Secrecy surrounds Suncor’s shutdown, but experts say it’s a sign the company’s invested in Commerce City

A hydrogen plant is critical to any refinery operation, said John Jechura, a Colorado School of Mines professor of practice who teaches a refining class.
January 13, 2023

Space mining startups see a rich future on asteroids and the moon

"A decade ago, people got excited and there were those declaring that the first trillionaire was going to be made in space in those years," said Angel Abbud-Madrid is the Director of the Center for Space Resources at the Colorado School of Mines in ....
January 7, 2023

The Missing Minerals: To Shift to Clean Energy, America Must Rethink Supply Chains

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, co-authored this opinion piece on the importance of secure and resilient supply chains for critical minerals.
January 6, 2023

Elon banned me for calling him a “bologna face.” I’m a history professor with 139 followers

Ken Osgood, professor of history at Colorado School of Mines, wrote this commentary piece about his experience trying to get banned from Twitter.
December 30, 2022

Colorado School of Mines: Expanding resource development from Earth to space

A reporter from the Japanese financial publication Nikkei visited the Colorado School of Mines campus in December to learn about the Space Resources Program. (Editor's Note: Article is in Japanese)
December 28, 2022

We must change how we think to solve the plastic waste crisis

C. Michael McGuirk, assistant professor of chemistry at Colorado School of Mines, wrote this opinion piece about the promise of chemical recycling in tackling plastic waste.
December 28, 2022

New rule for electric car tax incentive delayed

Now, EV tax credits are only available to people who buy cars assembled here. That change is a big deal, said Morgan Bazilian at the Colorado School of Mines.
December 20, 2022
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Robert Braun
University Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of Advanced Energy Systems Graduate Program
303-273-3055
rbraun@mines.edu
Mechanical Engineering

Concentrating Solar Energy, Electrolysis, Fuel Cells, Hydrogen, Power Generation, Energy Efficiency & Energy Conversion

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Sebnem Duzgun
Professor and Fred Banfield Distinguished Chair of Mining Engineering
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duzgun@mines.edu
Mining Engineering

Critical Minerals Supply Chain, Mine Autonomy, Machine Learning and AI in Resources Engineering, Energy Resources Intelligence, Virtual and Augmented Reality, ESG, Carbon Capture and Utilization

Opinion: Markets for Critical Minerals Are Too Prone to Failure

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy and professor at Colorado School of Mines, co-authored this opinion piece about one of the underappreciated financial challenges of the green energy transition.
December 17, 2022
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