Research & Innovation

Mechanical Engineering graduate student Brendan Kearney operates the impact hammer on the Outpost Digging System on the third day of durability testing at the Colorado Air and Space Port.

September 11, 2023

Mines, Lunar Outpost test lunar excavation rover in 15-day durability demonstration

Mines students sit around a table with laptops discussing the Hearts and Gears Innovating Mobility Challenge.

September 5, 2023

First-year students put innovation skills to the test – before classes begin

The Orbital Mining team includes (back row, left to right) Dewey Gazvoda, Daniel Abel, Chris Tolton, Ken Liang, Carsten Nesgaard, (front row, left to right) Zach Thelen and Ashle Jantzen.

August 31, 2023

Mines team advances to finals in NASA Watts on the Moon Challenge

Mines alum Jacob Grasmick wears a hard hat and safety vest at a construction site where he is applying his graduate research.

August 22, 2023

Bringing academic research into the real world: Mines student research on underground construction becoming part of industry work

Frozen landscape of snow and ice with tire tracks from research vehicles in Antarctica.

August 22, 2023

Thinning ice sheets may drive sharp rise in subglacial waters

Two men examine and operate a large industrial machine in a lab filled with equipment and monitors.

July 25, 2023

Electrical engineering researchers work to find the energy balance

Aerial photo of Guggenheim Hall at Colorado School of Mines.

July 20, 2023

Mines professor to chair federal advisory committee on energy transition, metal markets

A student works at a lab bench in the Colorado Fuel Cell Center

July 10, 2023

Green hydrogen: Colorado School of Mines researchers empowering future of energy

Ryan O'Hayre

July 10, 2023

Mines researchers discovering new ceramic materials to support the hydrogen economy

Hydrogen Stock Image

July 10, 2023

Characterization work aims to address cost of green hydrogen technologies

Diego Gomez Gualdron

June 20, 2023

Mines researchers harnessing data to discover and design materials

Low-angle view of Guggenheim Hall's gold dome framed by blooming pink crabapple blossoms against a clear blue sky.

June 14, 2023

Mines Vice President for Research testifies before U.S. House committee