Mines shifts academic structure to college system

UPDATE: Oct. 17, 2012 – Names of the second and third colleges have been announced. The College of Applied Science and Engineering (CASE) encompasses Chemistry and Geochemistry, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, and Physics. The College of Earth Resource Sciences and Engineering (CERSE) will encompass Economics and Business, Geology and Geological Engineering, Geophysics, Liberal Arts and International Studies, Mining Engineering, and Petroleum Engineering.

 

Inside Colorado mine where an underground lab could unlock secrets of quantum computing

Fred Sarazin, head of the Physics Department and director of quantum at Mines, discusses the advantages of studying quantum materials in the Colorado Underground Research Institute, or CURIE.
April 30, 2025

NJ faces tricky geophysics to repair voids beneath Route 80 that caused sinkholes

Mike Mooney, Grewcock Chair Professor of Underground Construction & Tunneling, and Paul Santi, professor of geology and geological engineering, discussed the geophysical and technical challenges of repairing sinkholes on Route 80 in New Jersey.
April 28, 2025
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Carbon capture technology is ready. Permitting needs to catch up.

Anna Littlefield, program manager for Low Carbon Energy Technologies at Payne Institute for Public Policy, authored this opinion piece. Littlefield says the U.S. is leading internationally in the carbon capture arena.
April 24, 2025

Bad news for China: rare earth elements aren’t that rare

Ian Lange, associate professor, Economics and Business, says that while China has a corner on the refining of rare earth minerals currently, the U.S. could ramp up its capability to refine the minerals.
April 24, 2025

The future of US methane emission mitigation

This article details the findings from Payne Institute for Public Policy's Accelerated Methane Reduction Symposium conducted at Mines on March 6th and 7th. It's authored by Morgan Bazilian, director of the institute, Greg Clough, deputy director at the institute, and Simon Lomax, director of the institute's Accelerated Methane Reduction Initiative.
April 22, 2025

South Carolina says PFAS-contaminated farmland should be superfund site

Christopher Higgins, professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, an early researcher of contaminants in sewage sludge, said there wasn't yet an established, cost-effective way of cleaning up a vast area of farmland contaminated with PFAS.
April 21, 2025

This engineer drives a water-cleaning lab around the US

Tzahi Cath, professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, is spotlighted. Cath’s team built a mobile laboratory inside of a trailer. Cath has driven the lab, called the PureWater Colorado Direct Potable Reuse (DPR) Mobile Demonstration, around Colorado since 2021, showing wastewater treatment plants that they too can turn their effluent into potable water.
April 15, 2025

Colorado doubles down on quantum technology despite federal funding questions

This article about World Quantum Day, April 14, 2025, discusses the investments Colorado is making in quantum. Mines' involvement in the Elevate Quantum consortium is referenced. Quantum COmmons, a 70-acre site in Arvada, is owned/operated by Mines and is being developed with Elevate Quantum to accelerate growth of the quantum industry and workforce.
April 15, 2025
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