Industry Partners
Partner with Mechanical Engineering at Mines!
To learn more about building a relationship with our department, connect with the Mines Office of Industry Relations, or contact the ME Technical and Operations Manager, Traci Case, at 303-273-3248 or tcase@mines.edu.
Top Employers of ME Graduates (2020–2021)
Industry Advisory Board Members
Jennifer Herron
Chief Executive Officer
Action Engineering
jennifer@action-engineering.com
303-903-7744
To schedule a meeting with Jennifer: https://calendly.com/jenniferherron
Curt Hastings
Director, Emerging Technology
Ball Corporation
CHASTINGS@BALL.COM
Dave Wolenski
Owner
Electro-Mechanical Products
davidwolenski@emp-products.com
Mitch Marich
Senior VP Engineering
Milwaukee Tool
Mitch.marich@milwaukeetool.com
Industry Partners
The Colorado School of Mines Mechanical Engineering department uses ANSYS products in teaching and research. Professors Robert J. Kee, Brian Thomas and Gregory Bogin have strategic partnerships with ANSYS. The partnerships between ANSYS and Mines are mutually beneficial.
Mines is a DS Academic Certification Partner offering the SIMULIA Abaqus Structural Analysis – Associate exam on campus twice per year (register here). The certification exam may be taken with or without the FEA Professional Graduate Certificate, which was designed to teach everything you need to know to pass the DS exam.
The Gene Haas Foundation donates funding on an annual basis for scholarships awarded to selected ME Instructional Machine Shop student shop workers. The Gene Haas Foundation Fellows receive additional training on the CNC mill, and through a multi-year process they become “train-the-trainers” for the shop’s mill. The machine shop, located in the basement of Brown Hall, is home to two Haas CNC mills. Gene Haas, founder of Haas Automation Inc., started the Gene Haas Foundation in 1999 to support efforts to introduce students to careers in machining and related technologies. That goal is primarily accomplished by funding student scholarships for graduating high school students, displaced workers and military veterans. Based in Oxford, California, Haas Automation is America’s leading machine tool builder.
SolidProfessor offers a fixed-price and term structure for students for four years. Students have access to SolidWorks tutorials as well as preparation for the SolidWorks Beginner, Associates and Professional exams.