Engineering professor awarded over $300k NSF grant for advanced water treatment
With limited water resources posing a challenge for citizens around the globe, Reza Foudazi, a chemical and materials engineering assistant professor at New Mexico State University, is working on a project involving new methods for advanced water treatment. He has received a three-year, nearly $315,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for his project, “Stimuli-responsive membranes from mesophase templating.”
In Memoriam: James Glenn Kilcrease
Asmar earns prestigious academic All-American award
NM State men’s tennis senior Enrique Asmar joined an elite group of student-athletes, earning Google Cloud Academic All-America ® honors presented by CoSIDA.
National Senior Games: Djang of Las Cruces a swimming star
Philipp Djang, a 65-year-old from Las Cruces, was among a group of 36 swimmers who broke records as the events in the pool concluded Wednesday at the National Senior Games. He was also one of 14 who now hold multiple National Senior Games records. Djang is the record-holder in the 50-yard backstroke, 100 back and 200 back for the 65-69 age division.
Parker named NMSU’s new provost
Carol Parker, senior adviser for academic affairs, and until recently provost at the University of Texas at El Paso, has been named New Mexico State University’s new provost. NMSU President John Floros announced the appointment earlier today. Parker begins her new role at NMSU on July 22.
In Memoriam: James Walter Cleveland
James Walter (Jim) Cleveland, longtime resident of Rio Rancho, passed away on Friday, May 24, 2019 due to circumstances arising from a long period of ill health. Jim was born on Tuesday, April 17, 1945 in Pittsburgh, PA. He grew up in Vandergrift, PA and graduated from Kiski High School. Upon graduation, Jim enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and was stationed at Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque, NM, where he met and married his wife Sue. He then enrolled at New Mexico State University, where he earned a mechanical engineering degree
NMSU engineer using smartphone sensing to identify falls risk
A New Mexico State University engineer is exploring one of the fastest emerging fields as a means to predict and prevent a pervasive problem. Phillip De Leon, associate dean of research for the College of Engineering and professor of electrical and computer engineering, and recently graduated doctoral student Matthew Martinez are using artificial intelligence and deep learning to help predict a person’s risk of falling.
Algal Process Affords Sustainable Wastewater Treatment And Disinfection
Publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) are required to reduce the pollutants in urban wastewaters to statutory levels prior to discharging the treated wastewater into natural water bodies. To fulfill this mandate, POTWs have been utilizing a sequence of treatment processes, each designed to remove a specific pollutant in the wastewater. Even though these processes have served well in meeting the discharge standards and in protecting public health and water quality, the sustainability of this practice has now emerged as a major concern.
In Memoriam: Avinash Kuna
PARSIPPANY — Lake Parsippany resident Avinash Kuna, 32, passed away on Saturday, June 1 during an accident on Lake Hopatcong. His body wasn’t recovered until Monday evening. Avi, who turned 32 on May 28, went to Lake Hopatcong on Saturday morning with a group of his friends and co-workers and rented a pontoon boat to celebrate Avi’s birthday.