Please join Our Energy Policy and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Morgan D. Bazilian, Director Payne Institute, presenting a virtual seminar titled Critical Minerals: America’s Achilles’ Heel? on Wednesday, January 12, 2022 from 10:00am – 11:00am (MT). TOPIC: CRITICAL MINERALS: AMERICA’S ACHILLES’ HEEL? SPEAKER: MORGAN D. BAZILIAN, DIRECTOR, PAYNE […]
Swing by to get free lunch and SWAG, play some of our fun activities, and look at the cool stuff we’ve found of the department’s history.
The Faculty Senate promotes cooperation and understanding among the various constituencies that comprise the school by: providing a forum for the Academic Faculty to express its concerns to the Administration and the Board of Trustees; encouraging the involvement of the Academic Faculty in the overall operation of the school; and fostering and maintaining a stimulating […]
If you are a student looking for a job and a way to connect with employers, or are an employer looking to connect with and hire an amazing Mines student, this is the place to be! Attend our Virtual Career Day and form relationships as you continue in your job or hiring search. The event […]
Micrometer, Chalk, Chainsaw: Real World Petroleum Engineering Applications Not all of us will land engineering roles in an R&D department, in fact most will land roles where we must find a balance between engineering precision, real world application, and capital discipline. Knowing when and how to utilize and apply precise engineering, in light of the […]
Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Deb Chattopadhyay, Leader, Power System Planning Group, World Bank, presenting a virtual seminar titled Regional Integration of Power Systems: Issues and Case Studies on Economic Benefits of Interconnection on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 from 9:30am – 10:30am (MT). […]
Leading companies are looking for new employees with the skills necessary to take the world into the future, and you have the opportunity to connect with many of them. Build up your network, learn about career possibilities, and sharpen your interview skills, all at the Mines Career Days. The event will take place from 10am-3pm […]
Our Innov8x Challenges are 2-hour rapid fire challenges in which students brainstorm problems, identify beneficiaries – people who would benefit when the problem is solved. “Good” problems advance to our Innov8x course. Join us in person or Zoom.
Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Colorado Senator Chris Hansen, Senate District 31, presenting a virtual seminar titled Colorado Energy Policy: Trends and Options for the Future on Tuesday, February 8, 2022 from 9:30am – 10:45am (MT). TOPIC: COLORADO ENERGY POLICY: TRENDS AND OPTIONS FOR […]
The office of Undergraduate Research Scholars wants to feature YOUR images in the 2022 Undergraduate Research Symposium! We are accepting submissions until 9am March 1st, 2022. We want to feature YOUR RESEARCH on the cover of this year's Undergraduate Research Symposium booklet, website, and advertising materials. We are looking for scientific visualizations and images from […]
Halfway through the year, we set aside time for all of campus to gather to learn about progress on the Mines DI&A Strategic Plan, share updates on department and campus units’ implementation plan goals and engage in learning and skill development opportunities at the Celebration of DI&A at Mines.
February 15, 2022 | The Buffalo Rose | 6:00-8:00 pm Mines Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Interest Group are partnering together for Mines Entrepreneurship Showcase. Join with current students, faculty, alumni, and friends to learn about: All the E&I initiatives happening at Mines Success stories of Mines alumni founded and operated […]
Please join us for the inaugural Mines Methane Symposium – Issues and Opportunities held virtually on February 17, 2022, bringing together thought leaders from industry, academia, think tanks, and U.S. state and federal government, as well as foreign government leaders on the economic, policy and technology issues and opportunities related to addressing methane emissions. TOPIC: […]
Join us in welcoming Dr. Heidi Hausermann, an Associate Professor of Geography at Colorado State University. Her expertise is in landscape change, disease dynamics, politics of extraction and mixed methods. Artisanal and small-scale gold mining activities hugely expanded in the wake of the 2008 economic recession and, most recently, the global pandemic. Based on […]
Presentation from 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm, Group Discussion from 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Oil and Gas industry is going through an enormous transition after the recent collapse of the commodity prices due to COVID 19. Massive consolidation in the industry will inevitably lead to cost control but the industry still needs new capital […]
Presentation from 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm, Group Discussion from 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Oil and Gas industry is going through an enormous transition after the recent collapse of the commodity prices due to COVID 19. Massive consolidation in the industry will inevitably lead to cost control but the industry still needs new capital […]
On Feb. 24th, Russia launched a full scale invasion of Ukraine. Why did this happen? Where do we go from here? International Relations scholars Drs. Davis and Hancock and Historian Dr. Osgood will share their expertise on these issues and then open the floor to Q&A. International Relations scholar Dr. Hudson will moderate. Join in-person […]
Our Innov8x Challenges are 2-hour rapid fire challenges in which students brainstorm problems, identify beneficiaries – people who would benefit when the problem is solved. “Good” problems advance to our Innov8x course. Join us in person or Zoom.
