Patricia C. Hynes, Ph.D.
New Mexico State University
Director, New Mexico Space Grant Consortium
Director, New Mexico NASA EPSCoR
Executive Director, FAA Center of Excellence for Commercial Space Transportation
Education
B.S. NMSU English 1969
M.S. NMSU Higher Education Management 1992
Ph.D. NMSU Business Administration 1998
Appointments
Director New Mexico Space Grant Consortium (NMSGC) 1998-present
Director New Mexico NASA EPSCoR 2007-present
Executive Director, FAA Center of Excellence for Commercial Space Transportation
Professor, Department of Government
Executive Director NMSU Space Development Foundation 2006-present
Co-Chair Advancing Leaders Program 2005-present
Member President’s Commission on the Status of Women 2004- present
Chair NSF ADVANCE Research Committee at NMSU 2002- 2004
Board Member National Space Biomedical Research Institute Industry Forum 2009
Board Member Women in Aerospace 2010
Elected Offices
Treasurer National Space Grant Foundation 2006-2010
Treasurer National Space Grant Alliance – 501C4 Corporation 2002-2004
Treasurer Southwest Space Task Force 2002-2004
Board Member National Space Grant Alliance – current Board member 2002-present
Board Member National Space Grant Executive Committee 2002-2004
Member National Space Grant Strategic Planning Committee 2002
University Wide Activities
Founding Director NMSU Teaching Academy 2001
Officer NMSU Development Officer 2003-current
Chair NMSU Leadership Institute 2006-current
Chair Staff Roles Sub-committee for NMSU President’s 2003
Roles and Rewards Task Force
Statewide Programs Created and Managed
Management of New Mexico Space Grant Consortium
Management of New Mexico NASA EPSCoR
International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS)
Scholarship and Fellowship Program
Summer Internship Program
America View Program
Research Enhancement Program
Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program
Gaining Retention and Achievement for Students Program (GRASP)
Current Funding Responsibility
NASA – New Mexico Space Grant Consortium – PI 3,632,586
NASA – EPSCoR – PI 449,983
NASA – EPSCoR – PI 741,144
NASA – EPSCoR – PI 659,386
NASA – EPSCoR – PI 649,181
NASA – EPSCoR – PI 732,016
State of New Mexico 96,300
NMSU Endowments – Executive Director 388,725
National Space Grant Foundation 60,100
Total 7,109,421
Selected Publications
Hynes, P.C. (2008) The role of the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight play in enabling the growth of human spaceflight related business enterprises. A paper presented at the International Astronautical Federation, Glasgow, Scotland.
Hynes, P.C. (2008). Space Commerce and Tourism. A paper presented at the International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference. Dayton, OH.
Hynes, P.C. (2008). International Symposium for Personal Spaceflight: Making spaceflight personal. A paper presented at the 43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting. Reno, NV.
Hynes, P.C. (1999). An Evaluation of Organizational Stress and Perceptions of Change In Engineering Faculty in New Mexico. A paper presented at the American Society for Engineering Education Conference, Austin, TX.
McShannon, J. & Hynes, P. (2005). Student achievement and retention: Can faculty development programs help faculty GRASP it? Journal of Faculty Development, 20(2), 87-93.
McShannon, J., Hynes P., Nirmalakhandan, Venkataramana, Ricketts, C., Ulery, A., Steiner, R.. (2006). Gaining Retention & Achievement for Students Program (GRASP): A faculty development program. Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice
Nirmalakhandan, N., Ricketts, C., McShannon, J., and Barrett, S. Hynes, P. (2006). Teaching tools to promote active learning: A case study. Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education & Practice 133(1), 31-37.
