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Colorado School of Mines hosts cardboard boat races
FOX31 reported on Mines' Cardboard Boat Race, a big part of the annual E-Days celebration. E-Days stands for Engineering Days. The 2025 celebration marked the 91st edition of Engineering Days at Mines.
April 12, 2025
Students face off in cardboard boat races in Colorado School of Mines 91st Engineering Days
CBS4 spotlighted the annual Mines' Cardboard Boat Race. This year the race benefitted from great weather, bringing out an especially big crowd for the engineering competition.
April 12, 2025
Colorado School of Mines students hold annual cardboard boat races
9NEWS caught up with Mines students as they participated in the annual Cardboard Boat Race that is part of E-Days. This year more than 100 teams participated in the always popular event.
April 12, 2025
Do solar panels increase home value?
Robert Braun, professor, Mechanical Engineering, noted that as electricity prices increase, the energy savings are greater for people who have installed solar panels on their homes.
April 11, 2025
Why China's rare earth curbs could devastate US defense industry
Tom Brady, professor of practice, Economics and Business, discusses how China could use its leadership position in the rare earth minerals arena as leverage as it negotiates tariffs with the United States.
April 11, 2025
Good News and Engineering Week celebration
The NEXT with Kyle Clark program on 9NEWS asked Mines students participating in the E-Days Ore Cart Pull "what's your good news?"
April 11, 2025
Why are oil prices plummeting? Hint: it's not just tariffs.
Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, discusses falling oil prices. Bazilian says a weakening economy, like the U.S. is currently experiencing, will drive oil prices down.
April 8, 2025
Fluorine reclaimed from PFAS in mechanochemical process
Timm Strathmann, professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, believes that although the new process is innovative, environmental and economic analysis will be required before the method is ready for commercial development.
April 7, 2025
Trump's tariffs just killed the last hope of a U.S. mining boom
Ian Lange, associate professor, Economics and Business, is interviewed on how U.S. mining companies are reacting to tariffs coming out of the Trump administration. Lange said that some mining firms have been lobbying for the tariffs, but that the result of the new taxes may not be positive for them.
April 7, 2025
Commodity prices drop in response to tariffs
Ian Lange, associate professor, Economics and Business, is interviewed about oil prices. He notes that recent price drops impact the U.S. more because it is, thanks to the shale revolution, the largest producer of oil.
April 4, 2025
An American Mine Still Has Millions of Tons of Copper, If Companies Can Get to It
Corby Anderson, Harrison Western Professor of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, discusses the history of treating calcopyrite to make copper.
April 2, 2025
Avenue Flashes: Howd-E! It's a helluva time at Mines E-Days
Longtime Golden resident John Akal shares his love for Mines' upcoming western-themed E-Days and details what's planned for the 2025 E-Days.
April 1, 2025
About Mines
Colorado School of Mines is a public R1 research university focused on applied science and engineering, producing the talent, knowledge and innovations to serve industry and benefit society – all to create a more prosperous future.