Reza Hedayat, PhD Reza Hedayat, PhD Civil & Environmental Engineering Associate Professor hedayat@mines.edu Website Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Underground Infrastructure Development Keywords: Circular Economy | Decarbonizing Cement & Concrete | Geomechanics & Geomaterials | Geotechnical Engineering | Mine Waste / Tailings to Resources | Rock & Soil Mechanics | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes | Underground Construction & Tunnel Engineering
Christopher Higgins, PhD Christopher Higgins, PhD Civil & Environmental Engineering University Distinguished Professor chiggins@mines.edu Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Soil Health & Human Wellness Keywords: Circular Economy | Integrated Water Resource Management | Resilient Infrastructure | Sustainable Remediation Practices | Water Reuse & Recycling
Jihye Kim, PhD Jihye Kim, PhD Metallurgical & Materials Engineering Assistant Professor jihyekim@mines.edu Website Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment | Frontiers Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Space Exploration & Resource Development Keywords: Advanced Recycling Technologies | Advanced Resource Recovery | Carbon Capture & Storage | Carbon Utilization | Circular Economy | Clean Technology Innovation | Decarbonization Strategies | Energy Efficiency | Extractive Metallurgy & Chemical Processing | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Modeling & Simulation | National Security | Process Optimization | Reducing Emissions | Space Mining Technologies | Space Resources Development | Space Sampling & Analysis | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes | Systems for Extreme Environments | Waste Minimization
Patrick Leach Patrick Leach Economics & Business Professor of Practice peleach@mines.edu Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations Research Focus Areas: Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Engineering Global Sustainability | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Ethics & Values | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance Keywords: Circular Economy | Climate Resilience | Corporate Social Responsibility | Data Ethics | Decarbonization Strategies | Economic Modeling | Energy & Society | Energy Economics | Environmental Justice | Environmental Policy | Ethics in STEM | Policy Analysis | Public Trust in Science & Technology | Regulatory Policy | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Resource Economics | Social Impacts of Science & Technology | Sustainable Resource Management | Systems Thinking | Techno-Economic Analysis
Juan Lucena Juan Lucena Engineering, Design, & Society Professor jlucena@mines.edu Website Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment | Foundations Research Focus Areas: Communication & Public Engagement | Engineering Global Sustainability | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Ethics & Values | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce Keywords: Asset-Based Pedagogies / Funds of Knowledge | Circular Economy | Engineering Education Program Reform | Engineering Educational Innovation | Engineering Identity | Equitable Access to STEM | Ethics in STEM | Inclusive Teaching & Learning | Interdisciplinary Education | Project-Based Learning | Resilient Communities | Science & Technology Studies | Social Impacts of Science & Technology | Socially Responsible Engineering | Sociotechnical Integration | Waste Minimization | Waste to Resource
Michael McGuirk, PhD Michael McGuirk, PhD Chemistry Associate Professor cmmcguirk@mines.edu Website Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Fundamentals Research Focus Areas: Carbon Management & Air Quality | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Materials Discovery Keywords: Carbon Capture & Storage | Circular Economy | Direct Air Carbon Capture | Energy Efficiency | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Materials Design | Organics Polymers & Plastics | Porous Materials & Frameworks | Renewable Energy | Stimuli-Responsive Materials | Waste to Resource
Junko Munakata Marr Junko Munakata Marr Civil & Environmental Engineering Professor jmmarr@mines.edu Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Foundations Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Engineering Global Sustainability | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce Keywords: Asset-Based Pedagogies / Funds of Knowledge | Circular Economy | Climate Resilience | Decarbonization Strategies | Engineering Education Program Reform | Engineering Educational Innovation | Equitable Access to STEM | Ethics in STEM | Experiential Learning | Human-Centered Design / Design Thinking | Inclusive Teaching & Learning | Integrated Water Resource Management | Interdisciplinary Education | Product Lifecycle & Sustainable Design | Project-Based Learning | Resilient Communities | Resilient Infrastructure | Scholarship of Teaching & Learning | Social Impacts of Science & Technology | Socially Responsible Engineering | Sociotechnical Integration | STEM Outreach & Education | Sustainable Resource Management | Systems Thinking | Waste Minimization | Waste to Resource | Water Reuse & Recycling
Priscilla Nelson, PhD Priscilla Nelson, PhD Mining Engineering; Civil & Environmental Engineering; Geology & Geological Engineering Professor pnelson@mines.edu Website Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Communication & Public Engagement | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Earth & Planetary Processes | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Engineering Global Sustainability | Engineering Solutions for a Safer Planet | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Environment Climate & Society | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery | Natural Resource Geopolitics & Economics | Space Exploration & Resource Development | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce | Underground Infrastructure Development Keywords: Circular Economy | Conflict & Resource Management | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Energy Storage | Energy Transition | Energy-Water Nexus | Engineering Educational Innovation | Environmental Impacts of Energy | Extractive Metallurgy & Chemical Processing | Geopolitics | Global Supply Chains | Hydropower | Integrated Resource Planning | Integrated Water Resource Management | Interdisciplinary Education | Materials for Energy | Resilient Infrastructure | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Sociotechnical Integration | Strategic Mineral Supply Chains | Structural & Construction Materials | Sustainable Resource Management | Systems Thinking | Waste Minimization | Waste to Resource
Paul Santi, PhD Paul Santi, PhD Geology & Geological Engineering Professor psanti@mines.edu Website Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment Research Focus Areas: Engineering Solutions for a Safer Planet | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping Keywords: Borehole Data Interpretation | Circular Economy | Geospatial Data Analysis & Mapping | Hydrogeological Systems | Integrated Water Resource Management | Landscape Evolution | Resilient Infrastructure | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Socially Responsible Engineering | Waste to Resource
Lori Tunstall, PhD Lori Tunstall, PhD Civil & Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor ltunstall@mines.edu Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Frontiers Research Focus Areas: Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future Keywords: Advanced Recycling Technologies | Advanced Resource Recovery | Carbon Capture & Storage | Carbon Utilization | Circular Economy | Clean Technology Innovation | Decarbonization Strategies | Product Lifecycle & Sustainable Design | Reducing Emissions | Structural & Construction Materials | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes | Waste to Resource