Mines' NASA Mars Ice Challenge team featured on 9News

A Colorado School of Mines student team that took second place in a NASA competition to design and build a system to extract water from Mars' subsurface was featured on 9News. The team, one of only eight finalists in the NASA Mars Ice Challenge, had ....
July 12, 2017

Maniloff contributes to 9News story on U.S. Climate Alliance

Division of Economics and Business Assistant Professor Peter Maniloff contributed to 9News story, “Colorado joins other states in U.S. Climate Alliance.” Maniloff weighs in on whether Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper’s plan is possible and what it ....
July 12, 2017

Higgins gives insight into drinking water contamination

Colorado School of Mines Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Chris Higgins was recently interviewed for an article in Chemical Engineering News on how polymers can help remove contaminants from drinking water. The article, " ....
June 27, 2017

Mines students compete in NASA Mars Ice Challenge

An interdisciplinary team of Mines students is in Virginia this week competing in NASA’s Mars Ice Challenge, part of NASA’s Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts – Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) brand of competitions. The “Orbiting Orediggers” are one ....
June 15, 2017

Groundwater contamination research featured in Denver Post

A study of the effectivity of systems to filter contaminants from groundwater, led by Colorado School of Mines Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Christopher Higgins and published in the journal Environmental Science and ....
June 7, 2017

Bozdag contributes to revolutionary 3D model of Earth's interior

Ebru Bozdag, Assistant Professor in the Department of Geophysics, is working with an international team of researchers to develop better models of the Earth’s interior. These models will help scientists understand the layers of the earth and how the ....
May 18, 2017

Spear facilitated work on new climate change report

A new joint report, "Microbes and Climate Change" from the American Society for Micobiology (ASM) and the American Geophysical Union (AGU) explores how microorganisms have both changed and been changed by the climate throughout Earth's past. John ....
May 18, 2017

Brune provides insight into coal mining job market

With coal still accounting for 30 percent of electricity generated in the U.S., this resource is by no means obsolete in the national energy market. The Washington Post explores the discrepancies that exist between employment and production of mines ....
May 8, 2017

Fleckenstein comments on fatal Firestone home explosion

Petroleum Engineering Adjunct Professor William Fleckenstein was recently interviewed by Denver Channel 7 in regards to the fatal home explosion that occurred last month in Firestone, Colorado. After initial investigation, the cause of the explosion ....
May 5, 2017

Davis featured in Mining Journal

During his keynote speech at the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration's 5th Annual Current Trends in Mining Finance conference in New York, Division of Economics and Business Professor Graham Davis told delegates that proposed financial ....
May 5, 2017

Maniloff contributes to E&E News story on drilling order

Division of Economics and Business Assistant Professor Peter Maniloff contributed to the E&E News story, “Greens: 'We'll take to the streets' to fight drilling order.” The story details President Trump’s executive order to potentially expand offshore ....
May 5, 2017

Mines Tiny House team featured on local Denver news

The Mines Tiny House team, which is preparing for the 2019 Solar Decathalon by first building a tiny house, was featured on Denver 7 news. From the story: "A group of college students at the Colorado School of Mines is preparing to debut their energy ....
May 1, 2017