Daniel Porpora Ball Aerospace Abstract: The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the largest, most complex, space telescope undertaken in NASA’s history. But why is it so? This talk will […]
Welcome Dr. Chelsea Magin, Assistant Professor in the Departments of Bioengineering, Pediatrics and Medicine and the Principal Investigator of the Bio-inspired Pulmonary Engineering Laboratory at the University of Colorado, Denver, […]
Adrienne Marshall, Colorado School of Mines Geology & Geological Engineering Thursday, November 4, 2021, 4PM, BE 241/ Virtual Topic: Hydrologic Modeling in Discontinuous Boreal Permafrost: Model Sensitivity and Uncertainty in […]
CCUS – The need for it and its current status Capture of Carbon dioxide (CO2) and its storage or utilization (CCUS) is one of the technologies that will be part […]
Callie Higgins NIST Abstract: Vat photopolymerization is a powerful additive manufacturing technique that address many applications ranging from personalized medicine to large-scale manufacturing. Unfortunately, these printing processes introduce micrometer-scale anisotropic […]
Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Amy Myers Jaffe, Managing Director, Climate Policy Lab and research professor at Tufts […]
Zhexuan Gong Colorado School of Mines, Physics Department Abstract: Experimental quantum simulators have become large and complex enough that discovering new physics from the huge amount of measurement data can be quite challenging, especially when little theoretical understanding of the simulated model is available. Unsupervised machine learning methods are particularly promising in overcoming this challenge. […]
Research and Opportunities for CCUS in Wyoming The energy industry is transitioning to low-carbon energy fuels and technologies. Undoubtedly, Wyoming, the largest fossil energy producing state within the Rockies, will experience large impacts during the low-carbon energy transition. These impacts, though, could be as positive in the long term for Wyoming. One of the most […]
CoorsTek Atrium Physics majors, graduate students, faculty, staff, and alumni are invited! Food & Drink • Research Poster Session • Student Clubs • Physics Tracks • Over-21 Corner • Graduating Senior Awards
Weimer Distinguished Lecture Saturday, December 4, 2021, 4:00PM, Student Center Grand Ballroom/ Virtual Speaker: David W. Houseknecht, United States Geological Survey Topic: Cretaceous Renaissance in Arctic Alaska – Huge Stratigraphic Oil Accumulations Hidden in Plain Sight in a Giant Cretaceous Clinothem Abstract: Between 1944 and 2013, more than 150 exploration wells penetrated the shallow Aptian […]
Please join REthink Energy and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Director Morgan D. Bazilian presenting a virtual seminar titled International Reflections on the Outcome of COP 26 on Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at 7:00am (MT). TOPIC: INTERNATIONAL REFLECTIONS ON THE OUTCOME OF COP26 SPEAKER: PAYNE INSTITUTE DIRECTOR MORGAN D. […]
Dr. Sean Gulick, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin Thursday, January 27, 2022 in BE 241/ Zoom, 4-5PM Life and Death by Impact: Drilling for Clues Abstract: […]
Deborah Good University of Connecticut, Department of Physics Abstract: LIGO's direct detection of gravitational waves in 2015 inaugurated an exciting new era in astronomy, one where we observe the universe […]
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 […]
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. […]
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. […]
Russell Stutz Honeywell/Quantinuum Abstract: Decades of progress in trapped ion quantum computing across academia, government labs, and industry enabled some of the world’s highest performing systems, improving our understanding of […]
GGE Department: Student Research Fair with Geophysics Sponsored by ConocoPhillips What: A presentation/ competition celebrating student research in Geology & Geological Engineering and Geophysics When: Thursday, March 3, 2022, 2-4pm […]
Qin Zhu Mines, Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences Department Abstract: Perspectives on responsible research in STEM fields in the United States have been based almost exclusively on micro-level, individualistic, and US-centric biomedical frameworks. This talk will expand dominant approaches to research ethics education in science and engineering by incorporating some missing dimensions: (1) the global […]
These workshops are free and open to all current undergraduate students interested in attending. Whether you are preparing for the 2022 Undergraduate Research Symposium or working on polishing your research for publication, you are encouraged to join us! Writing Scientific Abstracts Workshop: Tuesday March 8th; 12p-1p in Marquez Hall 335 Designing Scientific Poster Workshop: […]
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 […]
These workshops are free and open to all current undergraduate students interested in attending. Whether you are preparing for the 2022 Undergraduate Research Symposium or working on polishing your research for publication, you are encouraged to join us! Writing Scientific Abstracts Workshop: Tuesday March 8th; 12p-1p in Marquez Hall 335 Designing Scientific Poster Workshop: […]
