Colorado School of Mines hosts cardboard boat races

FOX31 reported on Mines' Cardboard Boat Race, a big part of the annual E-Days celebration. E-Days stands for Engineering Days. The 2025 celebration marked the 91st edition of Engineering Days at Mines.
April 12, 2025

Students face off in cardboard boat races in Colorado School of Mines 91st Engineering Days

CBS4 spotlighted the annual Mines' Cardboard Boat Race. This year the race benefitted from great weather, bringing out an especially big crowd for the engineering competition.
April 12, 2025

Colorado School of Mines students hold annual cardboard boat races

9NEWS caught up with Mines students as they participated in the annual Cardboard Boat Race that is part of E-Days. This year more than 100 teams participated in the always popular event.
April 12, 2025

Do solar panels increase home value?

Robert Braun, professor, Mechanical Engineering, noted that as electricity prices increase, the energy savings are greater for people who have installed solar panels on their homes.
April 11, 2025

Why China's rare earth curbs could devastate US defense industry

Tom Brady, professor of practice, Economics and Business, discusses how China could use its leadership position in the rare earth minerals arena as leverage as it negotiates tariffs with the United States.
April 11, 2025

Good News and Engineering Week celebration

The NEXT with Kyle Clark program on 9NEWS ask Mines students participating in the E-Days Ore Cart Pull "what's your good news?"
April 11, 2025

Why are oil prices plummeting? Hint: it’s not just tariffs.

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, discusses falling oil prices. Bazilian says a weakening economy, like the U.S. is currently experiencing, will drive oil prices down.
April 8, 2025

Fluorine reclaimed from PFAS in mechanochemical process

Timm Strathmann, professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, believes that although the new process is innovative, environmental and economic analysis will be required before the method is ready for commercial development.
April 7, 2025

Trump’s tariffs just killed the last hope of a U.S. mining boom

Ian Lange, associate professor, Economics and Business, is interviewed on how U.S. mining companies are reacting to tariffs coming out of the Trump administration. Lange said that some mining firms have been lobbying for the tariffs, but that the result of the new taxes may not be positive for them.
April 7, 2025

Commodity prices drop in response to tariffs

Ian Lange, associate professor, Economics and Business, is interviewed about oil prices. He notes that recent price drops impact the U.S. more because it is, thanks to the shale revolution, the largest producer of oil.
April 4, 2025