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Energy and Climate Law and Policy in Colorado – Webinar

Virtual Event CO, United States

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 […]

Modeling the Dynamics of Poverty – Rediet Abebe

Virtual Event CO, United States

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 […]

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Assessing U.S. Passenger Vehicle Decarbonization Under Electrification and Automation Uncertainty – Webinar

Virtual Event CO, United States

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. […]

Physics Colloquium: “Metrology with Optical Tweezer Arrays of Neutral Atoms”

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 […]

From Athletics to Engineering: 8 Ways to Support Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for All – Webinar

Virtual Event CO, United States

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 […]

Solar in Alberta: What Does it Look Like and How Do We Manage It? – Webinar

Virtual Event CO, United States

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 […]

PE Distinguished Seminar: Dr. Ding Zhu

Virtual Event CO, United States

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 […]

Physics Colloquium: “Building Effective Instructional Change Teams to Improve Undergraduate STEM Courses: Lessons from an Ongoing, National-Scale Study”

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 […]

ESSS How to Design an Effective Research Poster

Virtual Event CO, United States

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 […]

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Policy Perspective for CCUS – Webinar

Virtual Event CO, United States

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 […]

Dr. Orrs: Role and Future of Design in Engineering Education

Virtual Event CO, United States

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 […]

Governance of Nuclear Energy in a Carbon-Constrained World – Webinar

Virtual Event CO, United States

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. Kate Youmans presents: Advancing Design at Mines

Virtual Event CO, United States

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 […]

MURF Information Session

Virtual Event CO, United States

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 […]

The Role of Carbon Capture in Helping to Meet Climate Goals – Webinar

Virtual Event CO, United States

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 […]

Developing holistic problem solvers through student-driven capstone design

Virtual Event CO, United States

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 […]

PE Distinguished Seminar: Dr. Junjing Zhang

Virtual Event CO, United States

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 […]

Physics Colloquium: “Spin Qubits in Si: Coherence and Control”

Xuedong Hu University at Buffalo, Department of Physics Abstract: Electron spin qubits in Si are promising candidates as building blocks toward future scalable quantum computers. Tremendous progress has been made in the past decade in demonstrating the exceptional coherence properties of spins confined in quantum dots and donors.  However, studies of high-fidelity manipulation of spin […]

Climate Emergency and Canada’s Energy Future – Webinar

Virtual Event CO, United States

Please join the FGL Society and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Senior Research Associate Dr. Sara Hastings-Simon, presenting a webinar titled Climate Emergency and Canada’s Energy Future on Wednesday, March 24, 2021 from 10:00am – 11:30am (MT). TOPIC: CLIMATE EMERGENCY AND CANADA’S ENERGY FUTURE SPEAKER: DR. SARA HASTINGS-SIMON, PAYNE INSTITUTE SENIOR […]

Gold Nuggets: Humanitarian Engineering Interview with Dr. Paul Santi

Virtual Event CO, United States

Paul Santi is a Professor of Geological Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines, where he has been on faculty for over 19 years. Previously, he taught for 6 years at the Missouri University of Science and Technology and worked for 6 years as an engineer and consultant in San Francisco and Denver. His recent […]

Undergraduate Student Researcher Panel Discussion

Virtual Event CO, United States

Join us this Wednesday! Emerging Scholar Seminars cover a wide range of invaluable undergraduate research related topics. 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 […]

Rebuilding Alberta’s Energy Sector – Webinar

Virtual Event CO, United States

Please join the Calgary Climate Symposium as they welcome Payne Institute Senior Research Associate Dr. Sara Hastings-Simon, David Keith, and Ed Whittingham, on the Energy vs. Climate series for a webinar titled Rebuilding Alberta’s Energy Sector, Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 11:00am – 12:00pm MT. TOPIC: REBUILDING ALBERTA’S ENERGY SECTOR SPEAKER: DR. SARA HASTINGS-SIMON, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE HOSTED BY: ENERGY VS. CLIMATE AND THE PAYNE […]

CCUS @ Mines Research Showcase – Webinar

Virtual Event CO, United States

Please join the Mines Integrated CCUS Initiative and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome moderator John Bradford, Vice President for Global Initiatives, Colorado School of Mines, and Manika Prasad, Professor Geophysics, presenting a webinar titled CCUS @ Mines Research Showcase on Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 1:00pm (MT).  Various Colorado […]

A Conversation on Energy and Climate with Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser – Webinar

Virtual Event CO, United States

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 Phil Weiser, Colorado Attorney General, Sharon Jacobs, Associate Professor and Board Member of the Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment, University of Colorado Law School, and Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian, […]

21st Century Energy Transition Symposium – Webinar

Virtual Event CO, United States

Please join the Colorado Energy Research Collaboratory and Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines for the 21st Century Energy Transition Symposium on Tuesday, May 4, Wednesday, May 5, and Wednesday, May 14, 2021 from 9:00am – 5:00pm (MT). TOPIC: 21ST CENTURY ENERGY TRANSITION SYMPOSIUM SPEAKERS: JORDY LEE, PROGRAM MANAGER, PAYNE INSTITUTE, WILL MODERATE ON TUESDAY, […]

Physics Colloquium: “Becoming An Agent of Change in Physics”

Simone Hyater-Adams American Physical Society Abstract: My path through physics is non-traditional in many ways, and it serves as an example of how the physics discipline can fail Black students even when we are seen as high achieving. In this talk, I will discuss my physics journey, and how I found myself in a career […]

Managing Carbon, Growing Economies: Ambition. Innovation. Scale. Collaboration. – Webinar

