NMSU Part of NSF Water Infrastructure Engineering Research Center

Release courtesy of NMSU News Center WRITER: Linda Fresques, 575-646-7416, lfresque@nmsu.edu CONTACT: Nirmala Khandan, 575-646-5378, nkhandan@nmsu.edu The National Science Foundation has selected a multi-university team from Stanford University, New Mexico State University, Colorado School of Mines and University of California, Berkeley to implement a multi-year Engineering Research Center, with the goal of reinventing America’s aging [...]

NMSU Expands Algae Research with 4,000-liter Photobioreactor

Article courtesy of NMSU News Center Writer: Jay Rodman, 575-646-1996, jrodman@nmsu.edu New Mexico State University is significantly expanding its capacity to accomplish critical algal biofuel research with the recent installation of a new photobioreactor system from Solix BioSystems at the university’s Fabian Garcia Research Center in Las Cruces. The system promises to accelerate the university’s [...]

NMSU Wins Funds to Study Algae-Based Jet Fuel

By Justin Bannister, University Communications for the Las Cruces Sun-News The U.S. military wants New Mexico State University to find improved ways to turn algae into a sustainable source for jet fuel. The research project is part of a $2.346 million grant funded by the Air Force where NMSU will study better ways to grow [...]