Spring 2012. Retrieved online July 18, 2012 by NMSU Staff, NMSU Research & Resources The April installation of New Mexico State University’s new 4,000-liter photobioreactor system at the Fabian Garcia Research Center promises to accelerate the university’s emergence as a leader in algal biofuel research. The Solix BioSystems Lumian AGS4000 is an algae-cultivation system that allo More »

July 6, 2012. Retrieved online July 11, 2012 from Richard Coltharp, Las Cruces Bulletin That’s the Way of the World One company provides technology to remotely monitor and distribute water to cattle on New Mexico ranches. One company offers online assistance to new parents concerned about their child’s development. One company provides secure “cloud” data storage. What does th More »

Spring 2011. Retrieved online June 28, 2011 by Justin Bannister NMSU Research & Resources It’s pond scum. It’s also a potential source for environmentally friendly gasoline, jet fuel, nutritional supplements and a host of other beneficial products. A fully operational algae industry could mean big bucks for the state’s economy and that’s why New Mexico State University� More »

Spring 2011. Retrieved online June 28, 2011 by Darrell J. Pehr, NMSU Research & Resources When a Roosevelt County farmer tugs a peanut plant from the rich soil in eastern New Mexico, there’s really no question the plant was successfully grown thanks in part to research developed by New Mexico State University. When an entrepreneur builds a business and creates jobs in New M More »

April 15, 2011 by Jay Rodman, NMSU News Center New Mexico State University is significantly expanding its capacity to accomplish critical algal biofuel research with the recent installation of a new photobioreactor system from Solix BioSystems at the university’s Fabian Garcia Research Center in Las Cruces. The system promises to accelerate the university’s emergence as a leader in this More »

November 9, 2010 by Justin Bannister, NMSU News Center One of the tiniest plants on Earth will soon be swimming all across the dusty desert of New Mexico. That’s if New Mexico State University and its newly created Algal Bioenergy Program have anything to say about it. The program is a centralized effort to coordinate research and economic development opportunities related to fuels made from More »

October 15, 2010. Retrieved online October 19, 2010 from Gabriel Vasquez, Las Cruces Bulletin Southern NM’s biofuel industry has national implications Momentous scientific and manufacturing advances have marked the trail blazed by American innovation over the last 200 years. That innovation continues in the arid desert of southern New Mexico, where private and public research firms are More »

October 26, 2009. Retrieved online October 26, 2009 from M. Therese Shakra for the Las Cruces Sun-News LAS CRUCES -- New Mexico State University faculty from the Institute for Energy and the Environment and the College of Engineering were awarded a $1 million Department of Energy grant to demonstrate a renewable energy-based microgrid in partnership with an electric utility company. Algae-based More »

August 18, 2009 by Justin Bannister NMSU News Center New Mexico State University kicked off a new semester with its fall 2009 convocation ceremony, a semi-annual event where the university honors some of its top faculty members. Yu-Feng “Winnie” Lee and Manoj Shukla were awarded the Patricia Christmore Teaching Award. The award recognizes and rewards superb junior tenure-track facult More »