and cybersecurity.
== Research and teaching ==
New Mexico Tech's well-known areas of research and teaching include hydrology, astrophysics, atmospheric physics, geophysics, information technology, information security, Earth Science, energetic materials engineering, and petroleum recovery.
In 2003, with funds from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, New Mexico Tech purchased the town of Playas, New Mexico, and the surrounding 1,200 acres (490 ha) to develop the Playas Training and Research Center, operated by the school's EMRTC, which provides training and research for the university's first responders, counterterrorism, and Air Force programs.
=== Affiliated science and engineering centers ===
New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources
Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center
Institute for Complex Additive Systems Analysis
The EarthScope Primary Instrument Center (EPIC, formerly the IRIS PASSCAL Instrument Center)
Langmuir Laboratory for Atmospheric Research
Magdalena Ridge Observatory
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