Students face off in cardboard boat races in Colorado School of Mines 91st Engineering Days

CBS4 spotlighted the annual Mines' Cardboard Boat Race. This year the race benefitted from great weather, bringing out an especially big crowd for the engineering competition.
April 12, 2025

Tensions grown between U.S. and Canada over tariffs

John Jechura, professor of Practice, Chemical and Biological Engineering, is quoted in this story examining the implications of new tariff's being placed on petroleum products from Canada. Jechura said that the tariffs make it possible Coloradans ....
March 9, 2025

Colorado School of Mines students host annual blood stem cell donor registration drive

The blood drive is conducted to honor Jennifer Rotramel-Ronhovde, a member of the Sigma Kappa Zeta Pi chapter who died from leukemia. The drive, now in its 12th year, is done to raise awareness about leukemia and help those like Rotramel-Ronhovde find donors.
March 1, 2025

One of the coldest places in the universe is inside a quantum fridge at Colorado School of Mines

The first of its kind Big Fridge being built by Maybell Quantum in Mines' Labriola Innovation Hub is designed to house a quantum computer and provide the machine with the extremely cold environment it needs to operate.
January 22, 2025

New facility to support quantum research coming to Colorado

Mines PhD student Sam Saiter talks about why he got into quantum engineering in this segment, filmed in the quantum clean room on the Mines campus.
January 17, 2025

Colorado graduate students awarded for helping NASA establish long-term human presence on the moon

Mines graduate students Kenneth Liang and Chris Tolton are helping NASA harvest, move and store energy sources on the moon.
November 25, 2024

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

Denver metro area students challenged to build an EV battery for a global automaker

Students at the Colorado School of Mines and Arapahoe Community College are working together on building an advanced battery for electric vehicles for the global automaker of Dodge and Jeep -- Stellantis.
November 30, 2023

Colorado School of Mines breaks ground on child care facility for staff and students

Executive Vice President of Colorado School of Mines Kirsten Volpi says the project will fill a need for employees, while strengthening the school. "In order to be able to help with retention to help recruit more diverse faculty in particular women ....
June 7, 2023

Colorado School of Mines students showcase skills in annual "Engineering Day"

Students who attend the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, showcased their skills and building talents for the annual "Engineering Day."
April 15, 2023