Available Projects 2022-2023
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Visualizing Phase Transformations of Water
Primary Mentor:Primary contact: Prof. Amadeu Sum (asum@mines.edu)
read moreVisualize future climate change through film
Primary Mentor:Piret Plink-Bjorklund pplink@mines.edu
read moreUnderstanding and inhibiting the pathway of iron-sulfur cluster biosynthesis in pathogenic bacteria
Primary Mentor:Christine Morrison, morrison@mines.edu
read moreTuning Charge Transport and Photoemission in Perovskite Halides with Pseudohalide Chemistries
Primary Mentor:Annalise Maughan, amaughan@mines.edu
read moreTransforming Geoscience: Grassroots DI&A Activism for Disciplinary Change
Primary Mentor:Elizabeth Reddy, reddy@mines.edu
read moreThree stage modeling and anti-retroviral treatment strategies for in-host HIV dynamics
Primary Mentor:Steve Pankavich, pankavic@mines.edu
read moreThe Least Covert Action: How the CIA Mobilized Midcentury America
Primary Mentor:KennethOsgood, kosgood@mines.edu
read moreTechno-economic analysis of green hydrogen and ammonia as a fuel replacement
Primary Mentor:John Jechura, jjechura@mines.edu | Rok Sitar, roksitar@mines.edu | Colin Wolden, cwolden@mines.edu
read moreSustainable Development in the Extractive Industries
Primary Mentor:Nicole Smith, nmsmith@mines.edu Sebnem Duzgun, duzgun@mines.edu
read moreSurface water prediction for the lakes of the Colorado River Basin
Primary Mentor:Eric Anderson, ejanderson@mines.edu
read moreSurface characterization of plasmonic materials via aqueous thermal field-flow fractionation
Primary Mentor:Kim Williams. Michael Toney (graduate student)
read moreStudying rivers through fluvial seismology
Primary Mentor:Danica Roth, droth@mines.edu Ge Jin, gjin@mines.edu
read moreStructurally Relevant Testing of Additively Manufactured Parts
Primary Mentor:Joy, Gockel, joygockel@mines.edu
read moreSquirrels and fires: how do biotic agents influence post-fire erosion?
Primary Mentor:Danica Roth, droth@mines.edu
read moreSolarFinder: Automatic Detection of Solar Photovoltaic Arrays
Primary Mentor:Dong Chen, dongchen@mines.edu
read moreSmartCamera: Enabling On-device and Privacy-friendly IoT Services
Primary Mentor:Dong Chen, dongchen@mines.edu
read moreSingle-shot Fourier Ptychography Microscope for Pulse-Beam Metrology
Primary Mentor:Daniel Adams, daadams@mines.edu
read moreSilicon clathrates for quantum information applications
Primary Mentor:Meenakshi Singh, msingh@mines.edu
read moreSilicon Clathrates for Photovoltaic Applications
Primary Mentor:Carolyn Koh, ckoh@mines.edu | Reuben Collins, rtcollin@mines.edu
read moreShoulder loading during military load carriage
Primary Mentor:Anne Silverman, asilverm@mines.edu | Jordan Sturdy, sturdy@mines.edu
read moreSecurity and Privacy Analysis of Smartphone Apps
Primary Mentor:Dr. Chuan Yue (chuanyue@mines.edu) and his PhD students (TBD).
