Faculty

New online master’s degree, increased enrollment and innovative research are all signs of positive future for the field.

The Colorado School of Mines Board of Trustees has awarded promotions and/or tenure to 28 Mines faculty members for the 2025-2026 academic year.

An anthropologist who studies energy, engineering and public accountability, Smith is one of 26 scholars across the United States – and the first Mines professor ever – selected for the prestigious honor.

CURIE – short for Colorado Underground Research Institute – will allow researchers to test quantum sensors and more in a very low background environment.

Center provides faculty resources to improve learning experience, outcomes for Mines students

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.”

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

An international research project, in which Colorado School of Mines is a leading institution, hopes to observe these particles from high in the Earth’s atmosphere to better understand where they come from and how they interact.

Boyle, who has been at Mines since 2013, is an associate professor and the Coors Developmental Chair