Students

Spring classes began as scheduled Tuesday, Jan. 11 – in person and on campus – with COVID-19 health and safety protocols in place.

Deborah McGott, PhD in Materials Science, is the winner of the Fall 2021 Dr. Bhakta Rath and Sushama Rath Research Award. The honor, which recognizes the Colorado School of Mines doctoral graduate

Mines conferred a total of 284 bachelor’s degrees during the in-person ceremony at Lockridge Arena on Dec. 17, 2021.

Winning the semester-long design challenge – and the $1,000 grand prize – was a solution for making temporary housing for refugees more durable, sustainable and easily deployable.

The Small Animal Fluorescent Imaging System, an imaging system designed to be affordable for small universities and research centers who need to conduct niche research, took the top award at the Fall 2021 Capstone Design Showcase.

Gabriela Blanchard, a chemical engineering major, and Mason Weems, a metallurgical and materials engineering major, will each receive a scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF), as well as mentorship and professional development opportunities throughout the year.

Chemical engineering PhD student Yinan Liu was the lead author on the paper, published in the journal Applied Physics Reviews in November.

Undergraduate Commencement will kick off the day’s festivities at 9 a.m. in Lockridge Arena. Graduate Commencement will follow at 2 p.m. in the same location.

Connor Bray, a PhD student in physics, is one of four graduate students who will be hosted by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where he will have access to world-class supercomputing resources and training.

The Mines Academy at Red Rocks will provide qualified RRCC students with guaranteed admission into any four-year degree program at Colorado School of Mines upon completion of a two-year Associate of Engineering Science degree.