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Department Highlights
Brice awarded Fryrear Endowed Chair for Innovation and Excellence
From the Mines Newsroom: Mechanical Engineering Professor of Practice Craig Brice was awarded the Ben L. Fryrear Endowed Chair for ... Read more
Braun and Sullivan win collaborative award with Nexceris and Northwestern University to develop reversible fuel cell energy storage systems
Mechanical Engineering Professors Robert Braun and Neal Sullivan, in collaboration with world leading developers of solid oxide cell ... Read more
Mines partners with Pioneer Astronautics to advance sustainable lunar exploration
A cross-disciplinary team from Mines is partnering with Pioneer Astronautics, an aerospace research and development company located in ... Read more
Mines Maker Society creates epic costume for annual Magic Wheelchair Halloween build
An Arvada girl will have a helluva Halloween costume this year, thanks to Prof. Jeff Ackerman and the Mines Maker Society. Dr. Ackerman Read more
Silverman elected 2020 ASME Fellow
Prof. Anne Silverman was elected a 2020 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Fellow this fall. The distinction of Fellow is ... Read more
Jackson discusses science’s changing perceptions and challenges during COVID-19
Prof. Greg Jackson sat down with The Electrochemical Society (ECS) for an interview in their series, "The ECS Community Adapts and ... Read more
Tabares-Velasco awarded seed grant from Nexus
Professor Paulo Cesar Tabares-Velasco received a seed grant from Nexus, an initiative designed to strengthen partnerships between Mines Read more
Silverman wins award to assess risk of musculoskeletal injuries in the military
Prof. Anne Silverman is collaborating with Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) on a new award from the Department of Defense as part of Read more
Porter works with Greenfield Global to gasify bio oils
Prof. Jason Porter has entered into an agreement to gasify bio oil for Greenfield Global, a leading producer of raw materials for the ... Read more
Jackson, Braun and Vincent win $700k to design and develop a new generation of hybrid electric power plants for aviation
Mines professors in mechanical and electrical engineering have won $700,000 to design and develop a new generation of hybrid electric ... Read more
Asle Zaeem and Clarke awarded $562,000 from NSF to study solidification defects in aluminum alloys
Prof. Mohsen Asle Zaeem (Mechanical Engineering) and Prof. Amy Clarke (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering) were awarded $562,000 ... Read more
Mines ME ranks #33 in U.S. News & World Report for best undergraduate ME programs
The Mines Mechanical Engineering department ranked No. 33 in the latest U.S. News & World Report "best colleges" ranking for ... Read more
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From Mines Newsroom
- Alexis Navarre-Sitchler, Craig Brice named Fryrear Chairs for Innovation and Excellence
- Anne Silverman named Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- Five ways Mines researchers and their students are making campus safer during the pandemic
- Ashlyn Orr: "I am working in the Human-Centered Design Studio which I love because we are making things that people will actually use."
- Taylor Keller: "I choose Mines because of its highly ranked engineering programs and small class sizes."
- Nadia Smith: "The people you meet at Mines, the support you have here, and the education you will receive is unmatched…"
- Mines student honored as 2020 National Gold Award Girl Scout
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