Sponsors: Reasons you should sponsor NMSU's IEEE chapter. Invest in Future Professional Engineers. Through IEEE's engineering competitions and conferences student engineers get hands-on experience with a real-world problems that requires team work, attention to detail, serious commitment, creative thinking, and even presentation skills. In addition sponsorship provides company exposure to the most talented recruits from New Mexico State University. Your Donations are Tax-deductable. IEEE is a non-profit organization thus, all donations are acknowledged as contributions to NMSU. Materials and equipment provided to NMSU's IEEE group by sponsors will be considered as a monetary contribution equivalent to the donation's market value.