Showing 'Engineering' News
Apr
23
2013
Mines' Engineers Without Borders group builds footbridge in Nicaragua
By Taylor PolodnaThe Oredigger A group of Mines students, representing Engineers Without Borders-USA (EWB-USA), travelled down to Nicaragua to the small community of Los Gomez to complete a pedestrian footbridge over the frequently flooded Rio NewsMar
21
2013
Mines students, alumni, do good work in Brazilian slums
A group of current and former Mines students traveled to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, over spring break to work on home construction and in the schools of area favelas (slums). “Our main project was to build relationships within Complexo do Alemao,” NewsMar
13
2013
The best gigs on campus
From the intellectual to the adventurous, students employed by Mines report that, along with a paycheck, their work provides balance, fun and intellectual stimulation. Having access to a deep pool of driven, high-achieving young men and women is NewsMar
13
2013
Game changer: Hybrid energy for mines
In an effort to develop energy self-reliance for mining operations, Colorado School of Mines Mining Engineering Professor Masami Nakagawa is leading a feasibility study for solar-wind hybrid power generation for the fourth largest silver mine in the NewsMar
07
2013
Braking I-70's slow slide
A slow, persistent landslide is undermining a short section of I-70, about a mile from the highest point on the nation’s Interstate Highway System. Finding a solution is a conundrum that one Mines professor is helping to unravel. Two summers ago on NewsMar
05
2013
Mines hosts Petroleum Institute students, faculty for design forum
The Fifth International Design Competition and Forum held earlier this year as part of a research initiative between Colorado School of Mines and The Petroleum Institute, of Abu Dhabi, UAE, aimed to develop curriculum and pedagogy for engineering NewsFeb
19
2013
Chinese science society exec, descendant of 1914 Mines grad, visits campus
One of the leaders of the largest professional society of scientists and engineers in China – who has an interesting historical connection to Colorado School of Mines -- paid a visit to the university Feb. 19. Dr. Cheng Donghong, vice president and NewsJan
03
2013
Online documentary features Mines student
NewsNov
02
2012
Mines women shape the field of engineering
NewsOct
29
2012