Student Highlights
Matthew Zappulla wins TMS best poster award
Matthew Zappulla, recent PhD graduate (advisor Brian Thomas), won the best poster award for the Materials Processing and Manufacturing Division at TMS 2020. His poster was titled “Investigating ... Read more
Mines team wins second place at mine rescue competition
An interdisciplinary team of students from Colorado School of Mines took second place in the inaugural Canadian International Student Mine Rescue Competition, hosted by the University of British ... Read more
Claire Thomas receives aerospace fellowship
Claire Thomas, one of 40 members of the Brooke Owens Fellowship Class of 2020, will spend 10 weeks working at Made in Space, a company developing manufacturing technology for space, and receive ... Read more
Taryn Tucker receives MLK Jr. Award
Taryn Tucker, a junior in mechanical engineering, received the 2020 Martin Luther King Jr. Award for her work to develop Girls on the Rise, a new program designed to enhance diversity, equity ... Read more
Connor McClean
Connor McClean is a master's (non-thesis) candidate in the Advanced Manufacturing interdisciplinary program and one of Mines' track and field athletes. As an undergraduate, he was on a team that ... Read more
Team of ME students qualifies for NASA Mars challenge
An all-mechanical engineering team of students from Colorado School of Mines is headed to NASA’s Langley Research Center this summer for a competition that is out of this world. Who can extract ... Read more
Manufacturing Innovation Challenge winners
ME undergraduates Erchis Erdenebat, Gage Gellerman and Claire Thomas won Mines' inaugural Manufacturing Innovation Challenge and a $3,000 grand prize. The challenge was inspired by the 50th ... Read more
Lauren Sepp
Lauren is a PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering. Her research, which is focused on serving others, is an extension of her personality. Lauren's PhD work is advancing the field of knowledge ... Read more
Team of ME and CS students takes first place at SB Hacks
A team of ME and CS students from Mines took first place at SB Hacks VI, an annual hackathon hosted at University of California, Santa Barbara. The winning team included Mines students Parker ... Read more
Peter Weddle
Peter Weddle, PhD in mechanical engineering, is the winner of the Fall 2019 Dr. Bhakta Rath and Sushama Rath Research Award. The honor recognizes the Mines doctoral graduate whose thesis ... Read more
Bradley Jesteadt
Bradley Jesteadt is a combined bachelor's and master's student in mechanical engineering. From building an exoskeleton suit in the Robotics Club to designing an advanced lunar rover wheel for ... Read more
Michael Byckovski
Michael Byckovski is an undergraduate student in mechanical engineering, with an eye on the Engineering Management master's program as a next step. Michael took advantage of a co-op opportunity ... Read more
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