Achievement

In the last year, the NSMS IGERT program has continued to develop and broaden the curriculum offered to students in the NSMS Graduate Degree Program. The establishment and implementation of this degree program has been one of the biggest successes of the IGERT program. The IGERT program provides a mechanism for institutionalizing new elements into the NSMS curriculum. The establishment of a Professional Science Masters (PSM) program on campus that has emerged out of the NSMS program is an example. This has enabled students in the NSMS and other Masters programs to take formal coursework in business and entrepreneurship that count toward their degree credits. This educational achievement is especially significant in New Mexico, where the presence of National Laboratories and the Universities provide a fertile environment for the development of start-up companies in nanotechnology.