Fixing equipment in the lab teaches life lessons

The focus of my PhD thesis is examining ways of upgrading biomass to transportation fuels, and I regularly use a variety of analytical equipment and reactor systems in my laboratory at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden.
June 17, 2021

Seven states, 3,000 miles: a trip across the US energy divide

Morgan Bazilian, head of the Colorado School of Mines’ Payne Institute, had told me about Pueblo’s emergence as an energy transition paragon.
June 16, 2021

Colorado heatwave: Xcel doesn't anticipate pricey energy buy that you'll have to pay for

"Texas' grid is not connected, really, to the rest of the U.S. Our grid is connected also to the Western Interconnect, in Colorado, so we could pull power," said Ian Lange, Director of Mineral and Energy Economics at Colorado School of Mines.
June 16, 2021

Mining is the Next Global Energy Security Threat

Morgan Bazilian of the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines authored this opinion piece.
June 15, 2021

Space nuclear power is nearing critical mass as the final frontier’s next frontier

George Sowers, a space industry veteran who’s now an engineering professor at the Colorado School of Mines, has run the numbers on the power requirements for a lunar operation that would mine polar ice to produce fuel as well as drinkable water and ....
June 15, 2021

Why PFAS chemical levels are rapidly rising in Tucson groundwater

However, while pumping can accelerate movement of a pollution “plume,” the closeness of these wells to a pollution source is also likely a factor, said Christopher Higgins, a Colorado School of Mines civil and environmental engineering professor.
June 14, 2021

In The Spotlight: Meet Gracie Cole

During her senior year, Gracie led a team of 14 other Mines students in a capstone project, dubbed “Project Re-Volt,” to convert her family’s ‘79 Volkswagen into a fully electric vehicle.
June 9, 2021

Pueblo’s Arkansas River levee is a Colorado gem. It’s also a reminder of the state’s deadliest disaster.

Armed with grant money, the cemetery foundation hired archaeological consultants who worked with geophysics students from the Colorado School of Mines to investigate what might lie beneath the surface of certain sections of the cemetery in the so ....
June 7, 2021

Big Oil lobby fought cybersecurity regulations for years, making pipeline attack easier

But this is just a first step and broader regulation is still needed to ensure the security of key infrastructure, said Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy and a professor at the Colorado School of Mines.
June 2, 2021

Legacy Admissions Banned in Colorado

Lori Kester, associate provost for enrollment management at the Colorado School of Mines, said via email that although the institution had asked applicants to report legacy status on their applications in the past, "We defined legacy as the child or ....
June 1, 2021