October 2024

Students Profile

Nusrat Yeasmin

MS Chemistry

Research Advisor

Dr. Arjak Bhattacharjee

NMT Graduate student, Ms. Nusrat Yeasmin won a prestigious scholarship from the American Society of Materials (ASM International). ASM is a highly prestigious professional society focusing on materials research and each year the scholarship awardees are selected from a pool of competitive applicants. This year, Nusrat Yeasmin was the first-place holder in the graduate student category for this scholarship and she is the only grad student from New Mexico Tech who got this prestigious scholarship award.

Nusrat is an MS student in the Chemistry department of Tech and working with Dr. Arjak Bhattacharjee for her MS thesis on chemically modified antibacterial natural medicinal compounds with bioceramic materials for various dental applications. Her additional research area is on the understanding of cement chemistry as a function of plastic waste incorporation in sustainable concrete. She has been awarded this prestigious scholarship in the Rio Grande symposium in Albuquerque (Oct. 21, 2024), organized by ASM International and Sandia National Laboratories. Additionally, she also presented a research poster in this symposium based on her research work on antibacterial natural medicinal compounds and bioceramic materials for dental applications.

Nusrat is originally from Bangladesh and received her Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh. During her free time, she loves listening to music and spending time with her family and friends.

Green Chile Roast and Festival of Nations

The International Student Office, the Graduate Student Association, and the CLASS Department— organized the annual International Student Green Chile Roast and Festival of Nations on Friday, October 4 featuring an international potluck with foods from Russia, Belarus, Vietnam, Australia, Poland, Ghana, Nigeria, African American meals and New Mexico US cuisines.

With more than 150 students, faculty, staff and community members the event was a tremendous success. Many thanks to the organizing committee consisted of Valerie Maez (NMT International Programs), Mercy Ike Ajigah (Graduate Student Association), and Steve Simpson (Dean of Arts and Sciences).

Thanks to the cuisines committee that made the dishes and volunteered to serve consisting of Donna Christie Essel, Sarah Moses, Yan Pozhanka, Ann Duy Huynh, M Pozhanka, Bushra Uddin, Rifat Khan and Samuel Mohammed Maimako

And thanks to the volunteers committee that setup the venue including Hannah Morgan Smith Myers, Nursat Nur, Md Golam Zakaria, Biswajit Ghose, Alhassan Abdul Malik, Millicent Okyere Williams, Ebenezer Gyamfi-Yeboah, Leonardo Quirino Olvera, Ali Beris, the GSA Executive Body, among others.

Also, thanks to the Writing and Communication Lab tutors who worked the chile table: Arianna Albers, Emmanuel Acheampong, and Harrison Kaspar. Volunteer turnout from the Graduate Student Association was outstanding.

Announcements

Time/Space to work on your thesis/dissertation

The Office of Graduate Studies will weekly announce on our website times when graduate students can come and work in our conference room on their thesis/dissertation. During this time you can focus on writing and you can ask questions as they come up whether about formatting, completion, copyright, plagiarism, etc. This is in addition to the services offered by the Writing & Communication Lab (WCL). If you are looking for writing support the WCL would be a much better resource. Please see below.

Writing & Communication Lab (WCL)

This is a tutoring resource committed to helping students become better writers and communicators through tailored and individual consultations. Tutors are experienced in STEM writing and offer consultations both in person and online, to undergraduate and graduate students. These resources are also available to our Distance Students as well so please take advantage.

Find the service's descriptions by visiting the following link

https://www.nmt.edu/academics/class/center.php

Important Dates

Oct. 30th & 31th and Nov. 1st

Where: Deju University House

Vice President of Research Candidate Campus Interviews

NMT invites the campus community to attend and participate in on-campus interviews for three candidates for the Vice President of Research position during the week of Oct. 28.

Wed, Oct. 30: Jeff Terry, University Liaison to the National Laboratories, Research Office, and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Research, Illinois Institute of Technology.

Thu, Oct. 31: Lique Coolen, Assistant to the Provost for Special Projects, and Professor, Biological Sciences, Kent State University.

Fri, Nov. 1: Nicole Beebe, Assistant Vice President, Faculty Research Development, Office of Research, and Professor of Information Systems and Cyber Security, University of Texas at San Antonio.

CV and info of each candidate can be found here.

Please REGISTER HERE to attend each session. A survey will be sent out after each session for comments.

Events will be held at Deju University House:

- Candidate meeting with students @ 11:00 - 11:50 AM

- Candidate presentation at an open session for all campus stakeholders @ 1:45 - 2:45 PM. See below for more details.

- Candidate meeting with faculty, chairs, and deans @ 3:00 - 3:45 PM

November 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th

Where: Deju University House

Vice President of Administration and Finance and Chief Financial Officer Candidate Campus Interviews

NMT invites the campus community to attend and participate in on-campus interviews for four candidates for the Vice President of Administration and Finance and Chief Financial Officer position during the week of Nov. 4th.

Mon, Nov. 4: Carlos Romero, Associate Vice President of Research, NMT

Tue, Nov. 5: Delilah Walsh, City/General Manager, City of Ketchikan, AK, and Ketchikan Public Utilities

Wed, Nov. 6: Kirk Jones, Senior Director of Operations, Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System, University of Denver

Thu, Nov. 7: Max Baca, Executive Vice President for Finance, Administration, and Government Relations, New Mexico Highlands University

Resumes and info of each candidate can be found here.

Events will be held at Deju University House:

- Candidate Q&A with students, faculty, and staff @ 12:45 - 1:20 PM

- Candidate meeting with faculty, chairs, and deans @ 1:30 - 2:20 PM

The question-and-answer discussion is an in-person event only; virtual attendance will not be offered. Please REGISTER HERE to attend each session. A survey will be sent out after each session for comments.

November 4th @ 2:30pm-4:30pm

Where: Library Tripp Room/Zoom

Engaging the Public

Drs. Chris ChoGlueck (CLASS) and Kate Leary (Bureau of Geology)

Responsible engagement and communication: the ethics of science communication, the pitfalls of the “deficit model” for engaging public stakeholders, and strategies for earning trust in outreach and leadership.

**Contact Christopher.ChoGlueck@nmt.edu for Zoom details

November 25th

Fall 2024 - Completion Paperwork

To graduate in Fall 2024, please ensure the following paperwork is submitted by November 25th, 2024:

Thesis Submission: Submit the completed report of the advisory committee, the iThenticate report from your academic advisor, and the ProQuest submission of the final thesis/dissertation to the Center for Graduate Studies.

Independent Study: Submit one final copy of the accepted independent study paper to your advisor and advisory committee.

For more information, please refer to the Completion Guideline on the CGS website.

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.

Scholarships and Other Opportunities

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).

URA-Sandia Graduate Student Summer Fellowship (Click here for more info)

Due date: Dec.1, 2024

This program provides science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) research experiences that support Sandia National Laboratories’ (SNL) Research Foundations. For information about the Research Foundations, please visit https://www.sandia.gov/research/research-foundations/. Sandia’s mission is “To render exceptional service in the national interest” as one of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Laboratories. As a DOE National Nuclear Security Administration laboratory, Sandia has a core mission in national security that is synergistically served by a broad range of STEM disciplines in these Research Foundations. Click here for more info.

Presidential Doctoral Fellowship for Research Training in Health Disparities (Click here for more info)

Due date: Feb. 1st, 2025

The University at Albany’s Center for the Elimination of Minority Health Disparities (CEMHD) is offering a compensated fellowship for students who want to pursue a doctoral degree in any academic program that the university has to offer, while simultaneously receiving transdisciplinary training in health disparities. Click here for more info.