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Rodriguez wins ME Senior Class Faculty Award
For the third year in a row, Teaching Associate Professor Derrick Rodriguez received the ME Senior Class Faculty Award. The award is ... Read more
Braun and Asle Zaeem win Mines 2020-21 Faculty Excellence in Research Awards
Rowlinson Professor of Mechanical Engineering Rob Braun and ME Associate Professor Mohsen Asle Zaeem were awarded the Mines 2021 ... Read more
ADAPT integrates additive manufacturing into Army vehicle fleet
From the Mines newsroom: The U.S. Army is exploring new possibilities for implementing additive manufacturing– also known as 3D ... Read more
Case awarded Mines 2021 Administrative Faculty Outstanding Employee of the Year
ME Technical and Operations Manager Traci Case received the Mines 2021 Administrative Faculty Outstanding Employee of the Year Award. ... Read more
ME Team Awarded NASA In-Space Recycling Project
A team of ME researchers -- in partnership with CisLunar Industries -- were awarded a NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) ... Read more
April ME Faculty Promotions – Hildreth and Tilton
At the April 2021 Mines Board of Trustees meeting, Dr. Owen Hildreth and Dr. Nils Tilton were awarded tenure and promoted to Associate Read more
Tabares-Velasco honored with ASHRAE Distinguished Service Award
ME Assistant Professor Paulo Tabares-Velasco was awarded an American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers ... Read more
Jackson and Braun collaborate on ARPA-E REEACH project to lower carbon emissions from air travel
From the Mines newsroom: The enormous amount of energy required to operate commercial aircraft makes it one of the most challenging ... Read more
Mines unveils new aerospace engineering minor for Fall 2021
From the Mines Newsroom: An aerospace engineering minor, along with two other minors, will be offered in Fall 2021 after being ... Read more
Haun awarded Mines 2020 Classified Employee of the Year
ME Lab Manager Buddy Haun was awarded Mines 2020 Classified Employee of the Year. Haun was honored in a virtual award celebration on ... Read more
Tucker named IMS Distinguished Faculty Scholar
ME Associate Professor Garritt Tucker was one of two awardees of the Institute for Materials Science (IMS) Distinguished Faculty ... Read more
Lamberson leading PANTHER’s materials characterization advances to combat traumatic brain injuries
Professor Leslie Lamberson is part of a multi-organization collaboration that will study traumatic brain injury (TBI) in soldiers with Read more
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- Mines researchers provide first dynamic demonstration of kinking mechanism in engineered layered ceramics
- Paulo Cesar Tabares-Velasco wins ASHRAE Distinguished Service Award
- Colorado School of Mines to launch quantum engineering minor
- Billy Beasley: "Studying and working at the Mines Ropeway Center allows me to chase my dream in a way that no other engineering school can offer."
- Taryn Tucker: "Applying all of the things I have learned in the last four years to my final project has made me realize just how well equipped I am for a career."
- Hanzelle Kleeman: "The ability to work with a diverse and experienced group has been invaluable and I am excited by how much progress is made each day."
- New on The Conveyor Podcast: Space, The Final Frontier — In Technology
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