The Center for Mining Sustainability will fund four new research projects focused on rare earth minerals, aquifer management, nature-based water treatment and the repurposing of mine tailings.
Samy Wu Fung and Daniel McKenzie, both assistant professors of applied mathematics and statistics at Mines, are working together on optimization models that find efficient ways to deliver power.
A team of researchers, led in part by Colorado School of Mines Postdoctoral Researcher Joseph Smolsky and Associate Professor of Physics Kyle Leach, along with a large local undergraduate and graduate
Moving a robot from Point A to Point B is never the only problem within the complex real-world environments robots operate, Associate Professor Neil Dantam says.
Mooney was honored for “his significant contributions to tunnel and earthwork construction technology, process improvement, and recognized leadership in underground construction research, education and outreach.”