Among a group of 16 engineering colleges at peer institutions listed below, NMSU ranked high in terms of our faculty scholarship. Our faculty are prolific in publishing their scholarly work.

Chemical and Materials Engineering is second only to Iowa State in terms of publications per faculty in 2018, and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering came in third behind Iowa State and Washington State. Google Scholar, the source used for this data, also helps us with the number of citations per faculty and the average h-index.

Civil Engineering is second only to University of Arizona in terms of citations per faculty and average h-index during 2013-18. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering is in the upper half of our peers in terms of citations per faculty and is in the fourth place for average h-index during the same time period.

Given that our annual research expenditures place us at right about the middle of our peers, it is clear that our faculty do more with less. I congratulate our faculty on these accomplishments and thank them for placing NMSU among the best.

Peer institutions used in the data: Colorado State University, Iowa State University, University of Texas at El Paso, University of New Mexico, Utah State University, Montana State University, University of Arizona, Washington State University, Oregon State University, University of Idaho, Texas Tech University, Oklahoma State University, University of Nevada at Reno, Kansas State University and University of Wyoming.