RESEARCH
NEW MEXICO CONSORTIUM RESEARCH
NMC’s research falls into these main areas. Click on any of the categories below to read more about our current research projects. Read about some of the latest research on the NMC Research Highlights page.
ADVANCED COMPUTING
The New Mexico Consortium engages universities and industry nationally in support of high performance computing research.
BIOMEDICAL & HEALTH
Biomedical and Human Health research at the NMC includes microbiology, immunology, structural biology, bioinformatics, genome research and modeling.
DATA SCIENCE
The New Mexico Consortium supports various research projects on data science, an interdisciplinary field that uses scientific methods and tools to extract knowledge and insights from data.
FIRE SCIENCE
Fire Science at the New Mexico Consortium encompasses a broad range of research focused on wildfire behavior, ecosystem processes, conservation, cultural resources, and land management.
HYDROLOGY
Hydrology at the NMC includes validating models and recommending physics and parameter improvements to better capture the processes critical to hydrologic predictions.
MATERIALS SCIENCE
Materials Science at the NMC includes research developing radiation balanced lasers as well as research developing platinum group metal-free catalysts for fuel cell application.
NEUROMORPHIC COMPUTING
Neuromorphic Computing at the NMC investigates the computational principles that enable high-level sensory processing and cognition in the human brain by implementing these principles into large-scale, high-performance computer models.
OPTIMIZATION & CONTROL SYSTEMS
Optimization and Control Systems research at the NMC develops mathematical, computational, and data-driven methods for UAVs, robotics, motion planning, operations research, and finite- and infinite-dimensional optimization in interconnected infrastructure systems.
PHYSICS
The New Mexico Consortium supports various General Physics and Plasma Physics research projects. Multiple sponsors include NASA, DOE, and NSF.
QUANTUM COMPUTING
The NMC supports quantum computing in advanced molecular simulation research, algorithm development for next-generation quantum computers, and workforce training through collaborations with universities, national laboratories, and industry partners.
SEISMIC RESEARCH
The New Mexico Consortium supports seismic research projects such as analyzing data from high resolution seismic imaging and sparse coding methods to extract relevant data from seismic signals.
SPACE SCIENCE
The New Mexico Consortium and Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Intelligence and Space Research division pursue joint research in space science. Research topics include space weather, planetary exploration, and remote sensing of the earth.
VOLCANOLOGY
The NMC supports volcanology research projects to improve our understanding of their impact on the environment. The field encompasses geology, geophysics, geochemistry, and other earth sciences to explore the formation, processes, and hazards of volcanic activity.
Outreach
Community outreach is at the core of the New Mexico Consortium’s mission. Programs the NMC support and/or engage in include bringing science speakers to the community with our Your State of Science program and supporting programs such as the Supercomputing Challenge, the Los Alamos ScienceFest, and more! We encourage our scientists to take part in science education and outreach activities!