read moreScalble Machine Learning for Automatically Diagnosing Breast Cancer Using Large-Scale Histopathological Images
Primary Mentor:Hua Wang, huawang@mines.edu
read moreReversible Fuel Cells for Grid Energy Storage
Primary Mentor:Dr. Robert Braun, rbraun@mines.edu Dr. Chris Cadigan, ccadigan@mines.edu
read moreRemoving flouro-based compounds from water over metal organic frameworks
Primary Mentor:Moises A. Carreon (faculty advisor) mcarreon@mines.edu Graduate student from Carreon group (TBD)
read moreRapid destruction of organic water pollutants of emerging concern by application of hot compressed water
Primary Mentor:Prof. Timothy Strathmann (strthmnn@mines.edu)
read moreProton Exchange Membranes for Steam Electrolysis
Primary Mentor:Andrew Herring, aherrig@mines.edu, Chris Kim, chuloongkim@mines.edu
read morePrivate Memoirs of IoT Devices: Safeguarding User Privacy in the IoT Era
Primary Mentor:Dong Chen, dongchen@mines.edu
read morePredicting polyplex size distribution from polymer properties and formulation parameters
Primary Mentor:Ramya Kumar, ramyakumar@mines.edu
read morePolymer membranes for water, gas, and ionic transport
Primary Mentor:Daniel Knauss, dknauss@mines.edu
read morePlasmonic Nanocrystals for Carbon Dioxide Reduction
Primary Mentor:Matthew Crane, matthewcrane@mines.edu | Sara Russo, srusso@mines.edu
read moreOptimizing growth of an emerging model alga, Chromochloris zofingiensis, in waste water for the production of astaxanthin and biofuels
Primary Mentor:Nanette Boyle nboyle@mines.edu
read moreOptically driven nanostructuring of alloyed metal plasmonic nanocrystals for next-generation computing
Primary Mentor:Matthew Crane, matthewcrane@mines.edu | Brandon Reynolds, breynolds@mines.edu
read moreNumeric and analytic investigation of nonlinear ultrashort-pulse propagation
Primary Mentor:Daniel Adams, daadams@mines.edu
read moreNitrogen recovery from municipal biosolids
Primary Mentor:Tzahi Cath, tcath@mines.edu | Tayler Elwell, tjelwell@mines.edu | Isuru Arachchige, isuruabeysiriwardan@mines.edu |
read moreMultiscale Modeling and Simulation of the in-host Dynamics of HIV infection
Primary Mentor:Steve Pankavich, pankavic@mines.edu
read moreMultiscale characterization of PEM device components
Primary Mentor:Svitlana Pylypenko, spylypen@mines.edu. Genevieve Stelmacovich, gstelmacovich@mines.edu
read moreMultiphysics Design of GaN Transistors for 5G and 6G applications
Primary Mentor:Peter Aaen, paaen@mines.edu
read moreMulti-Messenger X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
Primary Mentor:Xerxes Steirer, ksteirer@mines.edu
read moreMulti-accelerator Execution of Autonomous Workloads
Primary Mentor:Mehmet Belviranli <belviranli@mines.edu> Ismet Dagli <ismetdagli@mines.edu>
read moreMolecular simulations studies of ammonia formation mechanism in plasma reactors
Primary Mentor:Diego A Gomez-Gualdron, dgomezgualdron@mines.edu
read moreMolecular Simulations of SARS-CoV-2 Peptide Therapeutics
Primary Mentor:Alex Pak, apak@mines.edu
read moreMolecular Simulations of Bacterial Microcompartment Proteins
Primary Mentor:Pak, Alex, apak@mines.edu
read moreMolecular Simulations for Phase Transformations of Water
Primary Mentor:Amadeu Sum, asum@mines.edu
read moreMolecular Dynamics Simulations with 2D Materials
Primary Mentor:Joseph Samaniuk, samaniuk@mines.edu
read moreMineral mapping for geothermal exploration using remote sensing
Primary Mentor:sebnem duzgun, duzgun@mines.edu Katharina Pfaff, kpfaff@mines.edu Thomas Monecke, tmonecke@mines.edu
read moreMicroporous Molecular sieve membranes for olefin/paraffin separations
Primary Mentor:Moises A. Carreon (faculty advisor) mcarreon@mines.edu Keerthana Krisnan (PhD Student advisor) keerthanakrisnan@mines.edu
read moreMicrobial Influenced Corrosion of Infrastructure
Primary Mentor:John Spear, jspear@mines.edu
read moreMECHANISMS OF PANCREATIC CELL DEATH IN TYPE 1 DIABETES
Primary Mentor:Nikki Farnsworth, nfarnsworth@mines.edu | Jillian Collins, jcollins1@mines.edu
read moreMateriality Topics and Matrices in the Energy Sector: A Compilation Type of Proposal
Primary Mentor:Linda Battalora, lbattalo@mines.edu | Maria Capello, mariangelacapello@gmail.com
read moreMachine Learning to Optimize Additive Manufacturing Parameters
Primary Mentor:Hua Wang, huawang@mines.edu
read moreMachine Learning and AI for Mineral Supply Chains
Primary Mentor:sebnem duzgun, duzgun@mines.edu
read moreIron Oxide Nanoparticles as an Effective and Recyclable Clathrate Hydrate Dispersant in the Oil and Gas Industry
Primary Mentor:Ning Wu, ningwu@mines.edu Yuanxing Zhang, zhang3@mines.edu
read moreIoT Security and Privacy Protection
Primary Mentor:Dr. Chuan Yue (chuanyue@mines.edu) and his PhD students (TBD).
