After spending 34 years on the campus of New Mexico State University as a faculty member, and then dean of the school’s College of Engineering Ricardo Jacquez retired in 2015. He had been dean of the College of Engineering for the past five years. In his career, Jacquez has served as a principal investigator on more than 30 grants totaling about $40 million. Jacquez is the founding director of the New Mexico Alliance for Minority Participation and the New Mexico AMP Bridge to the Doctorate program.