Available Projects 2024-2025
Projects* are listed by mentor department. Click on the a department category below, then select the project by clicking on the title.
*Please note that the list of projects below will be incomplete until April 12th, 2024, the faculty deadline to submit research project proposals.
- All Projects
- All MURF Projects 2024-2025
- Applied Mathematics and Statistics
- Arthur Lakes Library
- Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Chemistry
- Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Computer Science
- Electrical Engineering
- Engineering Design and Society
- Geology & Geological Engineering
- Geophysics
- Interdisciplinary MURF 2024-2025
- Materials & Metallurgical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Petroleum Engineering
- Physics
- Unlisted
- MURF 2024-2025 One Mentor
- MURF 2024-2025 Two+ Mentors
Accelerating Computational Electromagnetic Code
Primary Mentor:Atef Elsherbeni aelsherb@mines.edu
read moreAccessibility and Accommodations for Students in STEM
Primary Mentor:Brianna Buljung, bbuljung@mines.edu | Seth Vuletich, sethvuletich@mines.edu
read moreActive Porous Supports for Industrializing Enzymes
Primary Mentor:Brian Trewyn, btrewyn@mines.edu
read moreAdvancing Cultivated Meat Using Metabolic Modeling
Primary Mentor:Nanette Boyle nboyle@mines.edu
read moreAI-based Sensorless Control of DC Wind Power System for Reduced Failure
Primary Mentor:Dr. Omid Beik, beik@mines.edu
read moreAntennas for non-invasive internal body temperature measurements
Primary Mentor:Gabriel Santamaria Botello, gabriel.santamariabotello@mines.edu
read moreApplying Advance Machine Learning to Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Ray Particle Showers
Primary Mentor:Eric, Mayotte, emayotte@mines.edu | Sonja, Mayotte, smayotte@mines.edu
read moreASSESSING AND QUANTIFYING MULTIPHASE FLOW IN GAS HYDRATE TRANSPORTABILITY
Primary Mentor:Amadeu Sum, asum@mines.edu
read moreAssessing Snow Drought Extent Across the Western US
Primary Mentor:Dr. Adrienne Marshal (Adriennemarshall@mines.edu) Arielle Koshkin (akoshkin@mines.edu)
read moreAssessing Sociotechnical Integration in Energy Technology Research and Development
Primary Mentor:Kathryn Johnson, kjohnson@mines.edu | Jessica Smith, jmsmith@mines.edu
read moreBuilding a Galactic Atlas of Potential Cosmic Ray Sources
Primary Mentor:Eric Mayotte, emayotte@mines.edu
read moreBuilding Online Spiritual Care Communities
Primary Mentor:Dr. Alemitu Bezabih, alemitubezabih@mines.edu | Shadi Nourriz, shadinourriz@mines.edu | Estelle Smith, estellesmith@mines.edu
read moreComputational Collaboration for Multi-UAV-UGV Systems
Primary Mentor:Qi Han, qhan@mines.edu
read moreCreating CO2 mineralization experiments with simultaneous collection of geophysical (acoustic and complex conductivity) data in the laboratory
Primary Mentor:Manika Prasad, mprasad@mines.edu | Athos Nathanail, athanasios.nathanail@mines.edu
read moreDesign and Building of an Electric Drive System for Heavy Duty Semi Trucks
Primary Mentor:Dr. Omid Beik, beik@mines.edu
read moreDESIGN AND SYNTHESIS OF ORGANIC AND POLYMER MATERIALS FOR APPLICATION IN HIGH EFFICIENCY AND STABLE SOLAR CELLS
Primary Mentor:Alan Sellinger, aselli@mines.edu
read moreDesign of An Energy Self-Sustained Building
Primary Mentor:Marcus Florida, mflorida@mines.edu
read moreDESIGN OF AN OPTICALLY ACCESSIBLE GAS TURBINE SECTOR RIG FOR ALTERNATIVE FUELS RESEARCH
Primary Mentor:Rajavasanth, Rajasegar, rajavasanth.rajasegar@mines.edu Erin, McMurchie, emcmurchie@mines.edu
read moreDeveloping a Python Graphical User Interface for Parametric Electrochemistry Measurements
Primary Mentor:Annalise Maughan, amaughan@mines.edu
read moreDevelopment of a targeted drug delivery strategy to treat type 1 diabetes
Primary Mentor:Nikki Farnsworth, nfarnsworth@mines.edu | Ashton Fremin, afremin@mines.edu | Jubril Akolade, jakolade@mines.edu
