GOLDEN, Colo., Sept. 8, 2014 – On Sept. 9, 230 companies will be on campus for Career Day to meet with more than 3,000 students and alumni at the largest collegiate career fair in Colorado and Mines’ history.
Colorado School of Mines and CoorsTek, the premier global provider of engineered ceramics and other advanced materials, announced a major commitment by Coors...
Mines, Red Rocks Community College partnership in The Denver Post's YourHub #minesnews
GOLDEN, CO, March 5, 2015—On Feb. 26 and 27, the Colorado School of Mines Graduate Student Government (GSG) hosted the third annual Conference on Earth and Energy Research in the Green Center, an event that showcases graduate student research. More than 100 graduate students presented oral and poster presentations and were evaluated by alumni and industry judges on scientific content, appearance and presentation ability.
GOLDEN, Colo., March 6, 2015 – Colorado School of Mines Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor Kathleen Smits has received a 2015 NSF CAREER Award. The grant will support her research, “Advancing the science and education of land surface-atmosphere interactions: Interweaving multiscale experimental and modeling approaches for Land Surface Models (LSM) and experiential learning.”
Colorado School of Mines students receive first Innovation Design Awards from Anadarko Petroleum Corporation #minesnews
Colorado School of Mines came in first place during the PetroBowl held in New Orleans Sept. 30-Oct. 2. PetroBowl matches Society of Petroleum Engineers student chapter teams against each other in a fast-paced quiz competition. The competing teams are challenged to answer both technical and non-technical questions associated with the oil and gas industry.
GOLDEN, Colo., March 25, 2015 – Colorado School of Mines celebrated DeltaDays last week, March 16-20, and featured events by local organizations, speakers and performers. Dr. Scott Houser, Teaching Associate Professor in Economics and Business, gave a presentation on “Inequality in the U.S., Around the World … Even at Mines.”
Mines professors discover new type of fuel cell that could more efficiently power your house #minesnews
Physics Professor Lincoln Carr and Liberal Arts and International Studies Professor Toni Lefton are connecting science and poetry in a new course this semester.
Up to 1,500 elementary school teachers across Colorado could receive training this year to teach basic computer science concepts in their classrooms, thanks to a new partnership between Colorado School of Mines and the Colorado Department of Education.
GOLDEN, Colo., Aug. 31, 2015 – Mines researchers led by faculty in the George S. Ansell Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering have been awarded $1.5 million over four years to design new piezoelectric materials and improve existing ones.
Melville, NY, August 27, 2014 – AIP Publishing and Applied Physics Letters are pleased to announce the appointment of Reuben T. Collins, PhD, as the Journal’s new Editor-in-Chief beginning September 1, 2014.
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GOLDEN, Colo., Jan. 19, 2016 – What would you design and build with $2,000? How about $30,000? Colorado School of Mines and Newmont Mining Corporation want to see what products students can develop that will make the mine of the future safer, more sustainable, energy efficient and environmentally sound. On Jan. 23, teams will present prototypes featuring their innovations and will be judged on how well they demonstrate a high probability of success.
GOLDEN, Colo., May 6, 2015 – Professor of Chemistry and Geochemistry Mark Eberhart is finally teaching the class he wishes he could’ve signed up for back when he was a freshman, and it’s getting rave reviews from Mines students.After three semesters as a pilot course, Molecular Engineering and Materials Science (CHGN 125) becomes a regular course this fall –an effort to give new college students something completely different from their high school classes.
GOLDEN, Colo., Jan. 21, 2015 – The Department of Energy and a consortium of 122 companies, nonprofits, and universities including Colorado School of Mines, will invest more than $250 million – $70 million in federal funds and more than $180 million in non-federal matching funds – to launch the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI).
This story appears in the 2014-15 issue of Mines' research magazine, "Energy & the Earth."
All-girl summer camp shrinks STEM gender gap
GOLDEN, Colo., May 27, 2015 – “Pore Scale Phenomena: Frontiers in Energy and Environment,” a book edited by Colorado School of Mines faculty devoted to understanding the physical and chemical properties of pore scale phenomena, has recently been published by World Scientific.The publisher notes, “the book provides, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of the fascinating interrelationship between engineering and science.”
