Mechanical Engineering Department Highlights

Colorado School of Mines part of multi-university team selected by DoD for supply chain research.

Colorado School of Mines part of multi-university team selected by DoD for supply chain research.

Principal investigators from each institution include Professor Joshua Busby, LBJ School of Public Affairs and the Strauss Center for ... Read more

Mines Mechanical Engineering Professor Leads Community Energy Efficiency Project

Mines Mechanical Engineering Professor Leads Community Energy Efficiency Project

A project led by a Colorado School of Mines professor Paulo Tabares Velasco aims to increase energy efficiency and carbon ... Read more

Expert Faculty Advisor on Energy Savings Analysis

Expert Faculty Advisor on Energy Savings Analysis

  Faculty experts are often sought after to advise and comment on energy topics.  Recently, local news outlet 9News in Denver ... Read more

Undergraduate Research Symposium Award Winner Ye Jin, Mechanical Engineering

Undergraduate Research Symposium Award Winner Ye Jin, Mechanical Engineering

Guest lecturers inspire Orediggers -- as was the case for Ye Jin (Senior, Mechanical Engineering).  During his junior year in the ... Read more

Xiaoli Zhang, Mines faculty, teaching robots how to think, share information

Xiaoli Zhang, Mines faculty, teaching robots how to think, share information

From the Mines Newsroom: Mines faculty teaching robots how to think, share information.  Many manufacturing processes today rely on ... Read more

Ackerman performs key technical integration work in winning US DOT Inclusive Design Challenge

Ackerman performs key technical integration work in winning US DOT Inclusive Design Challenge

From the Mines Newsroom: Jeff Ackerman, teaching associate professor of mechanical engineering, and colleagues at Purdue University ... Read more

Gockel recognized in the 2022 class of America Makes Ambassadors

Gockel recognized in the 2022 class of America Makes Ambassadors

ME Associate Professor Joy Gockel was recognized as part of the 2022 class of America Makes Ambassadors at the 2022 Members Meeting ... Read more

Rocky Mountain Industrial Assessment Center assists manufacturers to reduce carbon emissions, lower energy costs

Rocky Mountain Industrial Assessment Center assists manufacturers to reduce carbon emissions, lower energy costs

From the Mines Newsroom: Mines, in partnership with Red Rocks Community College, is now offering free energy system assessments for ... Read more

Sullivan named Fulbright Scholar

Sullivan named Fulbright Scholar

ME associate professor Neal Sullivan was named a 2022 Fulbright Scholar. He will spend the next year teaching, conducting research, ... Read more

Five ME faculty members awarded promotion, tenure for 2022-2023

Five ME faculty members awarded promotion, tenure for 2022-2023

At the April 2022 Mines Board of Trustees meeting, Dr. Andrew Petruska and Dr. Paulo Tabares Velasco were awarded tenure and promoted ... Read more

Craig Brice: “Mines has a far-reaching, rock-solid reputation in the professional world.”

Craig Brice: “Mines has a far-reaching, rock-solid reputation in the professional world.”

Dr. Craig Brice, a Professor of Practice in Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Advanced Manufacturing Program, first came to ... Read more

New SE@Mines program offers customizable learning experiences in sustainable energy

New SE@Mines program offers customizable learning experiences in sustainable energy

  From the Mines Newsroom: A new signature student experience at Colorado School of Mines will allow undergraduates from all ... Read more