Computer Science and Engineering
Kostas Alexis and graduate students with a drone in a tunnel The Department: By the Numbers

Enrollment

619 B.S. students

 

43 M.S. students


47 Ph.D. students

 

8 National Merit Scholars

 

29 Presidential Scholars

Academic Programs

B.S., M.S., Ph.D. in computer science and engineering

Minor and graduate certificate in cyber security

Minor in digital interactive games

Minor in unmanned autonomous systems

Research Productivity

20 tenure-track faculty

2 lecturers

$1.5 million in research awards

$2.6 million  in research expenditures


Department News
Robotics research faculty with the PR2 robot
 
David Feil-Seifer awarded $500,000 NSF grant to study robotic navigation

 
Shamik Sengupta Shamik Sengupta and David Feil-Seifer work together to bring STEM lab research to teachers and their classrooms.
 
A drone flies in a dark tunnel
Mobile robot design course finds solutions to real world applications

College of Engineering stays at forefront of teaching with UAS minor degree program

Kostas Alexis holds a drone Aerial robots to clean nuclear waste facilities; driver-assist autonomous technology to be tested in Reno buses

Autonomous Robots Lab in College of Engineering integrating perception and intelligent systems into robotic vehicles

Read more about research in the Autonomous Robots Lab >>
A view from inside the VR headset showing a pool game Mobile virtual reality gets a hand from University researchers

A new approach to hand tracking brings immersive, affordable virtual reality to your phone.

New Faculty
Engin Arslan
Engin Arslan
Assistant Professor
Data and Software Systems
Ph.D., University at Buffalo
Hui Lin
Hui Lin
Assistant Professor
Cybersecurity and Network Systems
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Tin Nguyen
Tin Nguyen
Assistant Professor
Data and Software Systems
Ph.D., Wayne State University

Awards  and Honors
Kostas Alexis
Kostas Alexis
 Department's Best Researcher Award
Jim La
Jim La
Department's Best Researcher Award
Eelke Folmer
Eelke Folmer
 Infosys Foundation Award
Monica Nicolescu
Monica Nicolescu
College of Engineering
Faculty Excellence Award
Shane Melton
Shane Melton
 Department Outstanding Senior Award.
David Vaughn
David Vaughn
Deparment Outstanding Service Award.
Husain Tazarvi
Husain Tazarvi was named the recipient of the University's Thornton Peace Prize.  
 
The award recognizes Mr. Tazarvi's leadership role in the Reno Muslim community and his work to encourage dialogue about Islam.

Touqeer Ahmad
Touqeer Ahmad
Department Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Tuan Lee
Tuan Le
Department Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
 
Deepak Tosh
Deepak Tosh
Department Outstanding Graduate Thesis Award
Congratulations to our 2016-2017 Graduates!
B.S. Graduates
Luis Almanzar
Jeremiah Berns
Mathew Boggs
Justin Dean Cartlidge
Justin Chambers
Brian Conway
Drew Cortright
Tyler Defoor
Tyler Devaul
Monique Dingle
Dominik Figueroa
Richard Francis
Brian Gaunt
Randy Gonzalez
Daniel Goodnow
Kevin Green
Samson Haile
Jordan Harris
Austin Herrera
 

Emily Huang 
Henry Huffman
Saharath Kleips
Brett Knadle
Timothy Kwist
Daniel Lopez
David Mar
Robert Mckay
Shane Melton
Yuta Miyake
Matthew Molloy
Mathew Monzon
Jaime Moreno-Cervantes
Denis Morozov
Benjamin Nicholes
Ryan Opperman
Meliton Padilla-Neri
Brian Parawan
Nirmit Patel
 

Ryan Penn 
Raymond Pistoresi
Martin Luis Revilla
Jason Rush
Matthew Salivar
Vladislav Savranschi
Tyler Schmidt
Austin Smith
Aarron Stewart
Brandon Takahashi
Husain Tazarvi
Robert Trimble
David Vaughan
Phillip Vong
Travis Walker
Gunnar Wambaugh
Stephen Williams
Ke Xu
Moyu Yan

M.S. Graduates
Sankeerth Ankam
Justin Bode
Benjamin Brown
Nolan Burfield
Angela Chan
Devin Connell
Prasun Dey
Andy Garcia
Deepak Gurung

Prasanna Kansakar
Virajitha Karnatapu
Tuan Le
Karanraj Mangat
Aswathi Mohan
Reddy Padmaraju
Manju Palathingal
Huu Pham
Prathyusha Potlapally


Bikash Poudel
Nimrat Randhawa
Deepthi Sajja
Meera Sebastian
Mustafa Solmaz
Ashley Stafford
Samuel Tregillus
Jaydee Thom
Pei Wang


Ph.D. Graduates
Touqeer Ahmad
Satish Badepalli
Suman Bhunia
Esra Erdin
William Grussenmeyer
Likhitha Ravi

Banafsheh Rekabdar
Ahmet Soran
Deepak Tosh
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