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New Mexico State University College of Engineering
NMSU
New Mexico is a high-tech state, hosting research and development organizations that include:
•Los Alamos National Laboratory•Sandia National Laboratories•Air Force Research Laboratory•White Sands Missile Range•University of New Mexico•New Mexico Tech•Spaceport America•New Mexico State University
Science and Engineeringin New Mexico
Spaceport America
• Land-grant institution established in 1888• Engineering established in 1890• Research expenditures for FY 2011: $155 million• Enrollment: 14,495 Undergraduate, 3,529 Graduate• Designated a NASA Space Grant College• Ranked by the Carnegie Foundation
as Research University with high research activity institution
• Listed among America’s Best Colleges by Forbes Magazine
NMSU Profile
• Ranked 30th nationally in all R&D expenditures among colleges and universities without medical school (2009 NSF)
• Ranked 17th nationally in federal engineering R&D expenditures (NSF) among all colleges and universities
• Hispanic-serving institution with main campusminority enrollment more than 49 percent
• 86 undergraduate majors, 53 master’s programs, 21 doctoral programs
• Colleges: Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, Arts and Sciences,Business, Education, Engineering, Extended Learning, Health and Social Services, Honors
NMSU Profile
College of Engineering Academics
Academic Departments•Chemical Engineering•Civil Engineering•Electrical and Computer Engineering•Engineering Physics (Arts and Sciences)•Engineering Technology and Surveying Engineering•Industrial Engineering•Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Degree Areas•BS: 14 disciplines •MS: 7 disciplines•Ph.D.: 6 disciplines
College of EngineeringDegrees Offered
Aerospace Engineering (BS, MS, Ph.D.)Chemical Engineering (BS, MS, Ph.D.)Civil Engineering (BS, MS, Ph.D.)Electrical and Computer Engineering (BS, MS, Ph.D.)Engineering Physics (BS)Engineering Technology (BS-emphasis in civil, electronics and computer, information, or mechanical)Environmental Engineering (MS)Industrial Engineering (BS, MS, Ph.D.)Information and Communication Technology (BICT)Mechanical Engineering (BS, MS, Ph.D.)Surveying Engineering (BS)
Academics
Sole provider in New Mexico of BS degrees in:• Aerospace Engineering• Engineering Physics• Engineering Technology (four disciplines)• Industrial Engineering• Information and Communication Technology• Surveying Engineering
Sole provider Aerospace Engineering MS, Ph.D.
Broadening Participation, Lead Institution:• Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation• Reaching the Pinnacle – people with
disabilities
Student Population
Student Population Diversity
Research Summary
Research continued
Key Research Areas
Aerospace•Materials monitoring systems, biomimetrics, structural computer simulation, nanosatellites, unmanned aerial vehicles, and robotics
Energy•Fuel-cell technology, renewable resources, electric power systems engineering, smart-grid and micro-grids
Information Sciences•Wireless networking, remote sensing, sensor networks, target recognition, speech processing, space communications, and antenna design
Key Research Areas
Transportation•Bridge and highway safety, evaluation methods, design, and materials performance, structural health monitoring of infrastructure
Water•Technology development for advanced water quality and quantity analysis
Professional Development Delivery of professional development programs
to ensure a technically skilled workforce that remains adaptable, innovative and relevant to the needs of the state.
Business Assistance Delivery of technical support and relevant
resources to industry, government agencies and non-governmental organizations.
K-16 STEM Outreach Delivery of learning programs for K-12 students
that support educational attainment in STEM career fields.
Engineering New Mexico Resource Network
Engineering technology students designed and built a portable demonstration solar water pump.
Advancing New Mexico’s Economy
EUMP Professional Engineer Refresher Course Climate Station Training Weather and Climate Short Course Bridge Inspection Training Bridge Inspection Refresher Quality Concrete School PLTW Teacher Training SWTDI Photovoltaic/National Electric Codes
Training MTEC Training IEE Pollution Prevention Training Wells, Pumps, Etc. FPGA Nano-Board Workshop Re-Energize the Americas Conference
Professional Development
NMSU has presented the Quality Concrete School for nearly 50 years.
Business Assistance
Pollution Prevention Assessments Energy Efficiency Assessments Renewable Energy Deployment
Assistance Manufacturing Proof of Concept and
Prototype Development Assistance Advanced Engineering and
Technology Assistance Innovation and Entrepreneurial
Partnerships with New Mexico Manufacturing Extension Partnership, NMSU Arrowhead Center, and others
The engineering technology department has developed a series of videos about alternative energy technologies.