read moreInvestigating Antarctic subglacial lake dynamics using satellite altimetry
Primary Mentor:Wilson Sauthoff sauthoff@mines.edu | Dr. Matthew Siegfried, siegfried@mines.edu
read moreIntracellular Nanofactories
Primary Mentor:Scott Massimi , smassimi@mines.edu Kara Metzger, kmetzger@mines.edu
read moreIntelligent Prediction of Traffic Conditions via Integrated Data-Driven Crowdsourcing and Learning
Primary Mentor:Hua Wang, huawang@mines.edu Qi Han, qhan@mines.edu
read moreInorganic 2D material interactions with organic membranes
Primary Mentor:Joseph Samaniuk, samaniuk@mines.edu
read moreInnovative Green Infrastructure to Removal Phosphorus from Urban Drool
Primary Mentor:John McCray. jmccray@mines.edu
read moreImpacts of wildfires on solar photovoltaic generation
Primary Mentor:Paulo Tabares,tabares@mines.edu
read moreIdentifying disciplinary silos in the energy-water nexus: Do energy systems researchers and river systems researchers “talk” to each other about hydropower?
Primary Mentor:Adrienne Marshall, adriennemarshall@mines.edu | Adrianne Kroepsch, akroepsch@mines.edu
read moreHydrogen production and energy storage with electroceramics
Primary Mentor:Neal Sullivan, nsulliva@mines.edu
read moreHow does changing hydroclimate affect equity of water allocations? Linking streamflow and water rights
Primary Mentor:Adrienne Marshall, adriennemarshall@mines.edu | Steven Smith, ssmith1@mines.edu
read moreH2 storage strategy – HCOOH as a potential H2 carrier
Primary Mentor:Stephanie Kwon, kwon@mines.edu
read moreGraph analytics for resilience of critical infrastucture
Primary Mentor:Sebnem Duzgun, duzgun@mines.edu Dinesh Mehta, dmehta@mines.edu
read moreGlobal Sensitivity Analysis of Plasma Instabilities
Primary Mentor:Steve Pankavich, pankavic@mines.edu
read moreGlaciers in the South: a study of glacier science outreach throughout the Southern U.S.
