An anthropologist who studies energy, engineering and public accountability, Smith is one of 26 scholars across the United States – and the first Mines professor ever – selected for the prestigious honor.
CURIE – short for Colorado Underground Research Institute – will allow researchers to test quantum sensors and more in a very low background environment.
Koh was recognized for her “contributions to advancing the discipline of chemical engineering by pioneering the interfacial controls for gas hydrate crystallization in energy storage and pipeline plugging mitigation.”
Vladan Stevanovic has been named faculty lead for the Mines/NREL Nexus, a strategic partnership between the Colorado School of Mines and the U.S. Department of Energy National Renewable Energy
An international research project, in which Colorado School of Mines is a leading institution, hopes to observe these particles from high in the Earth’s atmosphere to better understand where they come from and how they interact.
As Colorado emerges as a hub for quantum technology, one of the nation’s first quantum engineering programs – located right here at Mines – is preparing students for the challenges of working in the quantum industry in Colorado and beyond.