K-16 STEM Outreach
NM Project Lead the Way NM Pre-Freshman Engineering
Program NM BEST Robotics: Boosting
Engineering, Science and Technology Robotics
NM Alliance for Minority Participation
Reaching the Pinnacle (students with disabilities)
IEE Pollution Prevention, Energy Efficiency and Water Education Programs
WERC Environmental Design Contest
Students have been learning about engineering through the PREP program since 1997.
Manufacturing Technology and Engineering Center
Faculty and staff: 1 faculty and 8 staff
Specialty Areas: Mechanical and manufacturing engineering, product design and development, prototyping, machining and fabrication, training, Project Lead the Way administration
Student Involvement: 3 student employees
Annual Research Expenditure: $300K
Primary Funding Agencies: New Mexico Research and Public Service Project, New Mexico Chile Association, Private Sector
Southwest Technology Development Institute
Full-time Staff: 5
Specialty Areas: Photovoltaic (PV, solar electricity) system design and engineering, PV system field test and evaluation, data collection, engineering performance and economic analyses. Development and outreach of solar codes and standards. Design and development of laboratory-grade monitoring instrumentation.
Student Involvement: 3 undergraduate employees, capstone mentor for two graduate students
Annual Research Dollars: $1.7 M
Primary Funding Agencies: U.S. Department of Energy, Sandia National Laboratories, several major investor-owned utilities, private industry.
Full-time Staff: 19
Specialty Areas: Radiochemistry, Organic Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, and In-Vivo Bioassay Services.
Mission/Community Involvement: Perform environmental monitoring of people, air, water (ground water and drinking water), soil, and sediments in and around the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant looking for actinides and other specific elements/compounds.
Annual Research Dollars: $3.2 M
Primary Funding Agencies: U.S. Department of Energy, Los AlamosNational Laboratories, URS Corp.
Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center
Institute for Energy and the Environment
Full-time Staff: 12
Specialty Areas: Advanced water treatment, alternative energy, biofuel, environmental
Student Involvement: (summer ‘12) 4 MS, 7 Ph.D. chemical engineering students involved in research. Fall ‘12, anticipate adding 3-4 MS students.
Annual Research Dollars: $2.3 M
Primary Funding Agencies: Bureau of Reclamation, Office of Naval Research, National Energy Technology Laboratory-DOE, Intel, Freeport-McMoRan, U.S. EPA, Shaw Environmental, State of New Mexico, and Winrock
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Research Focal Areas and
Department Profiles
Bridges, Structures, and Infrastructure
Bridge Research• Inspection: US, Korea, China• Safe Load Testing• Health Monitoring• Monitoring Defective Components• Smart Bridges• Concrete Shrinkage and Control• Nonlinear Ultrasonic Testing• Close-range Photogrammetry
Evaluation of structures
Safety/security of infrastructure
Power Systems
• Involved in all aspects of electric power systems, including economics, management societal aspects of power engineering
• Control and management of networks through distributed intelligence
• Development of prototype renewable-energy-based micro grid electric distribution system in partnership with electric utility
• Development and demonstration of innovative energy-related technologies with potential to reduce dependence on fossil fuel energy
Electric Utility Management Program
•1 of 10 university-based power engineering programs in the U.S.•Graduates 15 BS,10 MS/PhD annually•State-of-the-art electric transmission simulation laboratory
Aerospace Research
• SNL: Reduced-Order Modeling of Shear Layers• NASA: Simulation Study of A 6-DOF Cable-Robot based EVA
Training System• DOD: Flapping Wing Aerodynamics and Control• NASA: Simulating reduced gravity in space flight training using
an exoskeleton• NASA: Structural Health
Monitoring and Self-Healing of Aerospace Structures
• Planning and support for launching unmanned, high-altitude research balloons up to 60 million cubic feet and weighing as much as 8,000 lbs. from sites all over the world
• Received the Robert H. Goddard Award for Exceptional Achievement in Engineering
• CRDA between NMSU and FAA for Unmanned Aircraft System Flight Test Center, allowing safe operation in national airspace
• Research and development for diverse UAS applications
Suborbital Space
• Development of an Adaptive Reduced-Gravity Simulator for Aerospace and Biomechanics Research (funded by NSF for $1.68 million) for neural rehabilitation and physiotherapy of people with walking impairment and human motion capture for sports analysis
• Human-body dynamics modeling and characterization
• Human dynamics database and computer animation
• 3D human motion analysis and performance optimization
Bioengineering and Biomedical Research
Algal Biofuels for Aviation
• Production of jet quality biofuels from algae in a “drop-in fuel” application
• Conduct of long-term testing in aero engines• Identification of issues related to combustion,
materials compatibility and heat transfer • Feedback of information to alleviate
problems from the feedstock and processing conditions
Advanced materials for sustainable energy and clean water, including: •Synthesis of nanostructured adsorbents for hydrogen storage•Synthesis of carbon nanotube membranes for water treatment and smart sensors
Synthesis, processing and microstructural characterization of nanostructured materials:•Thin-film characterization, especially spectrometric ellipsometry and x-ray techniques
Modification of magnetic properties: •Correlated-electron systems, permanent magnets, superconductors, and nanostructured magnets
Advanced Materials Research
Chemical Engineering at NMSU
Faculty: 9
Specialty Areas: advanced materials, renewable energy and clean water, biomedical engineering, separations, modeling and simulation
Nuclear Energy Minor
Enrollment (fall 2011): 145 BS, 14 MS, 13 Ph.D.