read moreDevelopment of computational tools for visualization of electromagnetic waves and antenna patterns
Primary Mentor:Atef Elsherbeni aelsherb@mines.edu
read moreElectron Microscopy Characterization of Materials and Components for Low Temperature Electrolysis Applications
Primary Mentor:Svitlana Pylypenko, spylypen@mines.edu
read moreEnergy Optimization of Supercapacitor and Solar Battery Energy Storage
Primary Mentor:Marcus Florida, mflorida@mines.edu
read moreEngineering the Pancreas Microenvironment to Treat Type 1 Diabetes
Primary Mentor:
Nikki Farnsworth, nfarnsworth@mines.edu | Chelsea Garcia, cmgarcia@mines.edu
Enhancing lithium ion transport in thio-LISION solid-state electrolytes
Primary Mentor:Annalise Maughan, amaughan@mines.edu
read moreEnvironmental Justice and Carbon Capture & Sequestration in Southern Colorado
Primary Mentor:Jessica Smith, jmsmith@mines.edu Vivian Underhill, vivian.underhill@mines.edu
read moreFluidized Bed Catalytic Reactor/Receiver for Converting Solar Energy to Fuels and Chemicals
Primary Mentor:kwon@mines.edu
read moreFundamental studies of PFAs adsorption to porous media
Primary Mentor:Brian Trewyn, btrewyn@mines.edu
read moreIntuitive 3D haptic force feedback control for motion display
Primary Mentor:Xiaoli Zhang xlzhang@mines.edu
read moreInverse design of passive and active microwave circuits
Primary Mentor:Gabriel Santamaria Botello, gabriel.santamariabotello@mines.edu| Peter Aaen, paaen@mines.edu.
read moreInverse Microwave Circuit Design – The Pathway to x100 Reduction in Circuit Design Time
Primary Mentor:Peter Aaen, paaen@mines.edu
read moreInvestigating the inhibition of the SUF-like pathway in S. aureus and B. subtilis
Primary Mentor:Dr. Rick Holz, rholz@mines.edu
read moreInvestigation of Catalyst Layer Degradation with Transmission Electron Microscopy
Primary Mentor:Svitlana Pylypenko, spylypen@mines.edu
read moreInvestigation of Catalyst Layers with X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
Primary Mentor:Svitlana Pylypenko, spylypen@mines.edu
read moreInvestigation of Nitrile Hydratases: Metalloproteins and Biocatalysis
Primary Mentor:Dr. Rick Holz, rholz@mines.edu
read moreIonomer interactions for Water Electrolysis
Primary Mentor:Andrew M. Herring, Mei-Chen Kuo, Alana Sweeney, Marco Salgado
read moreKinematic and muscular control of the torso during symmetric and asymmetric functional activities
Primary Mentor:Professor Anne Silverman, asilverm@mines.edu | Postdoctoral Researcher Jordan Sturdy, sturdy@mines.edu
read moreLarge Scale Referential Gesture
Primary Mentor:Mark Higger, mhigger@mines.edu |Tom Williams, twilliams@mines.edu
read moreLightweight aggregate and concrete production from waste of mining operation
Primary Mentor:Dr. Reza Hedayat, hedayat@mines.edu Dr. Mostafa Asadizadeh, masadizadeh@mines.edu
read moreLong-term electrical resistivity monitoring – from laboratory to field measurements
Primary Mentor:Marc Dumont, marc.dumont@mines.edu | Kamini Singha, ksingha@mines.edu
read moreMACHINE LEARNING-DRIVEN DISCOVERY OF ADSORBENTS FOR CO2 CAPTURE
Primary Mentor:dgomezgualdron@mines.edu
read moreManipulating Surface Waves to Improve Antenna Array Performance – Design and Measurement
Primary Mentor:Peter Aaen, paaen@mines.edu
read moreMillennial Scale Range Orbital Cycles
Primary Mentor:Piret Plink-Bjorklund pplink@mines.edu
read moreModeling Exercise Mechanical Stimuli across Scales of Muscle
Primary Mentor:Professor Katie Knaus, katherine.knaus@mines.edu
read moreMuscle Coordination and Biomechanics of Dynamic Movements
Primary Mentor: Professor Anne Silverman, asilverm@mines.edu | Professor Katie Knaus, Katherine.knaus@mines.edu | Graduate Student Michael Miller, mfmiller@mines.edu
Muscle Fatigue Effects on Joint Strength and Functional Movement
Primary Mentor:Professor Katie Knaus, katherine.knaus@mines.edu | Professor Anne Silverman, asilverm@mines.edu | Graduate Student Anna Corman, ancorman@mines.edu
read moreNanodispersions for CO2 capture.
