Hughes College of Engineering at UNLV. Dr. James serves as the College’s Director of Solar and Renewable Energy Programs and also as the faculty Principal Investigator for UNLV’s recently completed 2017 Solar Decathlon competition entry. He is a principal investigator for a 2-year NASA Nevada Space grant project “STEM Education in Informal Settings,” under which Dr. James conducts outreach projects to K-12 students using portable engineering supply kits, developed by Dr. James and his students. These activities have reached 9,000 K-12 students in the past 4 years. Dr. James also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Nevada Professional Engineers Foundation, where he supports scholarship review and award activities for UNLV College of Engineering students.