“The State of New Mexico has a strong, well-established history and continual interest in hypersonics,” Frankel said. Myers Endowed professor from the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department. Chapman Endowed associate professor and J.I. The team includes Luis Cifuentes, vice president of research, as principal investigator, and with the co-principal investigators Andreas Gross, associate professor Fangjun Shu, D. NMSU’s project, “New Mexico Basic Research Center of Excellence for Hypersonic Sensor Development and Testing,” will bring significant exposure and leverage to the university’s hypersonics ambitions. The New Mexico State University College of Engineering is creating a niche in hypersonic research and education, and the United States Department of Defense has granted NMSU a $1 million, two-year Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research or DEPSCoR Award. The College of Engineering at New Mexico State University was selected for a $1 million, two-year Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research or DEPSCoR Award.