New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology explained

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Established:1889
Type:Public university
Academic Affiliations:Space-grant
Endowment:$47.7 million (2018)[1]
President:Mahyar A. Amouzegar
Undergrad:1,244 (Fall 2021)[2]
Postgrad:490 (Fall 2021)
City:Socorro
State:New Mexico
Country:United States
Campus:Rural, 320 acres (130 ha) central, 40 mi² (100 km²) adjoining
Nickname:Miners
Website:www.nmt.edu
Faculty:175

The New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech or NMT), formerly New Mexico School of Mines, is a public university in Socorro, New Mexico, United States.

It offers over 30 bachelor of science degrees in technology, the sciences, engineering, management, and technical communication, as well as graduate degrees at the masters and doctoral levels.[3]

History

With 1,244 undergraduate students as of 2021, New Mexico Tech is a relatively small university focused on science and engineering.[4] It was founded by the New Mexico Territorial Legislature in 1889 as the New Mexico School of Mines, with the goal of boosting the territorial economy by teaching mining specialties at the college level.

During the 1930s, petroleum engineering and technology also became an important field of study at the institute. In 1946, New Mexico Tech began offering graduate degrees. The institute adopted its current name in 1951, but the change was not legally effective until 1960, through an amendment of the New Mexico State Constitution, Art. XII, Section 11.[5]

Research and teaching

New Mexico Tech's well-known areas of research and teaching include hydrology, astrophysics, atmospheric physics, geophysics, information technology, information security, Earth Science, energetic materials engineering, and petroleum recovery.[6]

In 2003, with funds from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, New Mexico Tech purchased the town of Playas, New Mexico, and the surrounding to develop the Playas Training and Research Center, operated by the school's EMRTC, which provides training and research for the university's first responders, counterterrorism,[7] and Air Force programs.[8]

Affiliated science and engineering centers

Student life

NMT hosts an annual Performing Arts Series that is free to students, and, along with the broader Socorro community, city, and county, supports a great number of special events each year. New Mexico Tech is located approximately an hour south of Albuquerque in a region of high deserts to subalpine mountains that offers considerable outdoor recreation opportunities, including rock climbing, road and mountain biking, a triathlon, and hiking opportunities.[11] [12] New Mexico Tech also hosts numerous active student clubs, a Part 15 AM radio station, and a biweekly student newspaper, Paydirt. The campus includes an 18-hole championship golf course.[13]

The campus population has historically been predominantly male, but it has moved increasingly towards a balance between the sexes.[14] The gender distribution at New Mexico Tech is 68% male and 32% female.

Popular culture

A number of television shows have focused on New Mexico Tech faculty, students, and research. TruTV's Man vs. Cartoon features attempts by Tech's Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center to re-create contraptions and situations found in Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner cartoons. MythBusters, National Geographic Explorer, BBC Horizon and Nova have also featured Tech in various episodes.[15] Another TV show featuring Tech's Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center, Blow Up U, began filming in the spring of 2009.[16]

Notable alumni

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology - 2018 Annual Report. New Mexico Tech. March 7, 2019.
  2. Web site: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. College Navigator. National Center for Educational Statistics, U.S. Department of Education. 2022-09-24.
  3. Carey, John A. (February 2003) "New Mexico Tech One of State's Best Assets" New Mexico Business Journal 27:2 pp48-49
  4. Web site: USNews College Ranking . USNews . 2022-09-24.
  5. Web site: A Brief History of NMT . Nmt.edu . 2011-12-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927014043/http://www.nmt.edu/a-brief-history-of-nmt . 2011-09-27 . dead .
  6. Web site: New Mexico Tech's Rankings: New Mexico Tech . 2022-12-18 . www.nmt.edu.
  7. http://newmexicomercury.com/blog/comments/a_community_commoditized_playas_new_mexico_pt._2 Jennifer Mason (August 28, 2013) A Community Commoditized: Playas, New Mexico Pt. 2
  8. https://www.c4isrnet.com/information-warfare/2021/05/19/air-force-held-first-information-warfare-test-exercises/ Mark Pomerleau (19 May 2021) Air Force held first information warfare test exercises
  9. Aster, R., Beaudoin, B., Hole, J., Fouch, M., Fowler, J., James, D., and the PASSCAL Staff and Standing Committee, IRIS PASSCAL program marks 20 years of scientific discovery, EOS trans. AGU, 86, 26 April 2005.
  10. Web site: About the EPIC EarthScope Primary Instrument Center . 2024-06-15 . www.passcal.nmt.edu.
  11. Web site: Recreation in Socorro Socorro Public Library . Adobelibrary.org . 2011-12-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110929223814/http://www.adobelibrary.org/Rec-Soc.html . 2011-09-29 .
  12. http://www.ees.nmt.edu/orecn.html "Outdoor Recreation in Socorro County" New Mexico Tech Earth and Environmental Science Department
  13. Web site: NMT Golf Course . 2020-06-09.
  14. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (2005) NM Tech 2004 Affirmative Action Report New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM;
  15. Web site: Tech on TV . New Mexico Tech . September 24, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100527154108/https://www.nmt.edu/tech-on-tv . 2010-05-27 . dead .
  16. Web site: Tech's Magdalena Ridge Observatory Now Open for Business . October 8, 2008 . New Mexico Tech . September 24, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100528034658/https://www.nmt.edu/news/all-news/94-2008/3177-8oct01 . 2010-05-28 . dead .
  17. Web site: Lukas Lundin - Lundin Petroleum Board of directors . . 2017-03-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160325232934/https://www.lundin-petroleum.com/eng/board_director_lhl.php . 2016-03-25 .

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