Fall 2026

In our fall 2026 issue, learn how competition teams teach students to move ideas from design to reality while navigating time and resource constraints. Also read about how Mines alumni are pursuing innovative ideas to change the ways in which we travel through space, use quantum software and more.

Mines Magazine Fall 2026 cover image showing two male students carrying a rover

Formula SAE race car parked on a campus walkway, with a driver seated in the open cockpit. The car is numbered 17 and bears Colorado School of Mines branding. Trees with fall foliage surround the walkway.

From competition to career: How Mines students learn by doing to develop real-world engineering skills

Paul C. Johnson

Three ways Mines is building momentum in the Fall 2026 semester

Men's basketball coach Pryor Orser holds a clipboard and stands in a huddle of basketball players

How Mines finds student-athletes who excel in STEM and NCAA Division II sports

A rocket launching from a platform against a blue sky

A Mines alum's startup is developing propulsion tech for more efficient space travel

Abstract digital landscape of glowing blue waves made of particles, with vertical lines and floating points of light against a dark background, evoking data, technology and quantum computing.

Mines alumni are using AI to overcome algorithm bottlenecks in quantum computing

Julie Smith

Mines alum turns environmental engineering experience into zero-waste personal care products

Ralph Newman and Casey Newman

How a Mines graduate built a 40-year American manufacturing company

A new email-based resource uses AI to build connections between students and alumni

A group of engineers in hard hats and reflective vests tour an underground mine

Sandvik and Mines partner to give engineers a global mining education

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