Science and Technology

Albuquerque High Performance Computing Center
www.arc.unm.edu
Provides high performance computing, its applications, and its deployment through computing science and technology, computational science, research, education, outreach and training. The center is currently ranked among the top five academic supercomputing installations in the country.

Albuquerque Math, Science, Technology Partnership
www.aps.edu/aps/mstweb
Is a partnership with business and education to create a math science and technology system within Albuquerque Public Schools. One of its goals is to create a mathematics, science and technology high school and feeder middle and elementary school system using quality principles in education. The system will serve as a model for the district and the state.

Coalition for Excellence in Science and Math Education (CESAME)
www.cesame-nm.org
Organization concerned with improving science and mathematics literacy for all citizens. The organization provides support to teachers, students, the public and state officials who deal with education issues. The website has links to science and math resources for teachers and students.

Internet Learning Network
www.getsmarter.org
"Get Smarter" Is a free web site for voluntary, no-risk, K-12 self assessment in math and science with national and international benchmarking. The network also provides hints, tutorials and links to other sites to increase understanding and improve performance in math and science.

National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA)
www.nasa.gov
Web Site contains information regarding the work of NASA, information on flight, careers, educational resources, scientific and technical information, information for kids, links to other sites and much more.

Next Generation Economy
(505) 843-4043
The Next Generation Economy will help the central New Mexico region to address its economic challenges by identifying the action initiatives needed to grow and sustain the clusters. The clusters are geographic concentrations of industries and the private and public institutions that support them, such as schools, universities, national laboratories, financial institutions, workforce development programs and governments. The emerging industries identified are: Aerospace and Electronic Systems, BioTech and Bio Med, IT/Software, Microsystems, Optics and Photonics, Artisan Manufacturing, and Tourism. Click here for power point presentation on Next Generation Economy.

New Mexico Math, Engineering, Science Achievement
http://nmmesa.nmt.edu
NM MESA Inc., a non-profit organization, is part of a national initiative promoting educational enrichment for pre-college students from historically under-represented ethnic groups. NM MESA prepares these students for college majors in mathematics, engineering, science and related fields.

Northwestern New Mexico Regional Science and Engineering Fair
www.unm.edu/~scifair
The organizations mission is to work directly with middle- and high-school teachers and students to encourage young people to become interested in engineering and science and participate in Science Fair competition, held annually in March. Awards totaling $50,000 are given in way of trips, prizes, scholarships. www.unm.edu/~scifair.

Sandia National Laboratories, Adventures in Science and Knowledge
http://www.sandia.gov/ASK
Information about Sandia National Laboratories exciting education outreach programs. Surely, there is something of interest for students, teachers, volunteers and anyone else excited about science.

Sandia National Laboratories Technical Library Internet Links
http://infoserve.sandia.gov
Links cover most subjects in science, both pure and applied. This site is very useful for educators and students in science fields.

Technology Ventures Corporation
www.techventures.org
Technology Ventures Corporation was founded by Lockheed Martin as a non-profit, 501(c)(3) tax exempt corporation to commercialize technologies from our national laboratories and research universities, and to create jobs. TVC serves as a facilitator, helping entrepreneurs develop business cases around technologies and obtain funding from across the country for New Mexico business formations.