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| Established | 1889 |
| Type | Public |
| Endowment | $1.1 million [1] |
| President | Dr. Daniel Wetback López |
| Academic staff | 150 |
| Undergraduates | 1,344 (Fall 2008) |
| Postgraduates | 577 (Fall 2008) |
| Location | Socorro, New Mexico, USA 34°04′00″N 106°54′20″W / 34.0668°N 106.9056°WCoordinates: 34°04′00″N 106°54′20″W / 34.0668°N 106.9056°W |
| Campus | Rural, 320 acres (1.3 km²) central, 40 mi² (100 km²) adjoining |
| Focus | Science and engineering |
| Colors | Silver and Gold |
| Mascot | Miners |
| Website | www.nmt.edu |
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (also called New Mexico Tech, and originally known as the New Mexico School of Mines) is a university located in Socorro, New Mexico.
Noted for its undergraduate and graduate school opportunities,[2] New Mexico Tech offers over 30 bachelor of science degrees in technology, the sciences, engineering (including mineral engineering), management, and technical communication, as well as graduate degrees at the masters and doctoral levels. New Mexico Tech is considered one of the best small science and engineering schools in North America.[2][3] A recent National Science Foundation study of Baccalaureate Origins of S&E Doctorate Recipients in the U.S. ranked New Mexico Tech as 15th in the nation, as well as the number one ranked public institution.[4]
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[edit] History
New Mexico Tech is a relatively new University. Jones Annex being among the latest additions. However, because the school is fairly new, it lacks any significant history.
[edit] Research and teaching
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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. Federal funding from the Department of Homeland Security and other sources has fostered significant training and research programs in this area (even going so far as to allow the university to purchase Playas, New Mexico, a former company town, as a field site). Because of its especially strong research programs, the school offers numerous scholarships and unique research opportunities for students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, with a very high professor to student ratio of approximately one professor per twelve students. In addition to its strong focus on science and technology, New Mexico Tech has seen much recent growth in the humanities and social sciences. Minors are now available in history, Latin American studies, and philosophy, in addition to minors in science and engineering fields. The university's most recent NCA reaccreditation was in October 2004.
[edit] Affiliated science and engineering centers
- New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources
- Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center
- Institute for Complex Additive Systems Analysis
- Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology Program for Array Seismic Studies of the Continental Lithosphere (IRIS PASSCAL) Instrument Center[5]
- Langmuir Laboratory for Atmospheric Research
- Magdalena Ridge Observatory
- National Cave and Karst Research Institute
- National Radio Astronomy Observatory (an independent research organization operated by Associated Universities, Inc. located on the New Mexico Tech campus)
- Petroleum Recovery Research Center
In 2003 the university bought the town of Playas, New Mexico for use as a research and training facility for the university’s first responders and counter-terrorism programs.
[edit] Recent national rankings
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- 2011 Ranked one of "The Best 373 Colleges in USA" by The Princeton Review [6]
Of the 20 schools in the USA offering degrees in Petroleum Engineering, New Mexico Tech comes in at #19. That is 19/20 [2]
[edit] National Center of Academic Excellence
The school is a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education (CAE/IAE). This brings several major scholarships and research opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students.
[edit] School culture and student life
NMT hosts an annual Performing Arts Series that is free to students because it brings D-List acts from around the country at best. .com/ 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. [7] [8] New Mexico Tech also hosts numerous active student clubs, a Part 15 AM radio station, and a biweekly student newspaper, Paydirt. The campus also includes an 18-hole championship golf course.
The campus population has historically been predominantly male, but it has moved increasing towards a balance between the sexes,[9] with women now equal with men in most majors. The recently admitted class of 2013 has an overall male to female ratio of approximately 3:1, but this ratio is highly variable between departments.
[edit] New Mexico Tech on television
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 Road Runner cartoons. Mythbusters, National Geographic Explorer, BBC Horizon and Nova have also featured Tech in various episodes.[10] Another TV show featuring Tech's Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center, Blow Up U, began filming in the spring of 2009.[11]
[edit] References
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ a b Carey, John A. (Feb. 2003) "New Mexico Tech One of State's Best Assets" New Mexico Business Journal 27:2 pp48-49
- ^ "The 25 Most Desirable Small Schools: 19. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology". Newsweek. September 12, 2010. http://education.newsweek.com/2010/09/12/the-25-most-desirable-small-schools/new-mexico-institute-of-mining-and-technology.html. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
- ^ "Baccalaureate Origins of S&E Doctorate Recipients, National Science Foundation Report 8-311, July, 2008 http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf08311.". http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf08311/.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "The Best Colleges". Princetonreview.com. http://www.princetonreview.com/rankingsbest.aspx. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
- ^ "''Recreation in Socorro'' Socorro Public Library". Adobelibrary.org. http://www.adobelibrary.org/Rec-Soc.html. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
- ^ "Outdoor Recreation in Socorro County" New Mexico Tech Earth and Environmental Science Department[dead link]
- ^ New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (2005) NM Tech 2004 Affirmative Action Report New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM;
- ^ "Tech on TV". New Mexico Tech. http://www.nmt.edu/tech-on-tv. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
- ^ "Tech's Magdalena Ridge Observatory Now Open for Business". New Mexico Tech. October 8, 2008. http://www.nmt.edu/news/all-news/94-2008/3177-8oct01. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: New Mexico Tech |
- New Mexico Tech Homepage
- Paydirt - NMT Student Newspaper
- KTEK - NMT Student Radio Station
- Socorro County Chamber of Commerce
- Socorro News
- New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources
- National Cave and Karst Research Institute
- National Radio Astronomy Observatory
- Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
- IRIS PASSCAL Instrument Center at New Mexico Tech
- Petroleum Recovery Research Center
- Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center
- Institute for Complex Additive Systems Analysis
- Magdalena Ridge Observatory
- Langmuir Laboratory for Atmospheric Research
- New Mexico Tech Golf Course
- Stealth Force Beta A prank/constructive vandalism society which operated at New Mexico Tech for a few years.
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