Academic and Research Facilities Select Facility for explanation 1.- The University Library 2.- Center for Effective Teaching and Learning (CETal) 3.- Office of Technology Planning and Distance Learning (TPDL) 4.- UTEP's specialized research centers 5.- Materials Center for Synthesis and Processing (MCSP) 6.- Materials Research Institute (MRI) 7.- Institute for Manufacturing and Materials Management 8.- Texas Center for Border Economic and Enterprise Development 9.- Center for Environmental Resource Management (CERM) 10.- Pan American Center for Earth and Environmental Science (PACES) 11.- Border Biomedical Research Center 12.- Laboratory for Environmental Biology 13.- Center for Geotechnical and Highway Materials Research 14.- Center for Inter-American and Border Studies (CIABS) 15.- Public Policy Research Center 16.- FAST Center for the Structural Integrity of Aerospace Systems 17.- Center for Electronics Manufacturing (CEM)