Society of Physics Students Hosts Regional Conference
By George Zamora
The New Mexico Tech chapter of the Society of Physics Students (SPS) will host the student organization's regional conference this weekend at various locations around the Tech campus. View Entire Article »
NM Tech Profs. Author Article on Film and History
By NMT
New Mexico Tech professors Scott Zeman and Mark Samuels are co-authors of a forthcoming article in the international journal Film & History. View Entire Article »
Geophysics Prof Named Chair of IRIS Committee
By George Zamora
Richard C. Aster, professor of geophysics and research geophysicist at New Mexico Tech, recently was appointed chairman of the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) Education & Outreach Standing Committee, one of four standing committees within the IRIS consortium that oversee the organization's core programs. View Entire Article »
NM Tech Media Developer Named Finalist in Japanese Media Contest
By George Zamora
Bob Boston, director of educational media development at New Mexico Tech, recently was named one of ten finalists in a video production contest sponsored by Academy Publishing Company of Japan. View Entire Article »
VP Van Romero Named Chairman of Domestic Preparedness Consortium
By George Zamora
Van D. Romero, vice president for research and economic development at New Mexico Tech, recently was appointed national chairman of the the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (NDPC), a partnership of public and private organizations committed to serving emergency first-responders by training them to respond efficiently and safely to incidents involving weapons of mass destruction. View Entire Article »
Domenici Helps Secure Funding for NM Tech Research
By NMT
U.S. Senator Pete Domenici today touted the approval of a national defense spending bill that includes a variety of funding he sought for Defense Department work in New Mexico, including $21 million for the development of the Magdalena Ridge Observatory and $7.1 million for a microelectronics testing program at New Mexico Tech in Socorro. View Entire Article »
Children Enjoy MDA Camp at New Mexico Tech
By Mary Franklin
For most children, summer vacation means freedom: no school, no homework. However, for a child with muscular dystrophy there is no freedom from leg braces or wheelchairs; but there is MDA Summer Camp. View Entire Article »
EMRTC Wins Prestigious Cogswell Award
By NMT
The Defense Security Service (DSS) has announced that New Mexico Tech's division, Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center (EMRTC), is a 2002 recipient of the coveted James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award. View Entire Article »
Lopez Named N.M. Power Broker
By George Zamora
New Mexico Tech President Daniel H. L?pez has been named one of the state's top 100 "power brokers" by New Mexico Business Weekly in its recently published 2003 POWER Book. View Entire Article »
U.S. News Ranks New Mexico Tech
By George Zamora
New Mexico Tech has been included among the 65 universities that make up the third tier grouping in the "Best National Universities -- Doctoral" category in the latest annual rankings published by U.S. News & World Report. View Entire Article »
New Mexico's Top "Intelletes" Vie for Science Olympiad Honors
By George Zamora
Dreams of winning gold, silver, and bronze medals will not be limited to this year's Winter Olympics, since some of the hottest wintertime rivalries this side of Salt Lake City will be played out at the 16th Annual New Mexico Science Olympiad on Saturday, February 23, on the New Mexico Tech campus. View Entire Article »
NMT's Environmental Evaluation Group Signs Agreement
By NMT
New Mexico Tech's Environmental Evaluation Group (EEG) recently signed a new joint agreement with the U. S. Department of Energy, Westinghouse TRU Solutions, and the Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center to coordinate all the participating agencies's various independent efforts to effectively monitor air released from the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad. View Entire Article »
Weir Hall Refurbished
By NMT
New Mexico Tech administrators recently were given a tour of the university's newly refurbished Weir Hall. View Entire Article »
NM Tech Alum Co-Authors Article in Nature
By George Zamora
Mark A. Stanley, a former atmospheric physics researcher at New Mexico Tech, is one of five co-authors of a cover article on "blue jets," featured in the current issue of the prestigious British science journal Nature. View Entire Article »
NM Tech Geoscientists Present Research at GSA
By George Zamora
The findings of two geological research projects focusing on the geochronology of rocks encountered in two different areas in New Mexico recently were presented by two New Mexico Tech geoscientists at the 36th annual meeting of the South-Central Section of the Geological Society of America, which was held last week in Alpine, Texas. View Entire Article »
Former NM Tech Professor Brierley Elected to NAE
By George Zamora
James A. Brierley, a former biology professor at New Mexico Tech, recently was elected to the membership of the National Academy of Engineers (NAE), one of the highest professional distinctions that can be accorded an engineer. View Entire Article »
