Energy and Materials


Omid Beik, assistant professor of electrical engineering, and C. Michael McGuirk, associate professor of chemistry, are conducting research that could power future space exploration.
Max Kephart, a member of the Extreme Structures and Materials Laboratory led by Leslie Lamberson, is one of two Mines students to win the highly competitive fellowship this year.
Kaylyn Buchanan, a PhD student in mechanical engineering at Colorado School of Mines, has been awarded a 2025 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG). The three-year
New online master’s degree, increased enrollment and innovative research are all signs of positive future for the field.
Caitlyn Castellion and Marco Salgado among 441 students nationwide chosen for the competitive scholarship program
CURIE – short for Colorado Underground Research Institute – will allow researchers to test quantum sensors and more in a very low background environment.
Koh was recognized for her “contributions to advancing the discipline of chemical engineering by pioneering the interfacial controls for gas hydrate crystallization in energy storage and pipeline plugging mitigation.”
Melissa Krebs, associate professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has been inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows. AIMBE membership
Vladan Stevanovic has been named faculty lead for the Mines/NREL Nexus, a strategic partnership between the Colorado School of Mines and the U.S. Department of Energy National Renewable Energy
Petrella, who has been at Mines since 2006, is an associate professor and director of the FEA Professional Certificate Program