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The event was the first Solar Decathlon ever held in Africa and featured 18 teams from around the world, each of which were challenged to design and build on site an affordable, solar-powered net-zero-energy model house uniquely adapted to the North African climate and location.
The Society for Women in Mathematics at Mines – better known as SWiM – has been honored for its professional development work by the Association of Women in Mathematics. SWiM, the Mines student
A “wearable” sensor array that could detect oil pipeline failures before they happen was the winner of The Wright Outdoor Innovation Competition. The Mines students behind Cipher Skin Orange received
They won’t start final construction in Morocco until August, but the Mines Solar Decathlon team isn’t waiting to get building. The eco-friendly model home’s wet wall – the interior wall that contains
Sponsoring this year's symposium was CoorsTek, also the namesake of the CoorsTek Center for Applied Science and Engineering, where the year-end event was held. Here is a snapshot of some of the
The annual gathering included workshops, research poster and paper competitions, a Jeopardy-style quiz show and the Chem-E-Car competition, which challenges teams to use chemical reactions to power a
“The Kraken” is going to the 2019 American Society of Civil Engineers National Concrete Canoe Competition. The concrete canoe – designed by a team of Mines Capstone Design students – took first place
Do you know what one-seventh of a metric ton of carbon dioxide looks like? Check out the Mines Earth Day Fair on Monday, April 22 to find out. The Mines Sustainability Committee, Mines Activities
On the surface, the task facing students at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Region 5 Student Robotics Competition was simple: Design a robot that could navigate obstacles
A team of graduate students from Colorado School of Mines took first place in the Rocky Mountain section of the Imperial Barrel Award Program, earning a spot in the world finals this May. More than