Research Facilities

Metro New Mexico's unique research assets offer multiple benefits and partnerships to local business.

Albuquerque hosts:

• Sandia National Laboratories
• Air Force Research Lab Directed Energy Directorate
• University of New Mexico, a Class I Research University with its Centers for High Technology Materials, Non-Invasive Diagnostics, and High Performance Computing among others.

Santa Fe is home to:

• The National Center for Genome Resources
• The Santa Fe Institute.

Los Alamos is the home of Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Research Parks & Business Incubators

• Sandia Science & Technology Park is a research and industrial park near Sandia National Lab, whose tenants include EMCORE and Ktech Corporation.
• Science & Technology Corporation @ UNM facilitates transfer of university inventions to the commercial market place.
• The Santa Fe Business Incubator, which has grown to 30,000 square feet, has nurtured 33 companies and generated nearly 200 jobs.
• WESST Corp Enterprise Center, opening in 2007, is designed to house 18-30 businesses targeted to artisan manufacturing, digital media production and "green" enterprise.

Research Affiliations

Research affiliations abound in Metro New Mexico. From small research or measurement centers within large institutions like UNM or Kirtland Air Force Base (KAFB), to world-class national laboratories, the state has vast research and development resources. Check out:

• Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate: Develops, integrates, and transitions science and technology for high-power microwaves, lasers, adaptive optics, imaging and effects.
• Albuquerque Seismological Laboratory: Operated by the U.S. Geological Survey, the lab operates a New Mexico observatory; collects, processes and distributes data from the global network stations; and develops, tests and evaluates seismographic instrumentation.
• Center for Advanced Studies: State-funded center for excellence housed within the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of New Mexico. Research focus is on tiny scales, intense fields, and complex systems.
• Center for Global Environmental Technologies: Develops new technologies and engineering approaches to solve problems related to stratospheric ozone depletion and global warming.
• Center for High Technology Materials: One of New Mexico's Centers of Technical Excellence, CHTM is renowned for its work in semiconductor and thin-film materials growth; high resolution fabrication, optoelectronic device design and fabrication; laser spectroscopy and laser processing of materials; semiconductor manufacturing metrology; and thin-film technologies.
• Center for Micro-Engineered Materials: Hosts the National Science Foundation's Ceramic and Composite Materials Center. Research objectives are to understand and use molecular and near-molecular processes to synthesize improved ceramic materials with controlled composite structures at nano- to micro-length scales.
• Earth Data Analysis Center: Provides services in geospatial data technologies.
• High Performance Computing Education and Research Center: Provides supercomputing for government agencies, UNM, other academic institutions and industry.
• Hydrogen Technology Partnership (HyTep): HyTeP's vision is leadership in hydrogen and fuel cell technology‚ New Mexico hopes to develop the first hydrogen-based economy in the United States.
• Manufacturing Engineering Program: Offers advanced degrees in Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Mechanical and Equipment Manufacturing, and Semiconductor and Electronics Manufacturing. Degrees require industrial internships. Many courses are offered to company lab sites through instructional televisions (ITV) and satellite.
• New Mexico Engineering Research Institute: The gateway to UNM's technology and intellectual assets, NMERI conducts innovative research, education, and economic development for federal, state and regional organizations, industry and foundations. NMERI has operated continuously since 1961 as the contract research arm of the University of New Mexico's School of Engineering.It has achieved national and international recognition in such fields as:
  • community and business development
  • sustainable development
  • environmental engineering and finance
  • engineering and prototype development
  • modeling and analysis
  • threat reduction and critical infrastructure protection
  • space power and propulsion
  • unconventional energy resources
  • information technology
  • technical communication
  • professional development and training.
• The Santa Fe Institute: A private, independent organization whose research seeks to understand complex systems through an interdisciplinary approach. The institute attracts internationally-known scholars, including Nobel Laureates, to Santa Fe for its workshops and research programs.