The mission of the Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering is to provide outstanding undergraduate and graduate education that includes relevant, effective curricula and cutting-edge academic research. Additionally, the department seeks to contribute significant service to the University, the state, and the international chemical engineering and nuclear engineering communities. The cornerstone of our educational programs is the symbiosis between excellent teach ing and strong academic research programs. Our goal is that every faculty member and every student be involved in both. In a number of significant ways, our research activi ties are already well-integrated with and supportive of our teaching mission.
Graduate research is an essential part of students' theses and dissertations.
At the undergraduate level, we are involving an increasing number of students in our research program. Perhaps most importantly, being a research-active department has allowed us to attract nationally competitive faculty, who contribute to our teaching and service missions as well. People Our students, as our primary customers are the focal point for all of our programs. The department's undergraduates are primarily New Mexicans, with large minority and women components. Relatively few of our under graduates continue into our graduate programs because we actively encourage our best undergraduates to seek the broadening experience of other excellent graduate programs.