Research & Innovation

Five Mines students stand in front of a table with elements of their capstone design project that collects ocean subsurface data.

December 12, 2023

Underwater prospecting rover wins top honors at Fall 2023 Capstone Design Showcase

This Illustration shows a 1D crystal of ions, trapped by surrounding electrodes and controlled by lasers. The electrons in the ions can form a tiny magnet in one dimension.

December 5, 2023

Mines researchers contribute to creation of world’s first quantum magnet in one dimension

A Mines student and faculty member operate a lunar rover testing it for capabilities to enhance space travel.

December 3, 2023

Mines faculty, students work on technology that could "change space travel forever"

Mines team of students and faculty stand in front of engineering equipment designed to eliminate PFAS chemicals.

December 1, 2023

Mines researchers receive $3M in DoD funding to develop processes to not just remove but destroy PFAS

A Mines Geology student uses digital modeling tools to test and validate geological data.

November 27, 2023

Modeling tools allow Mines geology students, faculty to test and validate structural data

Five members of the Mines team who will design, build, test and integrate an advanced EV battery into a future Stellantis vehicle

November 16, 2023

Colorado School of Mines, Arapahoe Community College selected for Battery Workforce Challenge

Associate Professor Paulo Tabares Velasco speaks with a resident of Lake County, Colorado to discuss energy efficiency upgrades being made to her neighborhood.

November 7, 2023

Tabares-Velasco awarded two DOE grants for work toward energy efficiency at any income level

Heavy equipment works on clearing rubble from a collapsed building in Antakya, Turkiye after the 2023 earthquake.

November 2, 2023

Rebuilding after disaster: Mines professor working on low-emissions plan for earthquake-damaged area

Chris Higgins, University Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Mines wears a white lab coat and holds a PFAS sample.

November 1, 2023

9 PFAS treatment, destruction technologies to be tested side by side at Colorado military base

October 10, 2023

Matthew Crane wins AIChE 35 Under 35 award

Planet Earth rises above the Moon's horizon, a photo taken from space on the Apollo 8 mission in 1968.

October 2, 2023

Mines researchers get $2M from NASA to advance technology for extracting aluminum from lunar soil

A Mines undergraduate student presents his research, referring to a poster board on an easel, to an onlooker.

September 27, 2023

Student researchers share their findings at Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium