This company is America's best chance to loosen China's grip on rare earths

"Mining and concentration is actually one of the easier steps," said Roderick Eggert, an economics professor at Colorado School of Mines. "The real challenge is actually downstream in separations."
July 3, 2019

Farmers Are Losing Everything After “Forever Chemicals” Turned Up In Their Food

Ultimately, any potential health risks from consuming the tainted food would depend on how much a person ate and how frequently, Christopher Higgins, a civil engineering professor at the Colorado School of Mines, told BuzzFeed News by email.
July 2, 2019

Groundwater Pumping Diminishes Streams Across The Country, Study Finds

“If you pump near a stream you’re going to change the amount of water that flows through the stream, because some of that stream water is going to basically get pulled to the well instead of flowing down the stream,” said Reed Maxwell, hydrologist at ....
June 19, 2019

Go behind the scenes as Adam Savage tests an Iron Man suit that really flies

For Savage Builds, his new eight-part series focused on extreme engineering, Savage recruited a team from the science-focused Colorado School of Mines to build him an Iron Man suit made largely from 3D-printed titanium.
June 17, 2019

Mines students create Iron Man suit for national TV show

Adam Savage, host of the hit TV show, ‘ Myth Busters’, visited the Colorado School of Mines several months ago and approached Craig Brice, who serves as the school’s Director of Advanced Manufacturing Program.
June 12, 2019

FDA’s First Tests For "Forever Chemicals" In Food Found Them In Meat And Chocolate Cake

“The newsworthy point from my perspective is the fact that this reveals the FDA is interested in these questions and is taking actions,” Christopher Higgins, a civil engineering professor at the Colorado School of Mines told BuzzFeed News.
June 11, 2019

School of Mines student builds functional Iron Man suit for Discovery Channel project

The School of Mines worked with EOS to get the pieces 3D printed.
June 10, 2019

US-China trade war sparks worries about rare minerals

“We have to be more forward thinking,” said Alexander Gysi, an assistant professor in geology and geological engineering at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden. “It would be better for the U.S. to have a greater range of sources for rare earths.”
June 8, 2019
Undergraduate student working in lab
March 28, 2019

Mines ranks #4 in Lumosity’s 'Brainiest Colleges' Rankings

Han named IEEE senior member

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Qi-HanAssociate Professor of Computer Science Qi Han has been named as a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. 

According to the organization, only 10% of IEEE’s approximately 423,566 members hold this grade, which requires extensive experience, and reflects professional maturity and documented achievements of significance.

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