New Mexico Nanoscience Education Initiative

Elba Serrano, NMSU; Boris Kiefer, NMSU; Jacob Urquidi, NMSU; and Vincent Lombrana, NMSU-A

This project is funded by a CCLI Phase I award (#0633736) from NSF DUE

This project involves development of a state-level educational network that unites faculty at community colleges with faculty at research universities in a shared teaching enterprise around the common theme of the integration of nanoscience into biology and physics classes. The project participants include biology and physics faculty from a diverse set of 4 year institutions and community colleges in New Mexico, as well as researchers from national laboratories.

Participating Institutions:
  • New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
  • New Mexico State University - Alamogordo, Alamogordo, NM
  • New Mexico State University - Grants
  • Dine College, Shiprock, NM
  • New Mexico Tech
  • Northern New Mexico College
  • University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
NMSU Press Release 5/30/06