Mines shifts academic structure to college system

UPDATE: Oct. 17, 2012 – Names of the second and third colleges have been announced. The College of Applied Science and Engineering (CASE) encompasses Chemistry and Geochemistry, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, and Physics. The College of Earth Resource Sciences and Engineering (CERSE) will encompass Economics and Business, Geology and Geological Engineering, Geophysics, Liberal Arts and International Studies, Mining Engineering, and Petroleum Engineering.

 

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Carbon capture technology is ready. Permitting needs to catch up.

Anna Littlefield, program manager for Low Carbon Energy Technologies at Payne Institute for Public Policy, authored this opinion piece. Littlefield says the U.S. is leading internationally in the carbon capture arena.
April 24, 2025

Bad news for China: rare earth elements aren’t that rare

Ian Lange, associate professor, Economics and Business, says that while China has a corner on the refining of rare earth minerals currently, the U.S. could ramp up its capability to refine the minerals.
April 24, 2025

The future of US methane emission mitigation

This article details the findings from Payne Institute for Public Policy's Accelerated Methane Reduction Symposium conducted at Mines on March 6th and 7th. It's authored by Morgan Bazilian, director of the institute, Greg Clough, deputy director at the institute, and Simon Lomax, director of the institute's Accelerated Methane Reduction Initiative.
April 22, 2025

South Carolina says PFAS-contaminated farmland should be superfund site

Christopher Higgins, professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, an early researcher of contaminants in sewage sludge, said there wasn't yet an established, cost-effective way of cleaning up a vast area of farmland contaminated with PFAS.
April 21, 2025

This engineer drives a water-cleaning lab around the US

Tzahi Cath, professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, is spotlighted. Cath’s team built a mobile laboratory inside of a trailer. Cath has driven the lab, called the PureWater Colorado Direct Potable Reuse (DPR) Mobile Demonstration, around Colorado since 2021, showing wastewater treatment plants that they too can turn their effluent into potable water.
April 15, 2025

Colorado doubles down on quantum technology despite federal funding questions

This article about World Quantum Day, April 14, 2025, discusses the investments Colorado is making in quantum. Mines' involvement in the Elevate Quantum consortium is referenced. Quantum COmmons, a 70-acre site in Arvada, is owned/operated by Mines and is being developed with Elevate Quantum to accelerate growth of the quantum industry and workforce.
April 15, 2025

Trump nominates CO developer to oversee nation’s nuclear bomb waste clean-up

Mark Jensen, professor, Chemistry and the Jerry and Tina Grandey Chair in Nuclear Science and Engineering, discusses the appointment of Tim Walsh to be assistant secretary of energy for the Office of Environmental Management. Jensen says Walsh's background managing complex projects should prove helpful as he takes on this new role.
April 15, 2025

HowdE, partners: Orediggers, Goldenites enjoy Mines’ annual E-Days

Reporter Corinne Westeman at the Golden Transcript writes up a summary of the Mines 2025 E-Days celebration. The article includes some photos from the always exciting Prom Dress Rugby competition.
April 14, 2025
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