Primary Mentor:Carolyn Koh, ckoh@mines.edu. Jose Delgado, jdelgado@mines.edu.
read moreNonlinear Dimension Reduction and Machine Learning Algorithms for Coarse-grained Simulations of Biomolecular Complexes
Primary Mentor:Steve Pankavich, pankavic@mines.edu | Alex Pak, apak@mines.edu
read moreOBSERVING INTERACTION BETWEEN OCEAN CURRENTS AND SURFACE WAVES
Primary Mentor:Gwendal Marechal, gmarechal@mines.edu | Bia Villas Bôas, villasboas@mines.edu
read morePerformative Autonomy
Primary Mentor:Rafael Sousa Silva, rsousasilva@mines.edu | Tom Williams, twilliams@mines.edu
read morePhase behavior of CO2 streams for carbon capture applications
Primary Mentor:Carolyn Koh, ckoh@mines.edu lindsey Wadsworth, lwadsworth@mines.edu
read moreQuantifying the Migration of Biochar in Soil: Implications for Near-Surface Hydrology and Carbon Storage
Primary Mentor:Brandon Dugan dugan@mines.edu | Amanda Howell atowry@mines.edu
read moreSecurity and Privacy Analysis of Smartphone Apps
Primary Mentor:Dr. Chuan Yue (chuanyue@mines.edu) and his PhD students (TBD).
read moreSecurity and Privacy Protection using Advanced AI Techniques
Primary Mentor:Dr. Chuan Yue (chuanyue@mines.edu) and his PhD students (TBD).
read moreSilicon clathrates for Photovoltaic Applications
Primary Mentor:Carolyn Koh, ckoh@mines.edu Reuben Collins, rtcollin@mines.edu
read moreSIMULTANEOUSLY RECOVER BIOFUEL AND REMOVE HALOGENATED ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS IN HARVESTED PLANTS FROM PHYTOREMEDIATION
Primary Mentor:Shilai Hao, shao@mines.edu | Timothy Strathmann, strthmnn@mines.edu
read moreSTUDENT LED INITIATIVE TO ENHANCE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN THE LABRIOLA INNOVATION HUB
Primary Mentor:Aubrey Wigner, awigner@mines.edu
read moreStudy on Hydrogen Storage in Subsurface Systems
Primary Mentor:Serveh Kamrava, kamrava@mines.edu
read moreSubmarine Groundwater Discharge along the New England Continental Shelf
Primary Mentor:Brandon Dugan dugan@mines.edu
read moreSupercritical flow sedimentary structures
Primary Mentor:Piret Plink-Bjorklund pplink@mines.edu
read moreTitle: “Advanced Geophysical Experiments: The Role of Physics-Informed Neural Networks in Solving the Wave Equation
Primary Mentor:Manika Prasad, mprasad@mines.edu | Athos Nathanail, athanasios.nathanail@mines.edu
read moreUAV/Drone-Based Aeromagnetic Survey Planning and Training for Orphaned Well Detection
Primary Mentor:Richard Krahenbuhl, rkrahenb@mines.edu | Inese Berzina-Pitcher, inese.berzina-pitcher@mines.edu
read moreWhy are avulsion angles around 50 degrees?
Primary Mentor:Contact Piret Plink-Bjorklund pplink@mines.edu
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