$1.9M DOE award will allow Mines researchers to help develop efficient, affordable solar power plant technology
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| Professor Braun and his research students in the Advanced Energy Systems Group. |
GOLDEN, Colo., Oct.
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| Professor Braun and his research students in the Advanced Energy Systems Group. |
GOLDEN, Colo., Oct.
GOLDEN, Colo., Sept. 23, 2015 – Assistant Professor of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Geoff Brennecka has been awarded $150,000 over two years to produce prototype capacitors that will allow electronics to operate reliably at high temperatures.
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From left, Brian Winkelbauer, president of the Colorado School of Mines Foundation; Professor Will Fleckenstein; Associate Professor Jorge Sampaio; Fersheed Mody, manager, Global Research and Development, Apache Corporation; John Christmann IV, CEO and president, Apache Corporation; Dean Ramona Graves, student Brett Kovach, Associate Professor Bill Eustes and Rod Eichler, retired Apache executive. |
GOLDEN, Colo., Sept. 7, 2015 – On May 25, 2014, the longest landslide in Colorado history devastated the small agricultural community surrounding West Salt Creek in Mesa County. Three people perished when a saturated hillside gave way and a massive rock avalanche swept over the valley. Continuing threats to nearby residents remain.
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