Building up the quantum workforce: an undergraduate route into industry
Mines' new undergraduate degree program in Quantum Systems Engineering will welcome its first cohort of students this fall.
May 11, 2026
Is the South Platte River full of microplastics? This Ph.D candidate is finding out
Ann Marie Mozrall, PhD candidate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is researching the presence of microplastics in the South Platte River.
May 8, 2026
Military’s selection of Buckley base as possible site for nuclear microreactor spurs questions in Aurora
Thomas Albrecht, professor of chemistry and the director of the Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, explains that microreactors use nowhere near the amount of water that traditional and much bigger nuclear power plants require.
May 7, 2026
Colorado School of Mines launches research center on PFAS destruction technologies
Mines' new PFAS Remedial Technology Engineering Center will bring together academic researchers, industry leaders and engineering practitioners to serve as a national hub for the evaluation, validation and advancement of PFAS treatment technologies.
May 6, 2026
Mines students build new type of cattle guard for City of Boulder
Mines seniors Ava Watson, mechanical engineering, and Ashley Doehner, design engineering, discuss an accessible cattle guard their team designed for its Senior Capstone Project completed for its client, City of Boulder Open Space and Parks.
May 5, 2026
Mines’ capstone work demonstrates inventions and experience
Mines' Capstone Design Showcase featured a multitude of innovative student projects, including one from a team that partnered with Bennett’s Longhopes Donkey Shelter to build an autonomous poop-scooping robot.
May 4, 2026
Global copper demand outstrips supply, threatening electrification and industrial growth
Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, co-authors this piece about how demand for copper is surging while copper suppliers are struggling to keep up and are likely to fall even further behind in the coming years.
May 3, 2026
Company behind proposed mine near the Boundary Waters has history of conflict with locals in Chile
Corby Anderson, professor of mining engineering and director of the Kroll Institute for Extractive Metallurgy, says copper miners across the globe are dealing with lower grade ore and trying to find out how to produce more of the metal.
May 3, 2026
Climate change is altering when water is available, study finds
A study by Adrienne Marshall, assistant professor of geology and geological engineering, and Steven Smith, associate professor of economics and business, finds that water rights holders are being impacted by the climate change-driven earlier and ....
May 1, 2026
School of Mines students create adaptive mobility device for injured veteran
For their Senior Capstone Project a group of Mines students were tasked by Project S.E.R.V.E. with building a dog harness with a rolling cart attachment for Nebraska Navy veteran Mary Emmerick and her service dog.