Virtual Event CO, United States

Please join the Mines Global Energy Future Initiative and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Paula Gant, PhD., Senior Vice President, Strategy and Innovation, Gas Technology Institute (GTI), presenting a webinar titled Managing Carbon, Growing Economies: Ambition. Innovation. Scale. Collaboration. All Required. on Thursday,April 8, 2021 from […]

Using Building Volume Per Capita (BVPC) to Assess Spatial Inequality in Denver and Surrounding Counties – Webinar

Virtual Event CO, United States

Please join the American Association of Geographers and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Tilottama Ghosh, Payne Institute Earth Observation Group Research Associate, presenting a webinar titled Using Building Volume Per Capita (BVPC) to Assess Spatial Inequality in Denver and Surrounding Counties on Saturday, April 10, 2021 from 2:30pm […]

Decarbonizing Industrial Production – Webinar

Virtual Event CO, United States

Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Neil Fromer, Executive Director, Programs, Resnick Sustainability Institute, California Institute of Technology, presenting a webinar titled Decarbonizing Industrial Production on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm (MT). TOPIC: DECARBONIZING INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION SPEAKER: DR. NEIL FROMER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, […]

Physics Colloquium: “Quantum Control of Spins in Silicon”

Mark Eriksson University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics Abstract: Quantum computing is based on the manipulation of two-level quantum systems, or qubits. In most approaches to quantum computing, qubits are as much as possible isolated from their environment in order to minimize the loss of qubit phase coherence. The use of nuclear spins as qubits is a […]

Emerging Scholar Seminar: Kevin Josey, Harvard Postdoc

Virtual Event CO, United States

The Emerging Scholars Seminar Series offers free weekly seminars on various topics of interest to undergraduate student researchers at Mines. There are no limits on attendance. At this ESSS Kevin Josey, Ph.D., will speak about his research and his person experience as postdoctoral fellow in biostatistics at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health […]

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Lauren Zoe Baker: Undergraduate Research Student Spotlight

Virtual Event CO, United States

Celebrate Undergraduate Research Week and the accomplishments of our hardworking students! Join the office of Undergraduate Research Scholars and undergraduate student researcher, Lauren "Zoe" Baker, for an Undergraduate Research Student Spotlight on Zoom. Lauren “Zoe” Baker is a third year undergraduate student double majoring in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics. Zoe does research with the […]

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PE Distinguished Seminar: Dr. Abbas Firoozabadi

Molecular Structure, Functional Molecules, Molecule Simulations and Classical Thermodynamics in Relation to Efficient Hydrocarbon Energy Production and Stewardship of the Environment Professor Abbas Firoozabadi Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA Reservoir Engineering Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA, USA Register to attend at https://bit.ly/3e0IM1s In the last few years, there has […]

Undergraduate Research Week Kickoff

Student Recreation Center 1651 Elm St, Golden, CO, United States

Join Undergraduate Research Scholars Student Organization, URSSO, at the Student Center (formerly Kafadar Commons awning) 4:30pm-6:00pm MT Monday, April 19th to kick off Undergraduate Research Week! At this event URSSO ambassadors and URS staff will be distributing free grab n' go food items, pinback buttons, and information about undergraduate research at Mines. Information will focus […]

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Circular Economies to Decarbonize Electricity and Mobility – Webinar

Virtual Event CO, United States

Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Fellow Dustin Mulvaney, Professor in the Environmental Studies Department at San José State University (SJSU), presenting a webinar titled Circular Economies to Decarbonize Electricity and Mobility on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm (MT). TOPIC: CIRCULAR ECONOMIES TO […]

Sadie Jonson: Undergraduate Research Student Spotlight

Virtual Event CO, United States

Celebrate Undergraduate Research Week and the accomplishments of our hardworking students! Join the office of Undergraduate Research Scholars and undergraduate student researcher, Sadie Jonson, for an Undergraduate Research Student Spotlight.

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Physics Colloquium: “Precision Laser Spectroscopy of Hydrogen”

Dylan Yost Colorado State University, Department of Physics Abstract: Because of hydrogen’s simplicity, its energy levels are well-described by quantum electrodynamics (QED).  This had made precision spectroscopy of hydrogen a favorite testbed for bound-stated QED.  In addition, assuming the QED calculations are correct, one can use hydrogen spectroscopy to determine the Rydberg constant and the […]

Climate Change and National Security: The Need to Address a Growing Global Threat – Webinar

Virtual Event CO, United States

Please join the Mines Global Energy Future Initiative and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn, U.S. Navy, Retired, presenting a webinar titled Climate Change and National Security: The Need to Address a Growing Global Threat on Thursday, April 22, 2021 from 11:00am – 12:00pm […]

What Can We Know About Energy Futures? – Webinar

Virtual Event CO, United States

Please join Energy vs. Climate and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Ken Caldeira, Gates Ventures, presenting a webinar titled What Can We Know About Energy Futures? on Thursday, April 22, 2021 from 11:00am – 12:00pm (MT). TOPIC: WHAT CAN WE KNOW ABOUT ENERGY FUTURES?   SPEAKER:  KEN CALDEIRA, GATES […]

Ethan Perry: Undergraduate Research Student Spotlight

Virtual Event CO, United States

Celebrate Undergraduate Research Week and the accomplishments of our hardworking students! Join the office of Undergraduate Research Scholars and undergraduate student researcher, Ethan Perry, for an Undergraduate Research Student Spotlight on Zoom. Register: https://mines.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAvfuGvrTsoGtbXYk_6IyRUAmFBuQfsAIGh

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