Why aren’t more power lines buried in Colorado?

Quihua Huang, associate professor of electrical engineering, says that burying power lines is a very expensive proposition as compared to using overhead lines.
December 19, 2025

Colorado School of Mines gets creative with its December graduation

Jason Slowinski, associate vice president of infrastructure and operations, explains how he led the effort to keep Mines' graduation ceremony on-track despite having to do it using power from an emergency generator.
December 19, 2025

Strong winds prompt Xcel to shutoff power in some areas

Qiuhua Huang, associate professor of electrical engineering, explains why high winds caused Xcel Energy to make the decision to shutdown electrical grids in the west Denver metro area.
December 17, 2025

Colorado School of Mines to offer first-ever on-island mechanical engineering degree

The Applied Science and Technology Research Organization of America has formalized partnerships with Mines and the University of Guam to establish a Mines satellite campus on Guam focused on additive manufacturing.
December 17, 2025

Mining waste in the US contains billions of dollars of precious metals

Elizabeth Holley, associate professor of mining engineering, is referenced regarding her August 21, 2025 Science Magazine article that documented the presence of critical minerals in the nation's mine waste.
December 13, 2025

Colorado School of Mines professor and students work on creating a new type of concrete

Lori Tunstall, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, discusses the environmental benefits of a new type of concrete that she's developed.
December 10, 2025

Exclusive: Chilean regulator, workers flagged risk at Teck's Quebrada Blanca dam

Rennie Kaunda, associate professor of mining engineering, said cracks and leaks can be red flags for dam stability, requiring consistent monitoring and identification of the root cause.
December 9, 2025

How the oil industry's climate-change solution is surviving Trump's attack on green energy

Anna Littlefield, carbon-capture program manager at the Payne Institute for Public Policy, said the oil and gas infrastructure is similar to the infrastructure required for carbon capture operations.
December 6, 2025

Google just backed carbon capture tech for data center energy providers. Will other tech giants follow?

Anna Littlefield, low carbon energy program manager with the Payne Institute for Public Policy, and Morgan Bazilian, director of Payne, authored this opinion piece looking at Google's new investment into carbon capture.
December 4, 2025

Student-run snow removal business looking forward to change in weather

Nathan Spalding, a Mines senior, discuss how his snow removal business is finally looking up due to a forecast calling for the Denver metro area's first significant storm of the season.
December 2, 2025

Winter storms blanket the East, while the U.S. West is wondering: Where’s the snow?

Adrienne Marshall, assistant professor of geology and geological engineering, explains what forecasters are watching and how rising temperatures are affecting the future of snow in the western United States.
December 1, 2025

Great Lakes ice is thought to block evaporation. A new study says weather plays a bigger role.

Eric Anderson, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, explains that his study found evaporation is more tied to overlying weather conditions or atmospheric conditions above the Great Lakes than it is connected to ice on the lakes' surface.
December 1, 2025