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Finchum named Outstanding Graduating Senior in CHME for Spring 2018
The faculty met on 2/8/18 and selected Kendalle Finchum to represent CHME at the Sociedad de Ingenieros this spring. Ms. Finchum’s application will be submitted to the pool with candidates from other departments from which the Outstanding Graduate of the College of Engineering will be selected. Other receiving nominations included Samual Rabon, Anneliese Trujillo, and Sicilee Macklin….
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Hernandez/Ellis win 1st place poster in Environmental Science Division at 2017 AICHE in MN
The poster presented by Gustavo Hernandez and Daniel Ellis entitled, “Nitrosodimethylamine Removal from Underground Water in NASA White Sands Testing Facility” was named 1st place recipient of the Environmental Science Division of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers national meeting in Minneapolis, MN on October 30, 2017. Other authors of the poster included Jose Rodriguez, Dr….
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Foudazi receives best poster award at 2017 CINT Annual Meeting
Dr. Reza Foudazi presented the research of his Ph D student Sahar Qavi at the 2017 Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies and was presented with the “best poster award” of the event. The Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies is guided for electron microscopy techniques towards exploring difficult systems and their controlling mechanisms to develop a better understanding of…
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ChEGSO named 2017 Student Organization of the Year
The Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Organization (ChEGSO) has been awarded “Student Organization of the Year” for 2017. It is awarded by the Office of Dean of Student Affairs at NMSU to the organization which demonstrates true excellence among peers with the NMSU campus community. It is for the first time that ChEGSO has been presented with this award…
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Dr. Luo named Luke Barry Shires Professor of Chemical Engineering
Dr. Hongmei Luo has been selected to hold the title of “Luke Barry Shires Professor in Chemical & Materials Engineering.” This professorship was endowed by the estate of Luke Barry Shires, the first Chemical Engineering professor on the NMSU campus (see link below for some details about Shires’ history). Dr. Luo joined the CHME faculty in…
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Caitlynn Roy named 2017 Outstanding Graduating Senior from College of Engineering
Caitlynn Roy has been named recipient of the 2017 Outstanding Graduating Senior from the NMSU College of Engineering. Ms. Roy will receive a double major in both Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering this May. After graduation, Ms. Roy will be traveling to Papua New Guinea (PNG) this June to work with New Tribes Mission and serve the people…
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Jessica Miller selected to represent as 2017 Outstanding CHME Graduate
Jessica Miller has been selected by the CHME faculty to represent the department as nominee for Spring 2017 Outstanding College of Engineering Graduate. There were five nominees in total that also included Cody Cockreham, Lupita Marquez, Alexandra Valdez, Daniel White. All five nominees received votes from the faculty. Jessica hold a 3.96/4.0 GPA and has been active in all…
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Rockstraw/Martinez to study 3D-printed mechanoluminescent materials under LANL contract
Undergraduate CHME senior Matthew Martinez will work with Dr. David Rockstraw on a $40,000 contract issued by Los Alamos National Laboratory to study 3D-printed mechanoluminescent materials. Mechanoluminescence refers to the emission of light resulting from any mechanical action (such as ultrasound) on a solid.. Martinez and Rockstraw will develop a methodology and proof of concept to…
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NMSU team takes 1st in MAES Decathlon
The NMSU team that included Andrea Salazar (CHME Senior), Brenda Lara (CHME Freshmen), Lizeth Medrano (CHME Junior), Jessica Gonzalez (C E) and Miguel Juarez (C E) took first place in the Latinos in Science and Engineering (MAES) Decathlon held in Anaheim, CA over the period of October 5-9, 2016. The (MAES) Decathlon is a fast-paced competition featuring 10 unique challenges spread out over…
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Ph D candidate Sambrano funded by NIH
http://newscenter.nmsu.edu/Articles/view/12163/nmsu-chemical-engineering-student-receives-national-institutes-of-health-grant NMSU chemical engineering student receives National Institutes of Health grant Date: 10/07/2016 Writer: Billy Huntsman, 575-646-2913, wthv8420@nmsu.edu A graduate student in New Mexico State University’s Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering recently received a prestigious research grant from the National Institutes of Health, which only three other NMSU students have received since 1996. New Mexico…
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