NMT and Gas Research Inst. To Collaborate on Roadmap
By NMT
The Gas Technology Institute (GTI) and New Mexico Tech (NMT) have entered into a collaboration for the creation of a detailed technology plan to guide the development of unconventional onshore gas resources needed to meet the projected future gas demand in the United States. View Entire Article »
Potash Library Donated to NMBGMR
By George Zamora
Nearly 3,000 volumes of books, periodicals, and technical reports about potash and the potash industry, along with several mineral specimens and core samples, were recently donated by Mississippi Potash, Inc., to the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources (Bureau). View Entire Article »
Jill Buckley, PRRC, Receives Award
By Liz Bustamente
Dr. Jill Buckley, senior scientist at New Mexico Tech's Petroleum Recovery Research Center, recently won the Technical Achievement Award for 2002 of the Society of Core Analysts (SCA). View Entire Article »
New Management Program Approved
By George Zamora
After garnering unanimous approval at last week's State Board of Finance meeting, a new Master's in Engineering Management (MEM) degree program at New Mexico Tech is now set to begin offering classes leading up to the graduate degree via distance education methods at receiving locations in Carlsbad and Farmington, as well as at the university's campus in Socorro. View Entire Article »
Domenici Secures Funding for Tech Projects
By NMT
U.S. Senator Pete Domenici today secured funding to support national defense research projects supported by New Mexico Tech in Socorro, including $10 million for a microelectronics testing program. View Entire Article »
NMT and USAF Research Lab Develop Educational Partnership
By George Zamora
New Mexico Tech and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base have agreed to form an educational partnership that will establish courses at the university in Socorro to better prepare a new generation of students for research work in the fields of optical coatings, fabrication, and testing. View Entire Article »
Tech Takes Fourth in MiniBaja Race
By George Zamora
An all-terrain-vehicle entry submitted by an engineering design team of New Mexico Tech seniors bested more than 90 other off-road racers and finished fourth overall at the annual Mini Baja West competition, which was held this past week at and near the campus of Utah State University in Logan, Utah. View Entire Article »
Univ. of Cambridge Joins MRO Group
By George Zamora
Officials from the University of Cambridge in England, representatives from a university research consortium headed by New Mexico Tech, adminsitrators of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, and a delegation of New Mexico's U.S. senators and representatives are meeting in Washington, D.C. this morning to participate in a signing ceremony marking the first phase of what is now an international scientific collaboration to design, develop, and operate the Magdalena Ridge Observatory. View Entire Article »
Women's Resource Center Begins Second Year
By Mary Franklin
The Women's Resource Center (WRC) at New Mexico Tech is not a real place where women can come together and relax. View Entire Article »
NM Tech Students Develop Low-Cost "Supercomputer"
By George Zamora
Hundreds of outdated -- yet, still useful -- government office computers that may have been destined for the landfill have instead found new life as important research tools at New Mexico Tech. View Entire Article »
Importance of ILEA Program
By NMT
A U.S. State Department official has confirmed for U.S. Senator Pete Domenici the importance the agency places on its International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) facilities, such as the one recently launched in Roswell. View Entire Article »
Two Materials Students Garner ACerS Awards
By George Zamora
A New Mexico Tech undergraduate and a doctoral candidate at the research university both recently were selected by the New Mexico Section of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS) as this year's recipients of the organization's Undergraduate Achievement Scholarship and Graduate Research Award. View Entire Article »
NM Tech Residential Life Coordinator Has Article Published
By George Zamora
Laurie Tennison, residential life coordinator at New Mexico Tech, recently had her article, "Show Me the Money: An In-Depth Look at RA Compensation," published in the current issue of RA Manager, a monthly newsletter distributed to more than 1,300 colleges and universities in the United States. View Entire Article »
Trebuchet Team Scores Big at Pumpkin-Fling
By Kathy Hedges
Citizens of Socorro can sleep peacefully at night, safe in the knowledge that, if a phalanx of medieval knights invades their town, students from New Mexico Tech's Mechanical Engineering Department stand ready to defend them by flinging pumpkins. View Entire Article »
NMT Geoscientists Present Research at GSA
By George Zamora
A relatively large "traveling team" of New Mexico Tech geoscientists is scheduled to present talks at the 114th annual meeting of the Geological Society of America (GSA), which is being held Sunday, October 27 through Wednesday, October 30, at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. View Entire Article »
