April 9, 2010. Retrieved online: April 9, 2010, from Gabriel Vasquez, Las Cruces Bulletin On March 9, New Mexico State University paid tribute to faculty and staff whose research projects generated funding of $1 million or more during the 2008-09 fiscal year. In total, 46 researchers in six academic colleges were honored as well as the College of Extended Learning and Student Success, New Me 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 »

June 30, 2009 by Therese Shakra NMSU News Center The green economy is quickly growing and New Mexico State University and the College of Engineering’s Institute for Energy and the Environment (IEE) continue to fuel New Mexico’s instrumental role in the transformative “green age.” The next industrial revolution will center on production of renewable energy resources. This was one of More »

by Hamid M. Rad, Office of Strategic Initiatives NMSU RESEARCH NEWS, June 2009 Recently elected University Research Council (URC) chair, Dr. Meghan Starbuck is an outstanding professor at the Department of Economics and International Business with a passion for teaching and research. Dr. Starbuck will lead this stand-alone council established to foster research at New Mexico State University More »

May 8, 2009 by Mario A. Montes NMSU News Center The New Mexico State University Board of Regents today approved plans and the cost of leasing new offices and classroom space in Albuquerque, which will allow NMSU to expand its footprint in the region, offering programs that are not in competition with the University of New Mexico. At a time when there was a need for more classroom space f More »

April 1, 2009 by Therese Shakra NMSU News Center As part of the federal government’s stimulus bill, almost $39 billion is to be spent by the Department of Energy (DOE) with an emphasis on developing clean, secure, energy technology through scientific research, commercial development, and infrastructure improvements. New Mexico State University’s Institute for Energy and the Environment More »

Nov. 11, 2008 by M. Therese Shakra NMSU Round Up The Institute for Energy and the Environment (IEE), part of New Mexico State University’s College of Engineering, is in the process of finalizing a proposed grant for approximately $450,000 to investigate the commercial feasibility of a geothermal, algae-based (algal) transportation fuel production facility. Luz-Elena Y. Mimbela, IEE Pro More »