Metallurgical & Materials Engineering Professor receives NSF CAREER Award

GOLDEN, Colo., April 5, 2016 – Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Assistant Professor Geoff Brennecka has received an NSF CAREER Award to study how ferroelectric materials – crystalline materials with a built-in polarization that can be reversed under an electric field – respond to this stimulus at a more fundamental level.

Mines master’s student wins top prize at SPE Rocky Mountain Student Symposium & Paper Contest

GOLDEN, Colo., March 15, 2016 – Students from the Colorado School of Mines Department of Petroleum Engineering participated in the 2016 Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Rocky Mountain Student Symposium & Paper Contest recently hosted by Montana Tech University.

Master’s student Angela Dang won first place in the master’s category and will get to present her research on chemical tracers in hydraulic fracturing at SPE’s Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition to be held in September in Dubai.

Three Mines programs honored by National Academy of Engineering Center for Engineering Ethics and Society

GOLDEN, Colo., March 11, 2016 – The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Center for Engineering Ethics and Society (CEES) has released the report “Infusing Ethics into the Development of Engineers,” showcasing 25 engineering programs at colleges and universities that are exemplary in their approach. Colorado School of Mines was the only university to receive three awards. 

The Mines programs and associated faculty are: