NM Tech Researchers Drill for Geothermal Energy Source
By George Zamora
Two New Mexico Tech geoscientists are embarking on an exploratory drilling project on the western edge of the Socorro campus in hopes of finding a reliable source of geothermal energy that would provide the university with an efficient, inexpensive heating and cooling system, as well as reduced energy bills. View Entire Article »
NM Tech Grad Student Wyckoff Set To Model Rio Puerco Basin
By NMT
New Mexico Tech graduate student Robert Wyckoff has begun an extensive study of west-central New Mexico's Rio Puerco watershed that will use current data and computer models to better understand the shifting relationships between rainfall and runoff when considering variables such as climate, land use, and surface alterations. View Entire Article »
NM Tech Doctoral Candidate Earman Examines Natural Tracers in Snow
By George Zamora
New Mexico Tech doctoral candidate Sam Earman is investigating the possible use of natural tracers, such as stable isotopes of oxygen and hydrogen, as a means of improving estimates of groundwater recharge attributable to snowfall and snowmelt. View Entire Article »
NM Tech Receives Award for Water Treatment
By NMT
U.S. Senator Pete Domenici today welcomed news that New Mexico Tech in Socorro has been awarded over $1.1 million through the Department of Energy's Fossil Energy Oil Program to develop a new method that treats brackish water produced by oil and gas exploration that could contaminate clean water systems. View Entire Article »
Petroleum Recovery Research Center Garners DOE Funding
By George Zamora
Four new research projects to develop the nation's oil and gas resources and protect water resources will soon start up at the Petroleum Recovery Research Center (PRRC), a research division of New Mexico Tech, as a result of recently acquired federal funding totaling nearly $4,750,000 which was garnered through the U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). View Entire Article »
NM Tech Professor's Findings Counter use of Algae as Carbon Sink
By George Zamora
New Mexico Tech chemistry professor Oliver Wingenter's research findings concerning gases produced or consumed by ocean-dwelling, single-cell algae known as phytoplankton have raised doubts about plans to use the marine microorganisms to remove, or "sink," carbon dioxide?a greenhouse gas that warms the Earth?from the atmosphere into the deep ocean. View Entire Article »
Acting DOE Under Secretary Garman Announces New Funding
By George Zamora
Acting Under Secretary of Energy David Garman formally announced the start of six major research projects in New Mexico at a press conference today. The projects are all being funded by more than $5 million in research grants provided by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Four of the new research projects, which are designed to develop the nation's oil and gas resources and protect water resources, will be conducted at the Petroleum Recovery Research Center (PRRC) in Socorro, a research division of New Mexico Tech. View Entire Article »
New Mexico Tech and Cambridge Sign Memo of Understanding
By George Zamora
New Mexico Tech and the University of Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory in the United Kingdom have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that is designed to strengthen collaborative research efforts between the two entities, with particular regard to the design, development, and operation of the Magdalena Ridge Observatory (MRO). View Entire Article »
NM Tech Cave Science Expert To Be Featured on Nova
By George Zamora
Penelope J. Boston, a research associate professor of cave and karst science at New Mexico Tech, will be featured prominently in the second segment of the NOVA four-part miniseries, ?Origins,' which is scheduled to be broadcast tomorrow evening on PBS television affiliates throughout the nation. View Entire Article »
State Matching Funds Sought for EPSCoR Hydrologic Study
By George Zamora
The New Mexico State Legislature is considering a bill this current session that would provide matching funding for a proposed National Science Foundation (NSF) research program that will focus on the management of the state's water resources. View Entire Article »
New Mexico Receives Grant for Underground Mine Mapping Initiative
By Rachel Armstrong
New Mexico Tech, the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), and several other state government entities have teamed up to assist with the development of an electronic inventory of maps for abandoned underground mines in New Mexico. View Entire Article »
NM Tech Geoscientists Present Research Findings at GSA Annual Meeting
By George Zamora
Several New Mexico Tech geoscientists presented talks and posters about their research at the 116th annual meeting of the Geological Society of America (GSA), which was held November 7-10 at the Colorado Convention Center. View Entire Article »
Network of Hydrologic Observatories Will Revolutionize Water Research
By NMT Earth Science Dept.
More than 100 universities from around the country met at Utah State University in Logan, Utah, on August 24 and 25, to consider the development of a network of hydrologic observatories around the country. NMT hydrology professor John Wilson was co-chair of the conference. View Entire Article »
Ribbon-Cutting Heralds Opening of Optics Research Facility
By George Zamora
A university/ business partnership forged nearly two years ago between New Mexico Tech and Mu?iz Engineering, Inc. of Houston has now resulted in the official opening of a world-class optics research and manufacturing center in Albuquerque. View Entire Article »
National Water Research Consortium To Hold Annual Meeting
By George Zamora
The Science & Technology Center for Sustainability of Semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas (SAHRA), a consortium of hydrology research groups based out of the University of Arizona in Tucson, will hold its annual meeting on October 13-15, 2004 at the Albuquerque Marriott, 2101 Louisiana Boulevard, NE. View Entire Article »
NM Tech Signs Contract for First Telescope for MRO Project
By George Zamora
New Mexico Tech has signed a $4.5 million contract with EOST Technologies, Inc. to have the Tucson-based company build a 2.4-meter optical telescope for the research university's soon-to-be-constructed Magdalena Ridge Observatory (MRO), a state-of-the-art astronomical research facility that will be located atop the Magdalena Mountains in south-central New
Mexico. View Entire Article »
Tech Robotics Group Presents Research Papers At Conference
By George Zamora
The Intelligent Systems and Robotics Group (ISRG), a research organization affiliated with the New Mexico Tech Department of Electrical Engineering, recently presented four research papers at the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) Defense and Security Symposium, which was held last month in Orlando, Florida. View Entire Article »
