Earth and Society

Gracie Cole '20 tells us about her Capstone Design project—converting her 1979 VW bus from gas to electric.

Christopher Higgins, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Colorado School of Mines, has been recognized for the top environmental restoration project of the year by the U.S. Department

Junko Munakata Marr is the new head of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Colorado School of Mines.

During the virtual ceremony, Mines awarded a total of 60 doctoral and 195 master’s degrees to December and August graduates.

Re-Volt’s goal was to retain the van’s road trip and car camping capabilities while aiming for a 250-mile range and comfortable highway cruising speed of 70 mph.

The coronavirus pandemic prevented the world from holding its annual meeting to continue moving the Paris Agreement forward this fall, but Mines students pressed ahead in their place. In an end-of

Mines’ newest cohort of University Innovation Fellows have an ambitious agenda to promote positive change on campus – including plans to establish a dedicated creative space where students could unwind and collaborate on artistic endeavors.

The six Mines students will serve as program ambassadors for humanitarian engineering and will seek out new opportunities for collaboration with faculty, alumni, corporations and non-governmental organizations.

The new research and educational collaboration between Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University and University of Arizona launched in June 2020.

“While there has been an emphasis on identifying and cleaning up drinking water impacted by PFASs, much less attention has been given to assessing risks from consuming produce irrigated with PFAS-contaminated water,” Mines PhD candidate Juliane Brown said.