Dr. Urbi Basu from the Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources was consulted for this article in the Santa Fe New Mexican. Her expertise in seismology helps the public to understand what injection and fracking does to subsurface rock formations.

The story was also carried on KUNM's local news. 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Urbi Basu   

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Dr. Phillip Kyle, adjunct professor in Earth and Environmental Sciences and researcher at MEVO, supplied information for the story about Mt. Erebus spewing $5,000 in gold dust every day. The story made it around the world and was published in Switzerland, Indonesia (also here), and in several English language outlets, such as Archyworldys and Wide Open Spaces.

 

 

 

Dr. Phillip Kyle installing a sensor on Mt. Erebus

 

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When the Northern Lights gave New Mexicans a rare look at its brilliant colors, Dr. Caitano da Silva, associate professor in Physics and scientist at Langmuir Labratory, was consulted by KRQE-TV. (His interview was much longer than this video clip indicates.)

 

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Just one of the optical interferometers on Magdalena Ridge

As a follow-up to the article in BigThink.com, Dr. Michelle Creech-Eakman, professor of physics, was a guest on the "Starts with a Bang" podcast, along with Dr. Chris Haniff of Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University. The discussion focused on the 110m optical interferometer at New Mexico Tech's Magadalena Ridge Observatory. 

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The nicotine patch, one of the most widely used patents to come out of New Mexico Tech, was developed and patented by Dr. Frank Etscorn (professor emeritus). It recently made the rounds in golfing news. Some pro golfers are using the patch, seeking to finetune their competitive edge. The story was published in Australian Golf Digest and also Golf Digest.