Students' Profiles
NMT Graduate Students Win Top 3 Places at SME2024
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The Society of Mining Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) Minexchange is the biggest mining event in the US, over 5000 people attended. This conference gathers the most important representatives of the mining, metallurgical, and exploration industries, as well as many people from the academy. During this event, an exhibit hall is open to network and obtain further information about the companies and the universities that have a booth there. Also in parallel, over 200 technical sessions are held in different conference rooms. Regarding the graduate poster contents, more than 40 graduate students (master's and Ph.D. candidates) presented their research work. This presentation had to be done in less than 4 minutes, and the poster had to be visually compelling. Each of the students presented their work to one judge. After the presentation, 5 winners were selected, with New Mexico Tech taking the top three positions. All three students were working on their research under the supervision of Dr. Pedram Roghanchi.
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Maria Beltran Marquez
(1st Place)
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Maria Beltran Marquez, a Mining and Metallurgical Engineer, currently in the master's program of the Mineral Engineering Department. During the SME annual conference, she had the opportunity to present a technical session where she explained the work she has done in her research as part of her thesis on respirable coal mine dust control. She participated in the Graduate Poster Contest in which she obtained first place. She was also awarded the Henry Dewitt Graduate Scholarship, which is intended for students who are interested in mining operations.
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Maria Camila Acevedo Garcia
(2nd Place)
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Maria Camila Acevedo Garcia received her Mining and Metallurgy Engineering degree from Universidad Nacional de Colombia, School of Mines. Originally from Colombia, her research is based on the evaluation and prediction algorithms for Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis cases. Her graduation date with a MS at New Mexico Tech will be in May of this year. In the SME 2023, she won fourth place in the graduate poster contest and in the SME 2024, she got second place.
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Angela Nataly Vanegas Valderrama
(3rd Place)
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Angela Nataly is a Master's student in the Mineral Engineering Department. She grew up in Colombia, a country known for its significant mining activity. She graduated in Mining Engineering at the Universidad Pedagogica y Tecnologica de Colombia (UPTC).
She began her Mineral Engineering Master's program at New Mexico Tech in the fall of 2022 and will graduate in May 2024. During her time at NMT, she worked on NIOSH-funded projects related to coal dust monitoring systems. Her dedication to mining and research has earned her several scholarships and awards, including the IIE Scholarship – Institute of International Education, Pat Miller NMTIC scholarships, the RETC (Rapid Excavation Tunneling Conference) Scholarship, SME WAIMEE scholarships and 3rd place in the SME Graduate Student Poster Competition. She presented her research at the Graduate Student Technical Session Contest, SME Annual Conference & Expo, and participated in the SEG 2023 Conference in London 2023.
In the summer of 2023, she interned as a Geomechanical Engineer at Freeport-McMoRan, and will have a full-time position in June.
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Earth & Environmental Science, Mechanical Engineering and Physics departments held a successful combined recruiting event on March 8th, 2024. The event included common activities designed to show the strength of NMT and our graduate community. In addition, each department had their own events specific to them. Many thanks to Dr. Ryan Leary (EES), Dr. Michael Hargather (MENG) and Dr. Ryan Norris (Physics) for organizing the event and to our graduate student that supported it.
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03/28
GSA Spring Barbeque
Graduate students and their families, faculty and staff are all invited.
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04/01 - 04/12
GSA Officer Elections
Message from GSA President - Dylan Purcell
The 2024-2025 GSA officer election is coming up quickly. Our yearly election cycle consists of a nomination period during which you may nominate yourself or others for officer election, a voting period during which confirmed nominations are placed on a ballot and sent out to the graduate body, and the officer transition during the final meeting of the semester, where the previous officers officially hand over responsibilities.
Our elections are very important here at Tech. As a student government body independent of the SGA, we try to serve the specific needs of the graduate students, and lobby on their behalf to administration, faculty, and the SGA. However, this requires a strong and unified officer council to keep operations running smoothly, as the job is simply too much for any one person, and so filling out our officer positions (President, VP, Appropriations, Information, Events, and Grants) is critical for ensuring a smooth continuation of our services. In addition, we do have influence on our school at large; community events we run are well-attended, services we help to organize with other offices are targeted to fill in gaps as we find them, and our voice can help to make relevant policy decisions at high levels, something that I expect will grow further with the upcoming change of administration.
This year, we will be opening the nomination period during spring break, and keep it open until the 31st of March (check your inboxes for reminder emails about the process). After we confirm all the nominations, the election poll will be sent out on the 2nd or 3rd of April and will be open for 2 weeks. As I am not running for office again, I will be overseeing this election as per our constitution. If you have any questions about the different officer positions, responsibilities, or GSA operations, feel free to contact me at gsa@npe.nmt.edu, and I will try my best to answer as quickly as possible.
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04/19 - 04/20
GSA and SGA Spring Fling Events
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04/26
Spring 24 - Completion Paperwork
For Spring graduation to be eligible to participate in Commencement and have your degree conferred at the end of Spring semester in the month of May
The completed report of the advisory committee, iThenticate report from academic advisor, and ProQuest submission of the final thesis/dissertation must be submitted by April 26th, 2024 to the Center for Graduate Studies or one final copy of an accepted independent study paper must be submitted to the student’s advisor and advisory committee. Please refer to the Completion Guideline on the CGS website.
Must have submitted your intent to graduate form prior to the beginning of the Spring 2024 semester.
Must submit your Diploma and Intent to Walk to the Registrar by April 12th, 2024.
Student degrees are not complete until final materials have been approved by the Center for Graduate Studies and the student receives final acceptance via email from the ProQuest system. Students are encouraged to submit their thesis/dissertation drafts earlier to ensure that it will be accepted by the Registrar's deadline.
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Scholarships and Other Opportunities
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There are some Endowed scholarship opportunities open to graduate students, which are listed here on the Endowed Scholarship website. Native American graduate students should contact the Financial Aid Office for further information on additional scholarship opportunities (financial_aid@nmt.edu).
For Additional scholarship opportunities, visit the NMT Financial Aid website.
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NM Space Grant now accepting scholarship/fellowship applications
New Mexico Space Grant Consortium (NMSGC) has opened applications for scholarships and fellowships for the fall 2024 and spring 2025 semesters. All applications and letters of recommendation will be due by April 12, 2024, no extensions will be given. NMSGC offers scholarships and fellowships to all undergraduate and graduate students who are majoring in a STEM field or are educators. GPA must be 3.0 or above, U.S citizenship is also required. The Fall 2024 – Spring 2025 scholarships and fellowships offered are:
Graduate Research Fellowship:
$5,000 awarded/semester, up to 4 semesters
Full-time, STEM major, 3.0 GPA or above
Research project needs to align w/NASA
Faculty letter of support required
https://nmspacegrant.com/graduate-research-fellowships/
In-Service Teacher Graduate Fellowship:
$2,500 awarded/semester, up to 2 semesters
Part-time, 3.0 GPA or above
Must complete in-service teaching during the awarded semesters, resource unit plan required
https://nmspacegrant.com/in-service-teacher-fellowship/
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American Council of Engineering Companies Research Institute Scholarships
Through the ACEC Research Institute scholarship portal, qualified students have access to more than 100 scholarships totaling nearly $1Million in grants, including a $5,000 grant specifically designated for students from New Mexico, various diversity and inclusion scholarships, as well as both merit and need-based opportunities.
Apply today
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Graduate Student Association (GSA)
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Center for Graduate Studies
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Admission & Student Success
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