Keyword Topic: Space Resources Development

Rennie Kaunda PhD, PE

Rennie Kaunda PhD, PE

Mining Engineering

Associate Professor

rkaunda@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Frontiers | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Basic Science Principles Investigated through Applied Computing | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Engineering Solutions for a Safer Planet | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Underground Infrastructure Development

Keywords: Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Enhanced Mineral Extraction | Environmental Modeling | Finite Element Analysis | Geotechnical Engineering | Hydrogeological Systems | In-Situ Recovery | Machine Learning | Mine Waste / Tailings to Resources | Mine Water | Natural Hazard Assessment & Risk Reduction | Rock & Soil Mechanics | Space Resources Development | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Sustainable Resource Management | Underground Construction & Tunnel Engineering | Underground Safety | Waste Minimization

Jihye Kim, PhD

Jihye Kim, PhD

Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Assistant Professor

jihyekim@mines.edu

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

Leslie Lamberson, PhD

Leslie Lamberson, PhD

Mechanical Engineering

Associate Professor

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

Heather Lammers, PhD, QP

Heather Lammers, PhD, QP

Mining Engineering

Assistant Teaching Professor

hlammers@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Earth & Planetary Processes | Engineering Solutions for a Safer Planet | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Environment Climate & Society | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Global Climate System | Managing Earth's Water Resources

Keywords: Climate Variability | Climate-Resilient Water Management | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Earth System Modeling & Prediction | Environmental Policy | Geotechnical Engineering | Integrated Water Resource Management | Mine Waste / Tailings to Resources | Mineral Resource Assessment | Regulatory Policy | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Risk Assessment & Management | Rock & Soil Mechanics | Space Resources Development | Sustainable Resource Management

Frances Zhu, PhD

Frances Zhu, PhD

Frances Zhu Photo

Mechanical Engineering

Assistant Professor

frankie.zhu@mines.edu

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