New Mexico State University
College of Engineering
NMSU
Science and Engineering
in New Mexico
New Mexico is a high-tech state, hosting research and
development organizations that include:
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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
Spaceport America
NMSU Profile
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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 campus
minority 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
College of Engineering Academics
Academic Departments
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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 Engineering
Degrees 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:
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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
Total Enrollment
Fall 2011
2130
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Graduate
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Fall 2011 Student Gender
Male
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Female
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Student Population
Diversity
Fall 2011 Student Ethnicity
861
34%
Hispanic
Caucasian
645
25%
Unknown
International
626
25%
American Indian
255
10%
Asian
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3% 2%1%
Black
Research Summary
2011/2012 Research Expenditures
2011/2012
$16.6
2004/2005
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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
Engineering New Mexico Resource Network
Professional Development
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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
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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 technology students
designed and built a portable
demonstration solar water pump.
Advancing New Mexico’s Economy
2011/2012 Engineering Outreach
Professional Development
1,232
Engineering Business Assistance
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K-16 Educational Outreach
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Professional Development
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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
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.
Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and
Research Center
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 Alamos
National Laboratories, URS Corp.
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
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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 renewableenergy-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
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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
Suborbital Space
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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
Bioengineering and Biomedical Research
• 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
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 Research
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
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, Los
Alamos 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 Engineeringheath 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