“Within 150-mile radius is the source of more intellectual capacity than any other place on the planet,” Sandia National Laboratory President Paul Robinson says of the Albuquerque area. He’s right. New Mexico ranks first in the 50 states in the number of PhD scientists and engineers as a percentage of the workforce. The University of New Mexico, New Mexico State University, and New Mexico Tech all offer undergraduate and graduate degrees in chemistry, physics, and a variety of engineering specializations. In addition, Farmington’s San Juan College offers a unique renewable energy degree program for undergraduates and Crownpoint Institute of Technology offers an alternative energy program.