Electric gridlock: Can the growing West’s infrastructure evolve fast enough to keep the lights on?

Omid Beik, assistant professor, Electrical Engineering, is quoted in this article examining the state of the West's electrical grid.
June 8, 2025
Ryan Venturelli
Ryan Venturelli
Assistant Professor
venturelli@mines.edu
Geology & Geological Engineering

Antarctica, climate change, carbon cycling

Kathleen Hancock
Kathleen Hancock
Associate Professor
Khancock@mines.edu
Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences

Intersection of energy and politics, energy transition. 

Kaveh Fathian
Kaveh Fathian
Assistant Professor
kaveh.fathian@mines.edu
Computer Science

Mid-infrared spectroscopy, optical imaging, biosensing, quantum cascade lasers, biomedical optics, signal processing, photonics

Mathias Burisch Hassel
Mathias Burisch-Hassel
Associate Professor
Geology & Geological Engineering

Critical raw materials, mineral resources, exploration, ore deposit, geochemistry

Kristoph Kinzli
Kristoph Kinzli
Teaching Professor
kkinzli@mines.edu
Civil & Environmental Engineering

Water resource management, river restoration, engineering education

Manika Prasad
Manika Prasad
Professor
mprasad@mines.edu
Geophysics

Carbon management, rock physics, diversity in geosciences

Samy Wu Fung
Samy Wu Fung
Assistant Professor
swufung@mines.edu
Applied Mathematics and Statistics

Optimization, machine learning, computational science

Yamuna Phal
Yamuna Phal
Assistant Professor
yphal@mines.edu
Electrical Engineering

Mid-infrared spectroscopy, optical imaging, biosensing, quantum cascade lasers, biomedical optics, signal processing, photonics

Stephen Sonnenberg
Stephen Sonnenberg
Charles Boettcher Chair
ssonnenb@mines.edu
Petroleum Engineering

Petroleum geology, carbon capture, geothermal, energy geology

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