Endowed Chairs and Professorships

Endowed chairs and professorships provide support for the important research that our talented faculty members conduct and enhance their efforts in specialized areas of study. They provide new and innovative paths for our students to pursue in both undergraduate and graduate engineering education.

College of Engineering

Associate Professor Paul Furth taught a class on analog technology for the Engineering New Mexico Resource Network.

Associate Professor Paul Furth holds the John Kaichiro Nakayama and Tome Miyaguchi Nakayama Professorship for Teaching Excellence

Endowed Professorships

John Kaichiro Nakayama and Tome Miyaguchi Nakayama Professorship for Research Excellence: Ou Ma
John Kaichiro Nakayama and Tome Miyaguchi Nakayama Professorship for Teaching Excellence: Paul Furth

Former Recipient: Phillip DeLeon (first recipient)

PECSO Endowed Professorship in Industrial Water Quality and Reclamation Research: TBA, late 2017

Chemical Engineering

Endowed Professorship

Luke Barry Shires Endowed Professorship in Chemical and Materials Engineering: Hongmei Luo
Robert Davis Distinguished Professorship in Chemical Engineering: David Rockstraw

Former Recipients: Shuguang Deng, Martha Mitchell (first recipients)

Civil Engineering

Endowed Chair

Ed and Harold Foreman Endowed Chair in Civil Engineering: Nagamany Nirmalakhandan
Ed and Harold Foreman Endowed Chair in Civil Engineering: Nirmala Khandan (first recipient)
Wells-Hatch Family Endowed Professorship in Civil Engineering: Paola Bandini

Endowed Professorships

John Clark Distinguished Professorship: Phil King

NMSU Professor and Civil Engineering Department Head David Jáuregui leads the Bridge Inspection Program that provides students with career-critical education and experience. (NMSU photo by Darren Phillips)

Civil Engineering Department Head David Jauregui holds the Ed Foreman Distinguished Professorship in Civil Engineering

Former Recipients: Nirmala Khandan (first recipient)

Ed Foreman Endowed Professorship for Excellence in Civil Engineering: David Jáuregui
Ed Foreman Distinguished Professorship in Civil Engineering: David Jáuregui

Former Recipient: Peter Martin, Rola Idriss (first recipient)

Harold Foreman Endowed Professorship for Excellence in Civil Engineering: Zohrab Samani
Harold Foreman Distinguished Professorship in Civil Engineering: Zohrab Samani (first recipient)

Kenneth White Professorship in Transportation and Structural Engineering: TBA
Wells-Hatch Family Distinguished Professorship in Civil Engineering: TBA

Former Recipient: David Jáuregui (first recipient)

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Endowed Chairs

- - William Kersting Endowed Chair in Power Systems Engineering: Sukumar Brahma
  - PNM Endowed Chair in Utility Management: Satish Ranade
  - Frank Carden Endowed Chair in Telemetering and Telecommunications: Charles Creusere

Former Recipients: Frank Carden, William P. Osborne, Stephen Horan

- - PNM Endowed Chair for Utility Management: Satish Ranade (first recipient)

Endowed Professorships

- - International Foundation for Telemetering Professorship in Telecommunications: Deva Borah
  - William Kersting Endowed Professorship in Power Systems Engineering: Sukumar Brahma (first recipient)
  - Paul W. and Valerie Klipsch Distinguished Professorships in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Phillip DeLeon, Steven J. Stochaj, Wei Tang, and David Voelz
  - Paul W. and Valerie Klipsch Distinguished Professorships in Electrical and Computer Engineering: Kwong Ng, Jaime Ramirez-Angulo, David Voelz, and Phillip DeLeon

Former Recipients: Vojin Oklobdzija, Mike Giles

Igor Sevostianov, associate professor and recipient of the Dwight and Aubrey Chapman Distinguished Professorship in Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Endowed Professorships

- - Dwight and Audrey Graham Chapman Endowed Professorship in Mechanical Engineering: Igor Sevostianov
  - Dwight and Audrey Graham Chapman Distinguished Professorship in Mechanical Engineering: Igor Sevostianov

Former Recipient: Eric Butcher (first recipient)

- - Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Academy Distinguished Professorship: TBA

Former recipients: Mingjuin Wei, Igor Sevostianov (first recipient)

- - Forrest Mooney Endowed Professorship in Aerospace Engineering: TBA
  - Robert G. Myers Professorship in Mechanical Engineering: Ruey-Hung Chen
  - Robert G. Myers Department Head Professorship in Mechanical Engineering: Ruey-Hung Chen

Former Recipients: Thomas Burton (first recipient), Ian Leslie

Collegewide

- - Dyrud Professorship in Engineering Excellence
  - John Kaichiro Nakayama and Tome Miyagushi Nakayama Professorship for Research Excellence: Ou Ma
  - John Kaichiro Nakayama and Tome Miyagushi Nakayama Professorship for Teaching Excellence: Paul Furth

Pending Completion of Endowment Funding

- - Ken White Endowed Professorship in Structures and Transportation Engineering
  - George W. Lucky Endowed Professorship for excellence in Engineering Education
  - Dr. John Minor P.E. Memorial Endowed Professorship
  - PECSO Endowed Professorship in Water Quality and Reclamation Research

NMSU Regents Professors

The Regents Professorship, established in 2001 by the NMSU Board of Regents, recognizes faculty who have made outstanding contributions to the university’s mission and to honor contributions in the areas of education, research, extension education and public service.

- Sonya Cooper