Mechanical engineering

Researchers at Mines, Honeybee Robotics, NASA’s Johnson Space Center and Pioneer Astronautics will build and demonstrate hardware to produce oxygen and steel from lunar regolith.

Gracie Cole '20 tells us about her Capstone Design project—converting her 1979 VW bus from gas to electric.

A mechanical engineering professor at Colorado School of Mines is part of a team of researchers working on better ways to detect concussions and more protective equipment to prevent them.

Mines' Anne Silverman is collaborating with the U.S. Naval Health Research Center on work to better understand and reduce injury risk among U.S. service members.

"If we can build this thing, we’ll be able to have unlimited access to the shadowed regions of the Moon," said Ross Centers, a student in Mines' Space Resources Program.

Alexis Navarre-Sitchler, associate professor of geology and geological engineering, and Craig Brice, professor of practice of mechanical engineering, have been awarded the Ben L. Fryrear Endowed Chair for Innovation and Excellence to drive institutional change at Colorado School of Mines.

An expert in musculoskeletal biomechanics, Silverman joined the Mines faculty in 2011.

Through these projects and others, Mines faculty and students are giving Mines an upper hand in responding to the pandemic and its challenges.

Why did you choose to come to Mines? What have you enjoyed most about being here? I chose to come to Mines because I wanted to go to a school full of people who think academically the same as I do. I

Why did you choose to come to Mines? What have you enjoyed most about being here? I choose Mines because of its highly ranked engineering programs and small class sizes. After starting my first