Primary Mentor:Hannah Verboncoeur, hverboncoeur@mines.edu| Dr. Matthew Siegfried, siegfried@mines.edu| Dr. Elizabeth Reddy, reddy@mines.edu|
read moreExtending Humanitarian Engineering and Science (HES) graduate student research into undergraduate student learning
Primary Mentor:Juan Lucena, jlucena@mines.edu|Junko Munakata, jmmarr@mines.edu
read moreExploring sustainable design for plastics and bioplastics
Primary Mentor:Dr. Amy Landis, amylandis@mines.edu | Dr. VeeAnder Mealing, vmealing@mines.edu
read moreExperimental Characterization of Defense Helmet Liners for Traumatic Brain Injury Prevention
Primary Mentor:Leslie Lamberson, les@mines.edu
read moreEvaluation of Water Quality from 5 Watersheds in Southern Peru
Primary Mentor:John McCray: jmccray@mines.edu Prof. Pablo Chevesich Garcia: pablogarciach@gmail.com AND pchevesich@mines.edu
read moreEngineering the Pancreas Microenvironment to Treat Type 1 Diabetes
Primary Mentor:Nikki Farnsworth, nfarnsworth@mines.edu | Chelsea Garcia, cmgarcia@mines.edu
read moreEngineered wetlands: next generation applications for sustainable water treatment
Primary Mentor:Jonathan (Josh) Sharp, jsharp@mines.edu | Gary Vanzin, gvanzin@mines.edu
read moreEnergy Intensive Businesses and Renewable Energy
Primary Mentor:Kathleen Hancock, khancock@mines.edu
read moreElectric-field assisted manufacturing of structured electrodes for advanced lithium-ion batteries
Primary Mentor:Ning Wu, ningwu@mines.edu Xingrui Zhu, xzhu1@mines.edu
read moreEfficient Electromagnetic Simulation of Silicon-on-Insulator Circuits for mm-Wave Operation
Primary Mentor:Peter Aaen paaen@mines.edu
read moreEfficient Electromagnetic Simulation of Silicon-on-Insulator Circuits for mm-Wave Operation
Primary Mentor:Peter Aaen paaen@mines.edu
read moreDistortions-by-Design in Thermochromic “Smart” Materials
Primary Mentor:Annalise Maughan, amaughan@mines.edu
read moreDevelopment of Virtual Reality Models for Geosciences
Primary Mentor:Sebnem duzgun, duzgun@mines.edu Ebru Bozdag, bozdag@mines.edu Cagdas Demorkan, demirkan@mines.edu
read moreDevelopment of a genome scale metabolic model for Auxenochlorella protothecoides for rational engineering of biofuels production
Primary Mentor:Nanette Boyle nboyle@mines.edu
read moreDevelopment of a genome scale metabolic model for Auxenochlorella protothecoides for rational engineering of biofuels production
Primary Mentor:Nanette Boyle nboyle@mines.edu
read moreDeveloping optical tools to measure ion transport in battery electrolytes
Primary Mentor:Jason Porter, jporter@mines.edu Lydia Meyer, lydiameyer@mines.edu
read moreDeveloping computational tools to understand the mechanism of CO2 reduction by bio-inspired catalysts
Primary Mentor:Christine Morrison (PI), morrison@mines.edu. Diego Gomez-Gualdron (PI), dgomezgualdron@mines.edu.
read moreDeveloping a Response-enhancing Optical Fiber Sensor for Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS)
Primary Mentor:Jeffrey Shragge jshragge@mines.edu | Derrick Chambers derrickchambers@mines.edu
read moredetecting events in lossy-compressed seismic data
Primary Mentor:Eileen Martin, eileenrmartin@mines.edu | Hafiz Issah, aissah@mines.edu
read moreDesigning new carbon recycling materials from iron-sulfur clusters
Primary Mentor:Christine Morrison (PI), morrison@mines.edu
read moreDesign, construction and evaluation of subsurface valve for deliquifying horizontal wells
Primary Mentor:Luis Zerpa, lzerpa@mines.edu
read moreDesign and control a robotic hand
Primary Mentor:Xiaoli Zhang, xlzhang@mines.edu| Michael Bowman, mibowman@mines.edu
read moreDesalination using a clathrate hydrate technology
Primary Mentor:Carolyn Koh, ckoh@mines.edu
read moreDecomposition of Polyolefin Polymers with Superacids
Primary Mentor:Scott Cleary, scleary@mines.edu
read moreData science applications for net zero carbon strategy in extractive industries
Primary Mentor:sebnem duzgun, duzgun@mines.edu nicole smith, nmsmith@mines.edu edyaylaci@mines.edu
read moreControlling the Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells using Alginate/Chitosan Biomaterials
Primary Mentor:Melissa Krebs, mdkrebs@mines.edu
read moreCONTROL OF GEOTHERMAL EGS HORIZONTAL WELLS
Primary Mentor:Dr. Will Fleckenstein and experts from Mines partners that are working on the design and fabrication of the tools needed.
