Colorado School of Mines students race in boats made of cardboard

The students built boats made entirely out of cardboard and duct tape as part of the Engineering Days festivities.
April 13, 2024

Here's what Xcel could have done to keep folks safe instead of shutting off power to thousands

On a power grid, power lines have reclosers. “Look at them like an automatic circuit breaker,” said Omid Beik, Colorado School of Mines assistant professor of electrical engineering. “The function of a recloser is to disconnect and automatically ....
April 11, 2024

Mines researchers developing rover to excavate and transport ice on the moon

The Mines team partnered with a local aerospace company to compete for $1.5 million in funding from NASA that they would use to continue development of the rover.
September 11, 2023

Rocks and mineral collection discovered at Mines

The Colorado School of Mines have some geologists losing their minds with their recent find.
September 6, 2023

This Friday Good News is brought to you by the letter M

Next with Kyle Clark asks the same question every Friday: What's your good news? Today we asked in Golden, at the Colorado School of Mines' traditional M Climb.
August 18, 2023

Rainy weather may be cause for sinkholes

“When you look at damage to a building or a road or something, most of the time you can track it back to something to do with water,” said Paul Santi, a professor of Geological Engineering at Colorado School of Mines.
June 14, 2023

Mines students compete in Cardboard Boat Races

The Colorado School of Mines is celebrating E-Days this weekend.
April 15, 2023

Colorado students create new technology to help veterans

Thomas Laing was part of a team of Mines students that helped design a rollerblade prosthetic for a military veteran through Mines' Human-Centered Design Studio.
April 12, 2023

This is how Xcel makes a profit, and it's not gas

“They’re just saying ‘we make investments that the state Public Utilities Commission (PUC) approves, those investments have an approved rate of return that we’re allowed to profit on, and we just follow that,’” said Ian Lange, Director of Mineral and ....
February 7, 2023

If you lower the heat by 1 degree, what does it do to your Xcel bill?

“For every degree that you either increase or decrease, you’re going to increase by 3% your heating bill, if you decrease it by one degree, you’re going to decrease your bill by 3%,” said Paulo Tabares, associate professor of mechanial engineering at ....
January 30, 2023