A faculty member and two students work on a dilution refrigerator in a quantum lab on the Mines campus
January 15, 2026

Building the workforce for today's—and tomorrow's—quantum jobs

Mark Deinert and Andy Osborne stand in front of window with Mines campus behind
December 23, 2025

Muons and machine learning provide new window into sealed nuclear storage casks

officials from University of Guam and Colorado School of Mines on UoG campus
December 2, 2025

Mines to open satellite campus in Guam focused on additive manufacturing

Students wearing yellow hard hats sitting at desks in the classroom in Edgar Mine. A professor in a blue hard hat faces them at the front of the room.
October 27, 2025

Edgar Mine revamped into hub for quantum research, mine safety and innovative learning

two female students wearing orange ear muffs conducting experiment in lab
September 5, 2025

Mines researchers contributing to $5M DOE center to design impact-resistant materials

Battery Workforce Challenge Year Two
July 7, 2025

Building on an idea: Battery Workforce Challenge team creates electric vehicle for multi-year competition

Own Hildreth
Owen Hildreth, PhD
Associate Professor
ohildreth@mines.edu

Additive manufacturing, 3D printing, printed electronics, reactive inks, solar cell metallization.

male student wearing black tshirt and orange ear protection working in lab
May 28, 2025

Mechanical Engineering PhD student wins National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship

Headshot of Kaylyn Buchanan
April 30, 2025

Mines PhD student wins National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship

Anthony Petrella
March 25, 2025

Anthony Petrella named department head for Mechanical Engineering

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