Scientists tap ‘secret’ fresh water under the ocean, raising hopes for a thirsty world

Brandon Dugan, professor of geophysics, is interviewed about his study, funded by the National Science Foundation. Dugan's research involves the examination of an aquifer containing fresh water that stretches from New Jersey's coast to as far north as Maine.
September 5, 2025

Colorado School of Mines graduate, pro racecar driver returns to campus to give back to students

Sabre Cook, 2017 mechanical engineering graduate, returns to Mines to talk to students about her car racing career. Cook says what she learned as a mechanical engineering student helps her better understand, and discuss with her race team, the mechanics of how her car is performing in competitions.
September 4, 2025

Waterlogged and contaminated: In rural Florida, locals suspect a mining company is to blame for their flooding troubles

Ron Cohen, emeritus associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, is quoted about radium showing up in flood waters. Cohen said exposure to low levels of radium happens to everyone, but exposure to high levels of radium will cause cancer.
September 4, 2025

Storing carbon underground? There's less room than we thought, new study suggests

Anna Littlefield, geothermal and carbon capture utilization and storage program manager at the Payne Institute for Public Policy, says that there's isn't a "hard cutoff" for how deeply carbon can be buried in an attempt to keep it out of the atmosphere.
September 3, 2025

This startup is racing to be the first to mine helium on the moon

Chris Dreyer, professor of practice in mechanical engineering, is interviewed for this article focusing on a company's plan to mine for Helium-3 on the moon. Helium-3 is primarily used in security scanners to detect neutrons from nuclear bombs or smuggled radioactive material.
September 2, 2025

Here’s a source for critical minerals — hiding in plain sight

Elizabeth Holley, associate professor of mining engineering, and Priscilla Nelson, professor of mining engineering, co-authored this guest column on their study that revealed the U.S. could obtain nearly all the critical minerals it needs through the re-processing of mine waste.
September 1, 2025

Q&A with 2026 SPE President Jennifer Miskimins: energizing tomorrow: solutions, people, energy

Jennifer Miskimins, professor of petroleum engineering and department head of earth and society programs, is interviewed about her perspective as incoming president of the Society of Petroleum Engineering.
September 1, 2025

Quantum campus opens in Arvada, Colorado unveils new job board

Quantum Commons, owned by Colorado School of Mines, opens in Arvada. At a ceremony attended by Colorado Governor Jared Polis, officials from the corporate park unveiled a new job board focused on quantum-focused positions.
August 30, 2025

A Colorado manufactured home community is getting more energy efficient

Paulo Tabares-Velasco, associate professor of mechanical engineering, has partnered on an effort to make 16 manufactured homes in Lake County, Colorado more energy efficient. Tabares-Velasco's team installed heat pumps and induction stoves, which run on electricity instead of fossil fuels.
August 29, 2025

Campus for Colorado’s quantum tech hub begins to power up

Paul C. Johnson, Mines president, is quoted about the opening of the Quantum Commons campus in Arvada. Mines owns and operates the business park where quantum companies can set up their operations.
August 29, 2025