Please join the Institute of Internal Auditors Houston Chapter as they welcome Payne Institute Senior Research Associate Dr. Sara Hastings-Simon, presenting a webinar titled ESG Investing and what it means for the Energy Industry on Friday, February 12, 2021 from 7:40am – 8:40am (MT). TOPIC: ESG INVESTING AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE ENERGY INDUSTRY SPEAKER: DR. SARA HASTINGS-SIMON, SENIOR […]
Please join Payne Institute Senior Research Associate Sara Hastings-Simon, David Keith, and Ed Whittingham, as they welcome guest Laura Lynch of CBC’s What on Earth on the Energy vs. Climate series for a webinar titled Energy, Climate, and the Media: What Gets Lost in Translation, Tuesday, February 16 at 11 a.m. MST. TOPIC: ENERGY, CLIMATE, AND THE MEDIA: WHAT […]
Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Ambassador Samantha Power, Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and author of The Education of an Idealist, for a webinar conversation on Tuesday, February 16, 2021 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm (MT). TOPIC: A CONVERSATION WITH AMBASSADOR SAMANTHA POWER […]
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED Please join the Mines Global Energy Future Initiative and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Roger Duncan, retired Research Fellow at the Energy Institute at the University of Texas, Austin, and General Manager of Austin Energy and Dr. Michael E. Webber, Chief […]
Maria Carreon from the South Dakota School of Mines will give a talk entitled "Nitrogen Fixation: Unveiling the cold plasma-based route."
Join the Colorado Local Science Engagement Network on Friday, February 19, 2021 from 1:00-3:00 PM MST for a discussion on the future of hydraulic fracturing in the United States and Colorado. Our two-part discussion will feature scientific experts and decision-makers, each of whom will share a unique perspective on the economic, environmental, human health, and community considerations of hydraulic […]
Big Data and Machine Learning in Reservoir Analysis Register to attend Well monitoring can provide a continuous record of flow rate and pressure, which gives us rich information about the reservoir and makes well data a valuable source for reservoir analysis. Recently, it has been shown that machine learning is a promising tool to interpret […]
Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Advisory Board Member David Victor, Professor; Center for Global Transformation Endowed Chair in Innovation and Public Policy and Co-director, Laboratory on International Law and Regulation, and Danny Cullenward, Policy Director at CarbonPlan and lecturer at Stanford Law School, presenting […]
As issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion continue to surface, it’s clearly evident that something isn’t working. So, what about engineering should change? Dr. Walter Lee and members of his research group are actively working towards finding answers to this question. Please join us for a conversation. View PDF Flyer
Please join the Mines Global Energy Future Initiative and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Christopher Smith, Senior Vice President, Policy, Government and Public Affairs, Cheniere, presenting a webinar titled The Role of Natural Gas in the Clean Energy Economy of the Future on Thursday, February 25, 2021 […]
Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines and the Getches-Wilkinson Center, CU Law School, as we welcome Eric Blank, Chair, Colorado Public Utilities Commission, Julie Murphy, Director, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Sharon Jacobs, Associate Professor and Board Member of the Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment, University […]
Please join the Daniels Fund and the Division of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences for a virtual talk by Dr. Rediet Abebe, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Abebe will present her current research on a model of economic welfare that incorporates dynamic experiences with shocks and pose a […]
Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Fellow Dr. Costa Samaras, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, presenting a webinar titled Assessing U.S. Passenger Vehicle Decarbonization Under Electrification and Automation Uncertainty on Tuesday, March 2, 2021 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm (MT). TOPIC: ASSESSING U.S. […]
Adam Kaufman University of Colorado @ Boulder, JILA Abstract: Quantum science with neutral atoms has seen great advances in the past two decades. Many of these advances follow from the development of new techniques for cooling, trapping, and controlling atomic samples. As one example, the technique of optical tweezer trapping of neutral atom arrays has […]
Novelist and literary scholar Jasmin Darznik discusses how Forugh Farrokhzad, Iran's rebel poet, has been transformed and re-imagined outside of Iran, offering new possibilities for how Iranian women are seen--and see themselves--in America and beyond. Bio: Jasmin Darznik is the New York Times-bestselling author of The Bohemians (April 2021), a novel that imagines the friendship between photographer […]
The Payne Institute for Public Policy, Mines DI&A, and Mines Athletics are pleased to host a webinar book launch featuring Johnnie Johnson and Dr. Michael E. Webber on their new collaboration “From Athletics to Engineering: 8 Ways to Support Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for All” on Wednesday, March 3, 2021 from 10:00am – 11:00am (MT). TOPIC: FROM ATHLETICS TO […]
Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome George Sparks, President and CEO of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, presenting a webinar titled Merit and Equity in a Capitalist Meritocracy on Thursday, March 4, 2021 from 9:00am – 10:00am (MT). TOPIC: MERIT AND EQUITY IN […]
Please join Payne Institute Senior Research Associate Dr. Sara Hastings-Simon, David Keith, and Ed Whittingham, on the Energy vs. Climate series for a webinar titled Solar in Alberta: What Does it Look Like and How Do We Manage It? on Friday, March 5 at 10 a.m. MST. TOPIC: SOLAR IN ALBERTA: WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE AND HOW DO WE […]
High-impact, Interdisciplinary Capstone Design: Fostering student development and career pathways to meet 21st-century challenges Interdisciplinary Capstone Design offers a forum to integrate high-impact practices that can build critical 21st-century skillsets for engineering students. Join us as Dr. Aaron Brown speaks via Zoom: https://mines.zoom.us/j/92893030153 Aaron Brown is a professor and program coordinator at Metropolitan State University […]
