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June 2007

1. Software donation valued at $22.8 million will help NMSU engineering students
2. NMSU part of Texas alliance to develop wind research facility
3. New Mexico becomes eligible for NASA EPSCoR
4. Research on hummingbird flight will lead to new technology
5. Engineer at home in classroom
6. Guest editorial: when surveyors go bad
7. Arrowhead Center, M-TEC help small businesses succeed
8. In memoriam: John Richard Meier
9. Canoe team takes sixth in nationals
10. New grants

1. Software donation valued at $22.8 million will help NMSU engineering students
By Linda Fresques

UGS Corp. recently made an in-kind grant of finite-element, solid-modeling software to the College of Engineering at New Mexico State University. The software, valued at $22.8 million, is the second largest in-kind corporate contribution ever received by NMSU. Read More

2. NMSU part of Texas alliance to develop wind research facility
By Linda Fresques

New Mexico State University’s College of Engineering is part of a Texas consortium that has been awarded $2 million in test equipment to develop large-scale wind blade test facilities, accelerating the commercial availability of wind energy. Read More

3. New Mexico becomes eligible for NASA EPSCoR
By Karl Hill

New Mexico has been selected to participate in NASA’s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), which assists with the development of academic research activities that are long-term, self-sustaining and nationally competitive. Read More

4. Research on hummingbird flight will lead to new technology
By Elizabeth Myers

Nature serves as an inspiration for many technologies, and researchers in the College of Engineering at New Mexico State University are taking their inspiration for a micro air vehicle (MAV) design from the hummingbird. Read More

5. Engineer at home in classroom
By Karen Bland, The Arizona Republic

Margaret Brittle, Silvia Grace's favorite teacher at Mayfield High School in Las Cruces, NM, encouraged her to into engineering, assuring her, "You're smart enough."

Mrs. Brittle was right. Grace earned two degrees in engineering from New Mexico State University and worked at IBM and Dell, two of the biggest names in computing. Now, just like Mrs. Brittle, Grace is teaching. She teaches at Desert Ridge High in Mesa, and encourages teenagers, especially girls, to choose engineering as a career. Read More

6. Guest editorial: When surveyors go bad
By Dr. Steve Frank, LS
The American Surveyor

We have been looking at public records of state board of licensure disciplinary cases looking for general trends or areas where surveyors get in trouble. This article is a preliminary report of what is expected to become a broader and more in-depth study. Read More

7. Arrowhead Center, M-TEC help small businesses succeed
By Kevin Robinson-Avila
New Mexico Business Weekly

Momentum Interactive LLC – an El Paso firm that makes training kits and other tools for pilots – is soaring a little higher, thanks to assistance from New Mexico State University.

NMSU's Arrowhead Center Inc. created a business plan to help Momentum market its newest product – a cockpit light that attaches to a pilot's headset. Arrowhead also designed a Web-based marketing strategy that allows Momentum's new "FLITELite" to be easily seen by Internet customers. Read More

8. In memoriam: John Richard Meier
Las Cruces Sun-News

After a lengthy two-year battle, a severe form of melanoma cancer claimed the life of John Richard Meier on Saturday, June 9, 2007. John had fought valiantly, traveling frequently to Houston for treatment at the MD. Anderson Cancer Center. Read More

9. Canoe team takes sixth in nationals
By Elizabeth Myers

The New Mexico State University concrete canoe team placed in the top 10 at the National Concrete Canoe Competition, which took place June 14-16 in Seattle, WA. The team placed in the top 10 in all but one of the eight parts of the competition, taking sixth place overall. Read More

1.0 New grants

The following grants have been recently awarded to the College of Engineering:

• CEMRC receives extension of work for LANL at WIPP
• CEMRC receives extension for underground air monitoring
• Civil engineering professor to evaluate bridge-load capacity
• Bridge Inspection Program continues NMDOT work
• M-TEC to manufacture high-speed photometer for NMSU’s one-meter telescope

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