Kiplinger's Ranks NMT Highly
By George Zamora
New Mexico Tech is listed as the 41st best buy among the nation's public colleges and universities in an article featured in the current issue of Kiplinger's magazine. View Entire Article »
NMT Receives $15 M for Anti-Terrorism Program
By NMT
U.S. Senator Pete Domenici today heralded the release of nearly $15 million to the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech), which the institute will specifically use to provide two terrorism-preparedness courses for First Responders. View Entire Article »
NMT Capital Campaign off to a Strong Start
By George Zamora
A major-gifts fundraising campaign at New Mexico Tech has hit its stride after entering a "public phase" this year and is well on its way to fulfilling the university's goal of raising $5 million in private donations. View Entire Article »
NMT Named in Princeton Review's "Best 345 Colleges"
By George Zamora
New Mexico Tech is one of the nation's best institutions for undergraduate education, according to the recently published 2003 edition of The Princeton Review Guide to the Best 345 Colleges. View Entire Article »
Senate Accepts Domenici Nuclear Nonproliferation Initiative
By NMT
U.S. Senator Pete Domenici's six-year effort to create more comprehensive American nuclear non-proliferation policies took another step forward today with Senate acceptance of his amendment to improve security at nuclear facilities around the globe. View Entire Article »
NM Tech Researchers Monitor Smoky Haze
By George Zamora
The smoky haze from the Arizona wildfires that has permeated the skies above Socorro and most of New Mexico for the past four days is obscuring the state's vistas, but is not elevating the level of air pollutants to the point where it would exceed federal standards, according to New Mexico Tech researchers who regularly monitor air quality at the university. View Entire Article »
NM Tech Alum Garners Prestigious Award
By George Zamora
Leonard Gray, an alumnus of New Mexico Tech who is now a chemist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, recently was awarded the Glenn T. Seaborg Actinide Separations Award for his outstanding accomplishments and meritorious achievement in actinide element separations science. View Entire Article »
NMT Boosts Scholarships
By George Zamora
New Mexico Tech has boosted the upper limits on the school's top three merit-based scholarships by at least $1,000, making the state-supported research university's scholarship programs one of the best available anywhere when associated costs of attendance are factored into nationwide comparisons. View Entire Article »
Pres. L?pez Wins Dixon First Amendment Freedom Award
By George Zamora
New Mexico Tech President Daniel H. L?pez has been selected by the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government (NMFOG) as one of its first recipients of the William S. Dixon First Amendment Freedom Award. View Entire Article »
Recent Bureau of Geology Awards
By NMT
New Mexico Tech congratulates several staff members at the Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources. View Entire Article »
NM Tech Junior Garners American Ceramic Society Scholarship
By George Zamora
Stephanie C. Smith, a Tucson native who is now a junior majoring in materials engineering at New Mexico Tech, recently was selected by the Southwest Section of the American Ceramic Society as this year's recipient of the organization's Robert & Mary Buttle Scholarship. View Entire Article »
NSF Division Director Visits IRIS/PASSCAL
By NMT
National Science Foundation (NSF) Division Director Herman Zimmerman recently was given a tour of the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) Consortium's Program for Array Seismic Studies of the Continental Lithosphere (PASSCAL) Instrument Center, which is located on the New Mexico Tech campus in Socorro. View Entire Article »
NM Tech Alumna Chosen to Attend Convention of Nobel Laureates
By George Zamora
New Mexico Tech alumna Bernadette Hernandez recently was named by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as one of 27 outstanding U.S. researchers selected to attend the 52nd Annual Convention of Nobel Laureates on July 1-5 in Lindau, Germany. View Entire Article »
Tripp Room Dedicated at Skeen Library
By NMT
Several friends, relatives, and acquaintances of Don and Rosie Tripp, as well as most of New Mexico Tech's top administrators, were on hand this past Saturday for the official dedication of the "Don and Rosie Tripp Conference Room," located in the upper level of Tech's Skeen Library. View Entire Article »
NM Tech Takes Fourth in MiniBaja Race
By George Zamora
An all-terrain-vehicle entry submitted by an engineering design team of New Mexico Tech seniors bested more than 90 other off-road racers and finished fourth overall at the annual Mini Baja West competition, which was held this past week at and near the campus of Utah State University in Logan, Utah. View Entire Article »
Domenici Requests Funding to Support Defense Research Work at NMT
By NMT
Prior to departing last Friday for an international nuclear nonproliferation trip to Russia, U.S. Senator Pete Domenici signed off on the priority funding needed to accentuate the wide-variety of national defense work carried out in New Mexico, including several projects carried out by New Mexico Tech in Socorro. View Entire Article »