Join us in the MME Hot Shop, Hill Hall 125 on the Mines Campus (920 15th St, Golden, CO 80401), Saturday, March 5th anytime from 5-7pm, where we will be pouring liquid metal to make the first bronze-castings for a new instrument originally inspired by the Balinese gamelan gong and transformed through the Mines extended […]
The Future of Drilling: Advancing Drilling Automation, Data Analytics, Machine Learning and AI This seminar will now be on zoom. It is an exciting time in the Drilling discipline. Novel advancements in systems automation are making well construction not only more reliable and efficient, but also safer. At the same time, activity is exploding in […]
There has been a large gap in the modeling and understanding of reservoir fluids; this deficiency has led to major inefficiencies in field development planning. Petroleum system modeling provides the timing, type and volume of fluids entering the reservoir (among other things). However, reservoir fluid compositional redistributions and phase changes during and post charge to […]
Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Randy Bell, Senior Director and Richard Morningstar Chair for Global Energy Security, Atlantic Council, presenting a virtual seminar titled Energy Politics on Tuesday, March 15, 2022 from 9:30am – 10:45am (MT). TOPIC: ENERGY POLITICS SPEAKER: RANDY BELL, SENIOR DIRECTOR AND RICHARD MORNINGSTAR […]
Professor Sacks will discuss the artistic and social roles of the poet and poetry, the development of American ecopoetics, integrative and other poetic approaches that have influenced his writing, and will present some of the poems he has written over the past 60 years. Doctor Arthur Sacks is Professor Emeritus of Environmental Studies, Film Studies, […]
Join the Women—Mines Community Alliance (W-MCA) and the Arthur Lakes Library as we host a Community Conversation that will focus on several themes that show up in the book, "The Handmaid’s Tale" by Margaret Atwood, and the Hulu streaming series by the same name. The event will be held over the lunch hour on Thursday, […]
Please join the Mines Natural Resources and Energy Policy and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Will Toor, Executive Director, Colorado Energy Office, presenting a seminar live in CoorsTek, Studio 140, or virtual titled Achieving Climate Goals: Colorado’s GHG Roadmap on Thursday, March 17, 2022 from 12:30pm – 1:45pm (MT). […]
This presentation covers the essential elements of limited entry treatment design and reviews a case study of plug-and-perf horizontal well treatments in an unconventional shale play. In the case study, various diagnostic methods were used to better understand and quantify the factors determining limited entry effectiveness. Three diagnostic methods were implemented: 1.) injection step-down tests […]
Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Todd Chapman, Former U.S. Ambassador to Brazil and Ecuador, presenting a virtual seminar titled Critical Minerals and Mining in South America on Tuesday, March 29, 2022 from 9:30am – 10:45am (MT). TOPIC: CRITICAL MINERALS AND MINING IN SOUTH AMERICA […]
The Mines VIP Professional Development program will be hosting our first annual VIP symposium on March 31, 2022 to celebrate and advance professional development efforts at Mines. New York Times best-selling author and keynote speaker Lindsey Pollak will be joining us to talk about navigating your career in today’s rapidly evolving employment and work landscape, […]
Join us in the MME Hot Shop, Hill Hall 125 on the Mines Campus (920 15th St, Golden, CO 80401), Saturday, April 2nd, anytime from 5-7pm, where we will be creating "part two" of our Ekphrastic experience, where we will be fine-tuning the instruments and forging them into the final form and will expand the features […]
Geothermal development in the United States Past, Present, and Future: A personal perspective The presentation will review United States geothermal development over the last forty years. This will cover the first development at The Geysers steam field in the 1960’s through today, on a decade-by-decade basis. The author started working in the geothermal industry in […]
This event is April 7 from 5:30-6:30pm, Location CTLM 102, and by Zoom National Poetry Month with the poet Roger Reeves! Join us in celebrating award-winning poet Roger Reeves’ new book, “Best Barbarian”—a mesmerizing second collection from Reeves (King Me) reflects intergenerational racial trauma and personal tragedy with a remarkable balance of acute feeling and […]
Please join the Columbia University Climate School – The Earth Institute and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Morgan Bazilian, Director, Payne Institute, presenting a virtual seminar titled Rethinking the Sustainability of the Clean Energy Transition on Friday, April 8, 2022 from 12:00pm – 12:50pm (MT). TOPIC: RETHINKING […]
Please join the Mines Global Energy Future Initiative and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Peter B. Kelemen, Arthur D. Storke Memorial Professor, Columbia University, presenting a live seminar titled Carbon Mineralization for CO2 Removal from Air and Permanent Storage at the Gigaton Scale on Friday, April 8, 2022, […]
Our Innov8x Challenges are 2-hour rapid fire challenges in which students brainstorm problems, identify beneficiaries – people who would benefit when the problem is solved. “Good” problems advance to our Innov8x course. Join us in person or Zoom.
Hydraulic Fracture Geometry Characterization in Unconventional Reservoirs: Numerical Modeling and Data Interpretation Multi-stage hydraulic fracturing with horizontal drilling is a key technique to economically unlock hydrocarbon in unconventional reservoirs. Despite their successful applications, accurate characterization of the complex hydraulic fracture geometry that is created in unconventional reservoirs remains challenging due to the complexities of stress […]
Dr. Vasconcelos presents: Toward a Wavescope – AI-driven, Bayesian imaging and monitoring of subwavelength microstructures with finite-frequency waves
Come listen and learn as the Outdoor Rec Center Trip Leaders take you through one of their personal adventures. This series will expand the minds of the Mines student in showing them unique places and adventures that are around the world or right out their door. From global impacts to the personal challenges to the […]
Enjoy food and drinks as you tour the various offices of the Green Center 2nd Floor! Visit the new Ken Larner GeoMaker Space.
Campus leaders want to gather your ideas for a new initiative at Mines: Engineering Sustainable Futures. We will discuss What pressing sustainability topics and challenges is Mines well-positioned to solve? […]
Sandrine Ricote and Dan Robinson met in a French conversation group in 2012 and have been playing together ever since. Sandrine, a native of France, is a Research Associate Professor at the School of Mines. Dan, a native of Oklahoma who fell in love with all things French while studying abroad in his junior year […]