Micah Corah Micah Corah Computer Science Assistant Professor micah.corah@mines.edu Website Affiliated Pillar(s): Frontiers Research Focus Areas: Computing for Innovation | Innovation in Computing | Robotics for the Modern World Keywords: Algorithms | Cyber-Physical Systems | Environmental Monitoring | Machine Learning | Multi-Robot Systems | Robot Learning & Adaptive Systems | Robot Perception | Robot Planning & Control | Search & Rescue | Space Exploration | Uncertainty Quantification | Underground Safety
Christopher Dreyer Christopher Dreyer Mechanical Engineering Professor of Practice cdreyer@mines.edu Website Affiliated Pillar(s): Frontiers Research Focus Areas: Space Exploration & Resource Development Keywords: Aerospace Materials | Multi-Robot Systems | Planetary Instrumentation | Robot Grasping & Manipulation | Space Exploration | Space Mining Technologies | Systems for Extreme Environments
Sebnem Duzgun, PhD Sebnem Duzgun, PhD Mining Engineering Full Professor and Fred Banfield Distinguished Chair duzgun@mines.edu Website Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment | Frontiers Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Computing for Innovation | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for a Safer Planet | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Space Exploration & Resource Development Keywords: 3D Geological Models | Computational Analysis | Environmental Monitoring | Geospatial Data Analysis & Mapping | Geotechnical Engineering | Intelligent Transportation | Mineral Exploration & Mapping | Modeling & Simulation | Natural Hazard Assessment & Risk Reduction | Remote Sensing | Resilient Infrastructure | Risk Assessment & Management | Rock & Soil Mechanics | Search & Rescue | Smart Buildings | Smart Cities | Space Exploration | Space Mining Technologies | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Underground Safety
Qi Han, PhD Qi Han, PhD Computer Science Professor qhan@mines.edu Website Affiliated Pillar(s): Frontiers Research Focus Areas: Computing for Innovation | Innovation in Computing | Robotics for the Modern World Keywords: Cyber-Physical Systems | Environmental Monitoring | Intelligent Transportation | Multi-Robot Systems | Search & Rescue | Smart Buildings | Smart Cities | Space Exploration | Underground Safety
Leslie Lamberson, PhD Leslie Lamberson, PhD Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor les@mines.edu Website Affiliated Pillar(s): Frontiers | Fundamentals Research Focus Areas: Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery | Space Exploration & Resource Development Keywords: Advanced Characterization Techniques | Aerospace Materials | Automotive Materials | Ceramics & Glasses | Composites & Hybrid Materials | Ferrous & Non-Ferrous Metals | Materials Design | Materials for Energy | Materials for Extreme Environments | Materials Physics | Mechanical Behavior | Microstructure Development | National Security | Organics Polymers & Plastics | Space Exploration | Space Mining Technologies | Space Resources Development | Stimuli-Responsive Materials | Structural & Construction Materials
Kenneth Osgood, PhD Kenneth Osgood, PhD Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Professor of History kosgood@mines.edu Website Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations | Frontiers Research Focus Areas: Communication & Public Engagement | Ethics & Values | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance | Space Exploration & Resource Development Keywords: National Security | Space Exploration
Andrew Petruska, PhD Andrew Petruska, PhD Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor & Director of Robotics Program apetruska@mines.edu Website Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations | Frontiers Research Focus Areas: Engineering at the Interface of Biology & Technology | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Robotics for the Modern World | Space Exploration & Resource Development Keywords: Additive Manufacturing | Modeling & Simulation | Multi-Robot Systems | Planetary Instrumentation | Propulsion Systems | Robot Architectural Design | Robot Grasping & Manipulation | Robot Learning & Adaptive Systems | Robot Locomotion | Robot Perception | Robot Planning & Control | Space Exploration | Space Mining Technologies | Spacecraft Design & Control | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes | Welding & Joining
Paul Sava Paul Sava Geophysics Department Head & Professor, C.H. Green Chair of Exploration Geophysics psava@mines.edu Website Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Frontiers Research Focus Areas: Earth & Planetary Processes | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Space Exploration & Resource Development Keywords: Planetary Instrumentation | Remote Sensing | Space Exploration | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Subsurface Inversion & Tomography
John Spear, PhD John Spear, PhD Civil & Environmental Engineering Professor jspear@mines.edu Website Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment | Frontiers | Fundamentals Research Focus Areas: Carbon Management & Air Quality | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Earth & Planetary Processes | Engineering at the Interface of Biology & Technology | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Robotics for the Modern World | Soil Health & Human Wellness | Space Exploration & Resource Development | Underground Infrastructure Development Keywords: Biochemistry | Bioinformatics | Bioremediation | Carbon Capture & Storage | Climate Change | Climate Systems Interactions | Contaminant Fate & Transport | Energy Efficiency | Energy-Water Nexus | Environmental Microbiology | Environmental Monitoring | Environmental Policy | Environmental Toxicology | Genetics | Geochemistry | Glaciology | Groundwater Contamination | Materials for Extreme Environments | Methane Emission Reduction | Mine Water | Molecular Biology | Nuclear Remediation | Robot Architectural Design | Soil-Plant Interactions | Space Exploration | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Watershed Management
Pejman Tahmasebi Pejman Tahmasebi Petroleum Engineering Associate Professor tahmasebi@mines.edu Website Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Frontiers | Fundamentals Research Focus Areas: Basic Science Principles Investigated through Applied Computing | Computing for Innovation | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Underground Infrastructure Development Keywords: Additive Manufacturing | Computational Analysis | Environmental Monitoring | Finite Element Analysis | Geotechnical Engineering | Hydrogen Storage & Capture | Hydrogeological Systems | Machine Learning | Materials Design | Materials for Extreme Environments | Materials Physics | Mechanical Behavior | Modeling & Simulation | Multiscale Theory & Analysis | Rock & Soil Mechanics | Space Exploration | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics | Uncertainty Quantification
Tom Williams, PhD Tom Williams, PhD Computer Science Associate Professor twilliams@mines.edu Website Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations | Frontiers Research Focus Areas: Computing for Innovation | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Ethics & Values | Innovation in Computing | Robotics for the Modern World Keywords: Community-Based Research | Design Justice | Educational Tools & Technology | Engineering & Social Justice | Ethics in STEM | Human Robot Interaction | Human-Centered Computing | Multi-Robot Systems | Robot Architectural Design | Search & Rescue | Social Impacts of Science & Technology | Socially Responsible Engineering | Space Exploration
Frances Zhu, PhD Frances Zhu, PhD Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor frankie.zhu@mines.edu Website Affiliated Pillar(s): Frontiers Research Focus Areas: Computing for Innovation | Innovation in Computing | Robotics for the Modern World | Space Exploration & Resource Development Keywords: Algorithms | Applied Robotics | Computational Analysis | Cyber-Physical Systems | Data Science | Educational Tools & Technology | Embedded Systems | Environmental Monitoring | Human Robot Interaction | Intelligent Transportation | Machine Learning | Modeling & Simulation | Multi-Robot Systems | Robot Architectural Design | Robot Learning & Adaptive Systems | Robot Locomotion | Robot Perception | Robot Planning & Control | Search & Rescue | Simulations | Space Exploration | Space Mining Technologies | Space Power & Energy Systems | Space Resources Development | Space Sampling & Analysis | Spacecraft Design & Control | Systems for Extreme Environments | Uncertainty Quantification