Mines Magazine: Spring 2025

Now at Argonne National Laboratory, Tisi Barlock MS ’17, PhD ’19 served as a senior advisor for the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains.

Andrea Gioia ’09 left her executive role to launch Sunshine Wellness Adventures, which offers individual triathlon and endurance sport coaching, wellness camps and swim clinics.

The Mines Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ecosystem is supporting Mines-grown research that is ready to launch from the lab through the new Faculty Startup Fellowship, which give Mines professors course relief and support from Beck Venture Center to commercialize their technologies.

Chris Caskey PhD ’14 launched Delta Brick & Climate Company to turn Paonia Reservoir clay into bricks, pavers and tiles.

Erik Knowles ’86 is an assistant director in Seattle-Tacoma International Airport's maintenance and infrastructure department.

The new esports lab is now open at 1600 Jackson St. The space features 12 high-performance PC setups for popular games. It also includes a fully equipped streaming studio with cameras, microphones and a green screen for broadcasting live to Twitch or YouTube.

We may be renowned for our expertise in applied science and engineering, but Mines is also enhancing students’ education by seamlessly blending the humanities, arts, social sciences and other related fields into our curriculum — often in surprising and creative ways.