Colorado School of Mines professor's research helping lead the way for mass timber building revolution in U.S.

Colorado School of Mines professor Shiling Pei has had a busy year. His research is helping lead the way for a revolution in construction using strong, lightweight, renewable timber.
June 11, 2024

Teaching: Can guided reading teach students to become better readers?

One of the best explanations of how reading guides are designed and used came from Justin Shaffer, associate dean of undergraduate studies and a teaching professor at the Colorado School of Mines. Shaffer has taught thousands of STEM students in ....
June 10, 2024

Community College of Aurora, Colorado School of Mines establish transfer program for STEM students

Colorado School of Mines students and alumni have built many things — bridges, networks, pipelines and more — over the last 150 years, but their latest project involves connecting opposite ends of the Denver metro area in a more metaphorical way.
May 31, 2024

Hopes of a 10-year EV transition are an ‘irrational’ pipe dreams because we don’t have enough battery materials—opening up a single copper mine takes 23 years

“It's almost irrational, the expectation that we can electrify everything and have all the materials that we actually need for batteries and electric vehicles…by 2030, or 2035,” M. Stephen Enders, a professor at the Colorado School of Mines and a 48 ....
May 30, 2024

Colorado's hot springs explained: Deep time, deep layers

“Our hot springs all derive from meteoric water, rain or snow,” says Paul Morgan, a longtime geothermal specialist with Colorado Geological Survey.
May 29, 2024

The neutrino’s quantum fuzziness is beginning to come into focus

“The ‘quantum properties of the neutrino’ stuff is a little bit of the Wild West at the moment,” says nuclear physicist Kyle Leach of Colorado School of Mines in Golden. “We’re still trying to figure it out.”
May 21, 2024

China Is Winning the Minerals War

“China is not just standing still waiting for us to catch up,” said Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute at the Colorado School of Mines. “They are making investments on top of their already massive investments in all aspects of the ....
May 21, 2024

Colorado’s leadership on methane emissions survives another challenge

Morgan Bazilian, Greg Clough and Simon Lomax of the Payne Institute for Public Policy wrote this opinion piece on the emissions compromise forged during the most recent Colorado state legislative session.
May 17, 2024

Mining waste cleanup near Arkansas River would use cyanide to extract gold. Does it pose an environmental threat?

Corby Anderson, a professor of mining engineering and metallurgical and materials engineering at the Colorado School of Mines, said people have many misconceptions about cyanide, which is naturally occurring and can be found in foods like spinach and ....
May 15, 2024

Colorado School of Mines graduates celebrate accomplishments, resilience after pandemic

On May 10, hundreds of Colorado School of Mines graduates, their family members, friends and other supporters went the extra mile to celebrate their special day. There were hugs and handshakes all around, photos galore, and special apparel to ....
May 14, 2024

Uncle Sam Wants You to Join the Mining Industry

At the university level, the United States’ 14 mining schools have collectively graduated roughly 185 to 200 mining engineers per year, into an annual demand of 400 to 500, over the last few years, said Stephen Enders, head of the mining engineering ....
May 9, 2024

Diagnosing the PFAS Problem

“We often refer to that as fate and transport,” says Chris Higgins, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the Colorado School of Mines who has been studying PFAS since 2001. In short, fate and transport is the life cycle of a chemical ....
May 8, 2024