UNH-led student collaboration with NASA’s... Read More
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11/21/25American Institute of Chemical Engineers Honor Two UNH Researchers
Two UNH researchers, Professor Harish Vashisth and postdoctoral research scholar Lev Levintov, in the Department of Chemical Engineering and... -
11/20/25UNH’s Dementia Care Robot Project Enters Home Testing
UNH researchers have begun real-world testing of AI-enabled robot in the homes of families caring for loved ones with dementia, exploring how the... -
11/10/25Faculty Excellence Celebration Recognizes Outstanding UNH Educators
Every year, a chosen few of UNH’s outstanding faculty members from each college and school receive Faculty Excellence Awards in recognition of their... -
11/03/25UNH Researchers Harness AI to Discover Magnetic Materials
Study authors Suman Itani, a PH.D. student in physics (left) and postdoctoral researcher Yibo Zhang. Photo by Jiadong Zang. Magnets are at the core...
Recent Stories
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05/30/24 - Kapadia '99 honored with CEPS Distinguished Alumni AwardWith a one-way ticket in hand, 18-year-old Kash Kapadia ‘99 boarded a plane in Mumbai (Bombay), India enroute to live out his dream of attending college in the U.S. at the... Read More -
05/30/24 - UNH Student Team Wins National Marine Energy CompetitionFor the second year in a row, a UNH team won first place in the Department of Energy's Marine Energy Collegiate Competition. Read More -
05/28/24 - UNH Celebrates Graduates With Weekend of Commencement EventsThe University of New Hampshire celebrated a lively and joyful commencement weekend with seven ceremonies on the Durham campus (and one at UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law) over ... Read More -
05/09/24 - Wave of Innovation: Drift-RMT Takes Home Top Holloway PrizeA team specializing in engineering and business earned the $15,000 grand prize at the 36th Paul J. Holloway Prize Innovation to Market Competition. Drift-RMT emerged victorious... Read More -
05/06/24 - Engineering and Business Merge to Create Sustainable Ocean DrifterData collection buoys are essential for gathering information about the ocean and climate, but these devices can also be unreliable when their batteries die and turn into ocean... Read More -
04/30/24 - URC Celebrates a Quarter Century of Showcasing Student ResearchUNH’s Undergraduate Research Conference (URC), one of the largest and most diverse events of its kind in the country, celebrated its 25th year of showcasing student research and... Read More -
04/25/24 - Five Graduate Students, Alumni Receive NSF Graduate Research FellowshipsThree UNH graduate students and two alumni received prestigious Graduate Research Fellowships (GRFP) from the National Science Foundation. Awarded to students pursuing master’s... Read More -
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04/03/24 - Student-led Project Examines Sun’s Corona During Total EclipseSix Ph.D. physics students from UNH were selected to participate in Citizen CATE 2024 project to collect data during the total solar eclipse. Read More -
03/29/24 - Johnson Selected to Distinguished Lecture SeriesJoel Johnson, professor and chair of UNH’s Department of Earth Sciences, was recently selected as a lecturer for the prestigious 2024-2025 Ocean Discovery Lecture Series. For more... Read More