These workshops are free and open to all current undergraduate students interested in attending. Whether you are preparing for the 2022 Undergraduate Research Symposium or working on polishing your research […]
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 […]
Gordan Krnjaic Fermilab Abstract: The longstanding muon g-2 anomaly is perhaps the largest discrepancy in fundamental physics and could become the first laboratory discovery of physics beyond the Standard Model of particles and interactions. In this talk, I will review what it means to measure a magnetic dipole moment, categorize the different theoretical possibilities for new particles that resolve the anomaly, […]
Yuzhe Xiao University of Wisconsin-Madison Abstract: Every hot object emits electromagnetic radiation, which is called thermal radiation or thermal emission. Thermal radiation is a ubiquitous phenomenon, with examples including the light emitting from the sun or from an incandescent lightbulb. Even though thermal radiation has been well-known from the century-old Planck’s law, recent applications of […]
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 […]
Ahmad Kirmani NREL Abstract: The ability to render semiconductors into inks and to print them with bespoke properties promises the herald of next-generation low-cost printed semiconductor electronics for terrestrial and space applications. While several semiconductor inks have emerged including metal oxides, colloidal quantum dots, perovskites, polymers, and 2D materials, ink printing lacks the pristine quality […]
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 […]
Brian Smith University of Oregon Abstract: Entanglement, the correlations displayed between sub- systems of a multipartite quantum system, is one of the most distinguishing properties of quantum physics and a significant resource for quantum information science and technology. Entanglement swapping is a protocol that enables entanglement of quantum systems that have never interacted. This protocol […]
Dr. Chen Zhu, Indiana University Thursday, April 14, 2022 in BE 241/ Zoom 4-5PM Hydrogeochemistry: Recent Advances and Opportunities & Challenges Ahead Abstract: Chemical and isotopic processes occur in every segment of the hydrological cycle. Hydrogeochemistry—the groundwater subdiscipline that studies these processes—has seen a transformation from “witch’s brew” into a credible science. In particular, we […]
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 […]
The 2022 UR Symposium will take place TODAY & TOMORROW 10a-12p in the Green Center! Keynote Address will take place TODAY 4p! The 2022 Undergraduate Research Symposium takes place today, Monday, April 18th, 2022 and Tuesday, April 19th, 2022. All faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to join us in celebrating our hardworking undergraduate researchers […]
Join us and Dr. Jenny Olin Shanahan 4pm TODAY in Student Center Ballrooms D & E. More information and RSVP below! The keynote address, Re-imagining Undergraduate Research for a Post-Pandemic World, by Jenny Olin Shanahan, Ph.D. will take place on Monday, April 18, 4p-5p in Student Center Ballrooms D & E. Refreshments will be provided. […]
Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Tanya Heikkila, PhD, Professor, Co-Director, Center for Policy and Democracy, University of Colorado, Denver, presenting a virtual seminar titled Unpacking the Intensity of Policy Conflicts: Lessons from Debates Over Shale Oil and Gas in the U.S. on Tuesday, […]
The 2022 Undergraduate Research Symposium poster session will take place TODAY 10a-12p in the Green Center, Friedhoff Hall! The 2022 Undergraduate Research Symposium will be held in person on Monday, April 18th, 2022 and Tuesday, April 19th, 2022. All faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to join us in celebrating our hardworking undergraduate researchers and […]
Join us and Dr. Jenny Olin Shanahan 12pm TUESDAY in Green Center Room 200C! Join us 12pm to 1:30pm on Tuesday, April 19, in the Green Center Room 200C for the mentoring workshop, “Centering Equity and Inclusion in Undergraduate Research Mentoring,” by Jenny Olin Shanahan, Ph.D - Asst. Provost for High-Impact Practices at Bridgewater State […]
Pei-Cheng Ku University of Michigan, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Abstract: Gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductors are best known for their revolutionary applications in creating significant energy savings for electric lights (Nobel Prize in Physics 2014). Unlike silicon and the majority of other compound semiconductor materials, GaN is piezoelectric due to its wurtzite symmetry which is […]
With the current transition in energy sources from fossil fuels to renewable energy to address the world's climate change crisis, new attention is being paid to the uses and potential of geothermal energy. Geothermal energy has been used by humankind for millennia, but it has been overshadowed by faster growing renewable energy sources such as […]
Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Jay Hakes, Presidential and Energy Historian, Author, and former Administrator of the U.S. […]