Energy and Materials


Why did you choose to come to Mines? What have you enjoyed most about being here? I decided to come to Mines to get a very hands-on and well-respected engineering degree. I also wanted to swim for the
[Editor's note: This article first appeared on the Oak Ridge National Laboratory website. ORNL has provided Mines Newsroom with permission to re-share it here.] By Jeremy Rumsey, Oak Ridge National
“This proof-of-concept work could provide a useful starting point for the design of future materials for reversible gas storage,” Mines PhD candidate James M. Crawford said.
As a Fulbright Canada Research Chair in STEM Education, Johnson plans to use her time at the University of Calgary to continue and expand her engineering education research.
Callie McCaffery, a mechanical engineering major, is one of just 10 Girl Scouts nationwide to receive the honor, which recognizes exceptional Gold Award projects.
"A critical challenge facing the practical implementation of fusion power is the effective and safe management of tritium," said Mines' Colin Wolden, lead investigator on the new $1.4 million ARPA-E project with Idaho National Laboratory.
Applied chemistry PhD student Sarah Zaccarine will be doing electrolyzer degradation studies at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory as part of her graduate thesis research.
A Mines alumnus, Squier was recognized for his “seminal contributions to ultrafast optical technology, including the first ultrafast Ti:sapphire regenerative amplifier," among other accomplishments.
Why did you choose to come to Mines? What have you enjoyed most about being here? I came to Mines to receive the best engineering education I could. Mines also runs in my family so that helped as well
Why did you choose to come to Mines? What have you enjoyed most about being here? Mines first appealed to me because it seemed like there was a large focus on the practicality of education. It was