Faculty awards


A pair of Colorado School of Mines professors will be inducted into the American Society for Engineering Education’s Hall of Fame. Jon Leydens, professor of humanities, arts, and social sciences, and
Matthew Crane, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering at Colorado School of Mines, has been honored with a 35 Under 35 Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).
Iris Bahar, department head and professor of computer science at Colorado School of Mines, has been awarded the 2024 Undergraduate Teaching Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Pylypenko was honored “for outstanding contributions to surface and interface analysis of energy materials and impactful commitment to education and outreach,” according to her award citation.
The prize is awarded to individuals or teams for outstanding work in advancing Open Science related to Earth and space science and its impact globally.
Yvette Kuiper, associate professor of geology and geological engineering at Colorado School of Mines, has been elected a fellow of the Geological Society of America. Fellowship in the Geological
C. Michael McGuirk, assistant professor of chemistry, will conduct research on atomic-level studies of flexible sponge-like structures used in separations
Stephen A. Sonnenberg, professor and Charles Boettcher Distinguished Chair in Petroleum Geology at Colorado School of Mines, has been honored with the 2023 Robert J. Weimer Lifetime Contribution Award
Eileen Martin, assistant professor at Colorado School of Mines, has been awarded the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Activity Group on Geosciences Early Career Prize.
Meenakshi Singh, associate professor of physics at Colorado School of Mines, has won a Fulbright-Nehru Professional and Academic Excellence Award to conduct quantum physics research at one of the top