Degrees Granted (2011-12): 16 BS, 2 MS
Major Employers: ExxonMobil, ChevronPhillips, Dow Chemical, Western Refining, APS, Intel
Annual Research Expenditure: $877 K
Primary Funding Agencies: National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Defense
Civil Engineering at NMSU
Faculty: 14
Specialty Areas: Structures, geotechnical, water resources, environmental
Enrollment (fall 2011): 282 BS, 43 MS, 24 Ph.D.
Degrees (2011-12): 30 BS, 19 MS, 2 Ph.D.
Major Employers: NM Dept. of Transportation, Sandia National Baker Concrete Construction, Bohannan-Houston, Centex Corp., Chavez-Grieves Consulting Engineers Inc.
Annual Research Expenditure: $1.9 M
Primary Funding Agencies: NM Department of Transportation, LosAlamos National Laboratory, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Sandia National Laboratories, National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Electrical and Computer Engineering at NMSU
Faculty: 21
Specialty Areas: Computer engineering, signals and systems, power and control, photonics and electromagnetics
Enrollment (fall 2011): 301 BS, 86 MS, 52 Ph.D.
Degrees Granted (2011-12): 29 BS, 30 MS, 2 Ph.D.
Major Employers: PSL, NASA (White Sands, Johnson Space Center), SNL, El Paso Electric Company, PNM, Raytheon, General Dynamics
Annual Research Expenditure: $2.1 million
Primary Funding Agencies: Army High-Performance Computing Research Center, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, U.S. Department of Energy, NASA, National Science Foundation, Sandia National Laboratories
Engineering Technology and Surveying Engineering at NMSU
Faculty: 13
Specialty Areas: computer networking, manufacturing, transportation and structures, water resources, thermo science, VHDL and Altera systems design, renewable energy and digital systems, database systems and programming, data analysis
Enrollment (fall 2011): 537 BS
Degrees Granted (2011-12): 69 BS
Major Employers: Dept. of Transportation, LANL, Smith Engineering, Meridian Engineering, PSL, Procter & Gamble, Halliburton, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Harris, Lockheed Martin, El Paso Electric, Hewlett Packard
Annual Research Expenditure: $342 K
Primary Funding Agencies: NM Space Grant Consortium, NM Dept. of Transportation, NASA, Proctor & Gamble
Industrial Engineering at NMSU
Faculty: 6
Specialty Areas: Operations research-transportation, scheduling, data mining, statistical modeling; Manufacturing; Systems Engineering- heath care, military and national security; Engineering Management and Enterprise Development
Enrollment (fall 2011): BS 63, MS 107, Ph.D. 25
Degrees Granted (2011-12): BS 6, MS 37, Ph.D. 1
Major Employers: Ethicon, Intel, Proctor &Gamble, Nestlé, Boeing, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, General Motors
Annual Research Expenditure: $32 K
Primary Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at NMSU
Faculty: 18
Specialty Areas: Non-linear dynamics, micromechanics of materials, bio-inspired fluid mechanics, gas kinetics, spaceflight dynamics, orbital mechanics, robotics
Enrollment: 705 BS, 30 MS, 21 Ph.D.
Degrees Granted (2011-12): 105 BS, 12 MS, 2 Ph.D.
Major Employers: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, Cummins, Arizona Public Service, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, Procter & Gamble, Intel, Caterpillar
Annual Research Expenditure: $1.3 M
Primary Funding Agencies: National Science Foundation, NASA, LANL, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Energy, Army Research Laboratory, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Air Force Research Laboratory
