Outreach & Creative Activities
Outreach
The Department of Engineering Technology and Surveying Engineering is dedicated to reaching out to the community by providing services both at home and abroad. Our students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends volunteer their services, skills and time in order to help those in need and create a positive impact in lives and communities. We take what we know about ETSE and share it with others. Our department has strong academic programs, bright students, and dedicated faculty and staff.
Our college outreach efforts include:
- Student Recruitment
- Student Organization Fund Raisers
- Consulting or aiding communities at home and abroad for it's engineering, technological and/or surveying needs.
Our Students, Faculty, Staff, Alumni, and Friends volunteer by:
- educating other alumni and friends about our programs and students.
- volunteering time at College of Engineering and/or NMSU events.
- sharing the "Aggie Experience" with prospective students throughout community.
- leading by example and making gifts in support of the college and our department.
Featured Creative Activity
Solar Distillation
The most urgent human need when faced with the aftermath of a natural disaster is water. This is especially ironic when the victims of the natural disasters are photographed while standing knee deep in water. It’s not the quantity of water that is the problem, but the quality of the water.
A research project in the Renewable Energy Technology (RET) program of the ETSE Dept. is hoping to meet this human need using solar water distillation. Solar distillation is not a new technology, having been in use for more than 100 years. However, most research on the topic centers on improving efficiency. The goal of the RET project is to create a light, easily transportable, very inexpensive distillation unit that can be built from materials available worldwide. The hope is to produce a distillation unit that can convert enough polluted water to provide for a family of four, cost less than $100, and be made by local craftsman using locally available materials.
David Coe, undergraduate researcher, is using polycarbonate sheets typically used in greenhouse construction as his primary material. Polycarbonate sheets are produced on every continent and can be cut, planed and bent to almost any shape; thus eliminating the need for fasteners like nails, screws or glues. The material is very light and distillation units can be shipped easily and quickly to areas where the need is greatest.