Colorado project gets $9M in federal funds to advance geothermal technology

The Department of Energy said Wednesday that Occidental Petroleum, the Colorado School of Mines and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden will collaborate on the project.
December 15, 2022

Mines football fans prepare for national championship

The Oredigger nation is swelling with pride. As the Colorado School of Mines football team heads to the NCAA Division II National Championship on Dec. 17 for the first time in school history, some of the Orediggers’ longtime fans are ecstatic the ....
December 15, 2022

Colorado School of Mines goes renewable with enough solar panels — designed by students — to power its campus

It’s been an electric season for the Colorado School of Mines Orediggers football team, and not just because they’ll be playing for a national championship this Saturday. Every time the Orediggers’ Division II title contenders took the field this ....
December 14, 2022

Company starting to recover oil from Kansas pipeline spill

Three university petroleum engineering instructors who reviewed the regulators’ order ahead of Associated Press interviews pointed out the testing, which federal guidelines call for doing at least once every five years. “That timing is definitely ....
December 13, 2022

Drilling crews to flood Utah's Lila Canyon coal mine fire with foam, water

After the mine is flooded, the operators may still have to wait up to 120 days before entering to make sure the fire is out, according to Jurgen Brune, a professor of mining engineering at the Colorado School of Mines.
December 13, 2022

By 2025, coal will no longer be the main way to generate the world’s electricity

“OECD countries are kind of pushing faster now that they’ve had the issues with their conflict in Ukraine,” said Ian Lange, director of the mineral energy economics program at the Colorado School of Mines.
December 8, 2022
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10-story tower will be severely shaken on UCSD quake table to test mettle of tall wood buildings

"We’re trying to see if we can construct mass timber buildings that would be resilient in high seismic zones,” said Shiling Pei, an associate professor of civil engineering at Mines and the project’s co-director.
December 1, 2022

Even University Presidents Lose Their Minds When Their Teens Apply to College

Richard Holz filled out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as the Fafsa, for his two daughters. Like many parents, he found the process baffling. “It’s like they want to know your shoe size,” says Dr. Holz. “They want to know so much ....
November 29, 2022

How a pandemic PhD peer network group stood the test of time

Jillian Collins, a PhD candidate in chemical engineering, wrote this piece about the value of regular virtual meetings with peers from across the United States.
November 25, 2022