Using Downhole Fiber Optic Sensing Technology to Monitor, Control and Improve Well Performance Register to Attend Using Downhole Fiber Optic Sensing Technology to Monitor, Control and Improve Well Performance Downhole sensing technology today provide engineers continuous measurements for flow condition diagnosis. The measurements include temperature, pressure, acoustic, and strain, with distributed temperature sensors (DTS) and […]
Alice Olmstead Texas State University, Department of Physics Abstract: Much has been learned in the past few decades about how to teach undergraduate STEM courses in a way that generates positive and equitable student outcomes. At the same time, many instructional change efforts that aim to support individual instructors in incorporating equitable, student-centered classroom practices […]
The world is changing faster, and more intensely, than ever. How are we to reconcile the realities of identity, cultural integrity and humility and compassion as we tick closer to 8 billion souls? We will discuss the ways in which, art, mythology and writing in particular, can possibly serve to pave the way forward into […]
The Emerging Scholars Seminar Series offers free weekly seminars on various topics of interest to undergraduate student researchers at Mines. Any interested students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to attend. There are no limitations on attendance. This is a seminar offered by the office of Undergraduate Research Scholars. At this ESSS we will discuss how […]
Please join the Mines Integrated CCUS Initiative and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Lee Beck, CCUS Policy Innovation Director, Clean Air Task Force, Samantha McCulloch, Head of CCUS Unit, International Energy Agency, and Michael Weiner, Associate Director, Carbon Utilization Research Council, presenting a webinar titled Policy Perspective […]
Lucio Isa from ETH Zurich will give a talk entitled "New Directions for Active Colloids: Swimming at Oil-Water Interfaces and External Feedback."
Dr Orrs will discuss the multifaceted role of design in engineering education in courses, career & life. Zoom link: https://mines.zoom.us/j/93646659897 After exploring the multi-faceted role of design thinking in engineering education, this presentation previews new developments that can be anticipated in the field, which will keep Mines at the forefront of engineering capstone design and […]
Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Fellow Alex Gilbert, Project Manager, Nuclear Innovation Alliance, presenting a webinar titled Governance of Nuclear Energy in a Carbon-Constrained World on Tuesday, March 16, 2021 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm (MT). TOPIC: GOVERNANCE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY IN A CARBON-CONSTRAINED WORLD SPEAKER: PAYNE […]
Dr. Pearson created Engineering Change Podcast to help REDEFINE the engineering education experience as we know it. Rooted in diversity, inclusion and equity best practices, Dr. Pearson is working to RE-imagine who we see as engineers and what we see as engineering, DE-silo academic programs and problem solving, and FINE-tune academic climate and culture so everyone can […]
Join prominent novelists and film-makers Jasmin Darznik, Patricia Engel, Laleh Khadivi for a discussion on issues facing women scholars and artists. Jasmin Darznik is the New York Times-bestselling author of The Bohemians (April 2021), a novel that imagines the friendship between photographer Dorothea Lange and her Chinese American assistant in 1920s San Francisco. Her debut […]
Dr. Youmans will discuss design education that prepares engineering graduates for the 21st century. Zoom link: https://mines.zoom.us/j/96552640108 Engineering programs face the growing challenge of building programs to effectively prepare students for an increasingly complex 21st century. This requires a continued emphasis on technical skills, alongside professional skills such as teamwork, problem-solving, and communication. Further, students […]
The Emerging Scholars Seminar Series offers free weekly seminars on various topics of interest to undergraduate student researchers at Mines. Any interested students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to attend. There are no limitations on attendance. This is a seminar offered by the office of Undergraduate Research Scholars. At this ESSS we will discuss how […]
Interested in combating climate change? Want to set yourself apart from your Engineering peers with a master's degree in Nuclear Engineering? Does an engineering field with a median salary of $108K and growth potential interest you? Learn more at the Nuclear Science & Engineering Virtual Info Session: Thursday, March 18, 12:30 p.m., MT. Graduate degrees […]
Amy Herr from the University of California, Berkeley will give a talk. entitled "Microfluidic design bridges a gap: Electrophoretic Cytometry for targeted proteomics."
Please join the Mines Integrated CCUS Initiative and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Jennifer Wilcox, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, presenting a webinar titled The Role of Carbon Capture in Helping to Meet Climate Goals on Monday, March 22, 2021 […]
Capstone programs offer the opportunity for students to develop creative, realistic, multidisciplinary, and sustainable engineering designs while simultaneously developing design competency and practical skills. Client-driven processes in particular have excellent potential to generate co-curricular benefits such as networking and job placements. The future of design education centers around preparing the next generation of holistic problem […]
Mitigating Production Degradation Due to Frac Hits in Unconventional Reservoirs Register To Attend In unconventional reservoirs, a "frac hit" is the infill-to-parent well communication during hydraulic fracturing. In most shale plays, production from the parent-infill well system drops below original forecasts due to production degradation after fracture hits from offset wells. Fracturing treatments in infill […]
Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Governor Bill Ritter, Jr., Former Colorado Governor and Director of the Center for the New Energy Economy at Colorado State University, presenting a webinar titled The Energy Transition and Public Policy on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm […]