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- Robots could improve safety of power plant inspection, repair
Colorado School of Mines has been awarded funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop an artificial intelligence-enabled robot capable of inspecting and repairing power plant boilers. Hao Zh … - Mechanical Engineering hosts CNC Educator Conference
Colorado School of Mines’ Mechanical Engineering Department hosted the 2nd Rocky Mountain Regional Haas Technical Educator Center (HTEC) CNC Educator Conference on Oct. 6. About 50 CNC educators, HTEC … - Shape memory functional oxide research funded by DOE
Mohsen Asle Zaeem, associate professor of mechanical engineering at Colorado School of Mines, has been awarded funding from the U.S. Department of Energy for research on shape memory functional oxides … - Edgar Mine to serve as lab for underground robotics research
The Edgar Experimental Mine in Idaho Springs has long been a unique underground laboratory for future engineers, providing valuable experience to those being trained to find, develop and process natur … - Solar membranes could cut cost of treating brackish water
Researchers at Colorado School of Mines are co-investigators in a $2 million U.S. Department of Energy project to develop solar-powered desalination membrane technology that could help rural and inlan … - Faculty boot camp focuses on entrepreneurial mindset
As the Mines Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation expands academic programs and entrepreneurial practices across campus, faculty engagement and training are critical for success. The Thoma … - Materials informatics fellowship trains next-gen workforce
Materials informatics is the next frontier of materials science, taking computational and machine learning tools and applying them to characterizing and discovering materials. A group of Colorado Scho … - Methane gas explosions focus of two new research projects
Gregory Bogin Jr., associate professor of mechanical engineering at Colorado School of Mines, has been awarded funding to develop two new testing facilities to improve understanding of methane gas exp … - DiggerLoop aims to hit 300 mph at SpaceX competition
DiggerLoop is ready to show the world what their Hyperloop pod can do. The Colorado School of Mines Hyperloop team is in California for a week of testing and safety checks at SpaceX headquarters in ad … - Mines tests 3D-printed metals for use in nuclear reactors
Colorado School of Mines is combining its strengths in nuclear engineering and additive manufacturing in a research project to determine how 3D-printed metals perform in a reactor. Metallurgical and M … - Mines Hyperloop team heads to Arizona for pod testing
The Colorado School of Mines Hyperloop team is headed to Arizona for three days of integrative testing on a 150-foot open-air test track at Arizona State University's Polytechnic campus. DiggerLo … - Protonic ceramic fuel cells are highly durable, fuel flexible
Protonic ceramic fuel cells could one day be used to power off-the-grid cabins in remote locations, backup generators during natural disasters and more. In the first long-term study of its kind, res … - Colorado Adaptive Mobility Clinic set for May 5 at Mines
This Saturday, more than 30 Coloradans with limb loss or limb difference will hit the track at Colorado School of Mines to practice being mobile, from walking to running and more. The sixth annual Col … - Mines grad student receives prestigious Willy Korf Award
Matt Zappulla, a doctoral student in mechanical engineering at Colorado School of Mines, has been named the winner of the 2018 Willy Korf Award for Young Excellence. The award, given out annually by … - 4 Mines students named NSF Graduate Research Fellows
Four Mines students received the 2018 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF), which provides three years of support for the graduate education of individuals who have demonst …