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.

 

Artemis II lunar mission set to launch soon

Angel Abbud-Madrid, professor of practice in mechanical engineering and director of the Center for Space Resources, recalls the 1961 space launch when astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American to travel into space.
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Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, co-authors this article that notes data centers use a lot of water to cool their equipment.
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