Senators
2022-2023 Senators
Jeffrey C. King
Fall 2020-Fall 2020
Senate President
Professor, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
(303) 384-2133
Hill Hall 360
kingjc@mines.edu
Cristian V. Ciobanu
Fall 2022-Fall 2025
Faculty Senate Secretary
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
(303) 384-2119
CoorsTek 225
cciobanu@mines.edu
Soutir Bandyopadhyay
Fall 2021-Fall 2024
Associate Professor, Applied Mathematics and Statistics
(303) 273-3677
Chauvenet 232
sbandyopadhyay@mines.edu
VACANT
Spring 2023-Spring 2026
Debra Carney
Fall 2021-Fall 2024
Academic Standards Committee Chair
Teaching Professor and Assistant Department Head, Applied Mathematics and Statistics
(303) 273-3977
dcarney@mines.edu
Brandon Dugan
Fall 2022-Fall 2025
Undergraduate Council Chair
Associate Department Head and Professor, Geophysics
Baker Hughes Chair in Petrophysics and Borehole Geophysics
(303) 273-3512
dugan@mines.edu
Mansur Ermila
Fall 2022-Fall 2025
Teaching Associate Professor, Petroleum Engineering
(303) 384-2377
Marquez Hall 313
mermila@mines.edu
Linda Figueroa
Fall 2020-Fall 2023
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
(303) 273-3491
Coolbaugh Hall
lfiguero@mines.edu
Joseph Horan
Fall 2020-Fall 2023
Core Curriculum Committee Co-Chair
Associate Department Head and Teaching Professor, Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences
(303) 273-3636
Stratton Hall 406
jwhoran@mines.edu
Ventzi Karaivanov
Fall 2022-Fall 2025
Online Standards Committee Chair
Teaching Professor, Mechanical Engineering
(303) 384-2207
Brown Hall W310E
vkaraiva@mines.edu
Cynthia Norrgran
Fall 2020-Fall 2023
Student Signature Experience Committee Chair
Teaching Associate Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering
(303) 273-3414
241 Alderson Hall
cnorrgra@mines.edu
Sid Saleh
Fall 2022-Fall 2025
Research Council Chair
Teaching Associate Professor; Engineering, Design, and Society
Director of McNeil Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
(303) 273-3550
Engineering Hall 300
shsaleh@mines.edu
Bettina M. Voelker
Fall 2020-Fall 2023
Graduate Council Chair
Professor, Chemistry
(303) 273-3152
244 Coolbaugh Hall
voelker@mines.edu
Non-Voting Representatives
Emmelia Ashton
Undergraduate Student Government, At-Large to the Faculty
emmeliaashton@mines.edu
Nicole Becwar
Library Representative
Assistant Librarian, Metadata Initiatives Librarian
(303) 273-3691
Library Room 166
nbecwar@mines.edu
Dinesh Mehta
Faculty Trustee
Professor, Computer Science
(303) 273-3713
CTLM 257
dmehta@mines.edu
Office Staff
Mara Green
Curriculum and Administrative Specialist, Academic Affairs and Registrar’s Office
mgreen1@mines.edu
(719) 424-6320