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Meet the President
Paul C. Johnson is the 17th President of Colorado School of Mines, in Golden, Colorado. MINES is world-renowned for producing highly sought-after scientists and engineers, innovations and objective analyses, especially in fields relevant to earth, energy and the environment. MINES enrolls about 6,000 students, offers nearly 50 degree programs, and conducts more than $60 million of research projects annually for industry and governmental agencies.
Student Awards
- Mines team wins NASA RASC-AL deep space competition
A team of Colorado School of Mines students won the grand prize at NASA's collegiate deep space competition, beating out 13 other undergraduate and graduate student teams from around the U.S. and … - Mines graduate student wins materials science prize
Diptak Bhattacharya, a doctoral student in the Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, was named the winner of the 2018 Materials Literature Review Prize by the Institute of Materials, Min … - Two Mines students named Astronaut Scholars
Two Colorado School of Mines students have been named Astronaut Scholars for the 2018-2019 academic year. Anthony Nagygyor, a senior majoring in chemical engineering, and Connor Bray, a senior studyi … - Mines Robotics wins collegiate exoskeleton competition
Students from Colorado School of Mines took first place in the 2018 Applied Collegiate Exoskeleton Competition, beating out teams from four other universities in the first-time event held May 5 at the …
Faculty Awards
- Herring wins ACS Storch Award in Fuel Science
Andrew Herring, professor of chemical and biological engineering at Colorado School of Mines, has been awarded the Henry H. Storch Award in Fuel Science by Energy and Fuels Division of the American Ch … - Boyle selected for DOE Early Career Research Program
Nanette Boyle, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering at Colorado School of Mines, has been awarded funding through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Early Career Research Program. B … - Hedayat awarded DOE Early Career Research funding
Reza Hedayat, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Colorado School of Mines, has been selected for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Early Career Research Program. Hedayat will … - New cohort of Daniels Fund Faculty Fellows named
Six Colorado School of Mines professors have been named Daniels Fund Faculty Fellows for the 2018-2019 school year. Each professor will receive $5,000 to integrate ethics into their courses, developin …