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Chris Tolton and Ken Liang, who also founded space startup Orbital Mining Corp., developed power storage and transmission solutions for lunar exploration.

“We are thrilled to be taking the relationship between Mines and Idaho National Laboratory to productive new heights that build on our research strengths and shared vision to create synergy in the national interest,” said Walter G. Copan, Mines vice president for research and technology transfer.

Recruiters come to Mines for special talent and understand the distinctiveness of Mines graduates, who are prepared to make an immediate impact on industry.

The annual tradition brought the Class of 2028 together as they climbed Mount Zion, made new friends and experienced the spirit of Mines the Friday before classes started.

Sana Zafar, PhD in civil and environmental engineering, was awarded the D. N.G. W. Cook PhD Dissertation Award for the best PhD thesis in rock mechanics at the 2024 US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium.

Colorado School of Mines will welcome 1,774 first-year and transfer students to campus when fall classes begin Aug. 19.

Colorado School of Mines alumni are routinely sought out by and hired into the aerospace industry, despite Mines not offering a dedicated bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering.

Physics PhD student Drew Marino will be working with the world’s top expert in Superconducting Tunnel Junction detectors.

“We got to see (the building) go from a sketch on notebook paper to the real thing,” said Lindsey Nenne, one of the team’s construction leaders, who graduated in May with her bachelor’s degree in civil engineering.

If a tool breaks in space, the solution isn’t as easy as popping down to the hardware store to buy a new one. Mines researchers are conducting NASA-funded research that could lead to 3-D printing bioplastics in space for tool repairs and more.