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Mechanical Engineering by the numbers
1,769
undergraduate students
238
master’s and PhD students
52
faculty
$76,500
2023 average starting salary for BSME graduates
$12.5 million
awarded research in
fiscal year 2023
$83,400
2023 average starting salary for MSME graduates
#2
in return-on-investment for
low income students
76.4%
undergrads who complete internships
#1
Public University in CO (U.S. News & World Report, 2022)
14th
ASEE 2021-2022
Top Bachelor’s Awarded in ME
Student Highlights
Colorado School of Mines has qualified for the finals of NASA’s 2024 Human Lander Challenge (HuLC) Competition. The Capstone ...
The combined team from Colorado School of Mines and Arapahoe Community College were selected as winners of the end of year 1 ...
Edikan Udofia’s early professional years at the Aiteo Group showed him to the dynamic energy challenges of the African continent. ...
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- Building on an idea: Battery Workforce Challenge team creates electric vehicle for multi-year competition
- Mechanical Engineering PhD student wins National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
- Mines PhD student wins National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
- Anthony Petrella named department head for Mechanical Engineering
- Colorado School of Mines students awarded NASA research grant for megawatt-scale, high-voltage, supersonic, electric turbofan project
- Mines researchers developing materials for aerospace technologies
- Leslie Lamberson, Scott Strong named Fryrear Chairs for Innovation and Excellence
- How Colorado School of Mines grads succeed in aerospace careers – without an aerospace engineering degree
- Mines, ACC team named first-year champions of Battery Workforce Challenge
- Colorado School of Mines awarded $10.5M in fuel cell funding
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Anthony Petrella
Department Head
Anthony Petrella
Department Head
Steven DeCaluwe
Director of Graduate Studies
Steven DeCaluwe
Director of Graduate
Studies – ME
Daniel Blood
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Daniel Blood
Director of Undergraduate
Studies – ME
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