read moreComputational Analysis of Additively Manufactured Space Nuclear Reactor Shielding
Primary Mentor:Dr. King (kingjc@mines.edu)
read moreComparison of ESG Rankings: Latin America Operators
Primary Mentor:Linda Battalora, LBattalo@mines.edu | Maria Capello, mariangelacapello@gmail.com
read moreClimate map of an extremely warm Earth
Primary Mentor:Piret Plink-Bjorklund pplink@mines.edu
read moreClean Combustion using NH3/H2
Primary Mentor:Colin Wolden, cwolden@mines.edu| Rok Sitar, roksitar@mines.edu
read moreCatalyst-ionomer interface and interactions in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells
Primary Mentor:Svitlana Pylypenko, spylypen@mines.edu. Jayson Foster, jaysonfoster@mines.edu
read morecatalyst design strategies to convert CO2 to fuels
Primary Mentor:Stephanie Kwon, kwon@mines.edu
read moreCarbon Dioxide Concentration using an AEM Fuel Cell
Primary Mentor:Andrew Herring, aherring@mines.edu, Ivy Wu, lipinwu@mines.edu
read moreBiomechanics of Balance Regulation in Daily Living Activities
Primary Mentor:Anne Silverman, asilverm@mines.edu | Michael Miller, mfmiller@mines.edu.
read moreBarrier layers for enablign future fusion plants
Primary Mentor:Colin Wolden, cwolden@mine.edu|Adam Job, adamjob@mines.edu The MURF covers the academic year but I would like to hire someone to start early this summer.
read moreAutomated Core Scanning – Geochemical and Mineralogical Characterization and Visualization of the Subsurface
Primary Mentor:Katharina Pfaff, kpfaff@mines.edu Thomas Monecke, tmonecke@mines.edu Sebnem Duzgun, duzgun@mines.edu Luis Tenorio, ltenorio@mines.edu Yaoguo Li, ygli@mines.edu
read moreAssessing impact of course design structure on student performance
Primary Mentor:Justin Shaffer, jshaffer@mines.edu
read moreAntenna simulation and design for personal communication devices
Primary Mentor:Dr. Atef Elsherbeni aelsherb@mines.edu
read moreAntarctic glacier-ocean interactions using satellite imagery
Primary Mentor:Dr. Tasha Snow, tsnow@mines.edu | Dr. Matthew Siegfried, siegfried@mines.edu
read moreAdvanced Process Controls – Autonomous Control and Optimization of Water Treatment Plants
Primary Mentor:Tzahi Cath, tcath@mines.edu | Mason Manross, Mason Manross, mmanross@mines.edu |
read moreAdaptive Learning and Quantification Algorithms For Advances in Geological Exploration
Primary Mentor:Hua Wang, huawang@mines.edu Yaoguo Li, ygli@mines.edu
read moreActivity of SARS-CoV-2 protease 3CLpro on collagen fibrils, fibrin, alpha-synuclein, and amyloid-beta
Primary Mentor:Susanta Sarkar/ssarkar@mines.edu
read moreAccessibility and Accommodations for Students in STEM
Primary Mentor:Brianna Buljung, bbuljung@mines.edu | Seth Vuletich, sethvuletich@mines.edu
read moreAccelerated and Heterogeneous Computing for Robotics
Primary Mentor:Neil Dantam, ndantam@mines.edu. Mehmet Belviranli, belviranli@mines.edu.
read more3D Printed Human Trabecular Meshwork Culture System for Glaucoma Modeling
Primary Mentor:Melissa Krebs, mdkrebs@mines.edu
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