NM Tech Student Dies in Car Accident; Another Badly Injured
By George Zamora
New Mexico Tech senior Jeremiah Wright, age 22, died Saturday night, September 28, of injuries sustained in a two-car traffic accident in Socorro involving a New Mexico State Police car and a car driven by another Tech senior, Christopher Michel, age 22, who is currently listed in satisfactory condition at the University of New Mexico (UNM) Hospital in Albuquerque. View Entire Article »
Neill Appointed to NAS Committee
By George Zamora
Robert Neill, director emeritus of New Mexico Tech's Environmental Evaluation Group (EEG), recently was appointed as a member of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). View Entire Article »
Van Romero Appointed to National Panel on Education
By NMT
U.S. Senator Pete Domenici today reported that Van Romero of Socorro has been appointed by President Bush to serve on a White House commission aimed at closing the educational achievement gap for Hispanic American youth. View Entire Article »
NM Tech Students Win Top Poster Awards at Materials Symposium
By George Zamora
New Mexico Tech materials engineering students garnered three of the top prizes at a research poster competition held recently in conjunction with the 14th Annual Rio Grande Regional Symposium on Advanced Materials in Albuquerque. View Entire Article »
Skeen Papers To Be Housed at New Mexico Tech
By NMT
Congressman Joe Skeen, R-NM, said today he will make his Congressional and campaign papers available to the public when he leaves office at the end of this year. Congressman Skeen's collection of papers will be housed at New Mexico Tech in Socorro, New Mexico. View Entire Article »
Domenici Expects ILEA-Roswell to Grow
By NMT
U.S. Senator Pete Domenici today said he looks forward to future growth in the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) that he helped locate at the Roswell Industrial Air Center. View Entire Article »
NM Tech's "First Responders" Course on Today Show
By George Zamora
New Mexico Tech's "First Responders" training program will be highlighted in a television news spot that is tentatively scheduled to air sometime during tomorrow morning's national broadcast of the Today show. View Entire Article »
NMT Receives National Recognition as Center of Excellence
By George Zamora
New Mexico Tech recently was designated by the National Security Agency (NSA) as a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education for academic years 2002 through 2005, joining an elite list of only 36 universities across the country that have ever been awarded this distinction. View Entire Article »
Lightning Researchers Receive Safety Recognition Awards
By George Zamora
Longtime New Mexico Tech lightning researchers Charles B. Moore and William Rison recently were named winners of the National Lightning Safety Institute's (NLSI) annual lightning safety recognition award in the category of U.S. academia. View Entire Article »
NM Tech Alum Wins "Best Poster" at National Conference
By George Zamora
New Mexico Tech alumnus Sandeep Agnihotri recently was awarded first place in a student poster presentation competition at the 95th Annual Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA) Conference, which was held last week in Baltimore, Md. View Entire Article »
Geoscientists Present Research at GSA Meeting
By George Zamora
Two New Mexico Tech geoscientists present talks at the 54th annual meeting of the Rocky Mountain Section of the Geological Society of America, held in Cedar City, Utah. View Entire Article »
Recent NM Tech Grad Named Winner in Linux Challenge
By George Zamora
Nick D. Pattengale, a December 2001 graduate of New Mexico Tech, is one of six U.S. university students who recently were named winners in the IBM Linux Scholar Challenge. View Entire Article »
Skeen Library to be Dedicated
By George Zamora
New Mexico Tech's main library building will officially be designated as the "Joseph R. Skeen Library" at dedication ceremonies scheduled for 5 p.m. on Monday, August 19, on the university campus. View Entire Article »
Funding for NM Tech Defense Work Approved by Senate
By NMT
U.S. Senator Pete Domenici today lauded Senate passage of a national defense spending bill that includes an estimated $296 million in funding he sought for Defense Department work in New Mexico, including $10 million for a microelectronics testing program at New Mexico Tech in Socorro. View Entire Article »
NM Tech Researchers Study Panama's Rio Chagres Watershed
By George Zamora
A hydrologist and a geologist at New Mexico Tech have joined an international team of researchers in an ongoing investigation of Panama's Rio Chagres Watershed, with the goal of providing a better understanding of the hydrology, geology, and chemistry makeup of the watershed. View Entire Article »
NMT Hosts 2002 RoboRave
By George Zamora
The third New Mexico ROBORAVE robotics competition for high school students will take place from 10 a.m.until 4 p.m. on Saturday, December 7, at the New Mexico Tech Gymnasium, with about 50 teams from New Mexico, El Paso, and Juarez high schools scheduled to compete. View Entire Article »
