Keyword Topic: Sustainable Resource Management

Iris Bahar, PhD

Iris Bahar, PhD

Computer Science

Department Head & Professor

ribahar@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Innovation in Computing | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance | Robotics for the Modern World | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Embedded Systems | Engineering Educational Innovation | Environmental Policy | High Performance Computing | Human Robot Interaction | Interdisciplinary Education | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Robot Architectural Design | Robot Grasping & Manipulation | Robot Perception | Security & Privacy | Sustainable Resource Management

Hojun Choi, PhD

Hojun Choi, PhD

Economics & Business

Assistant Professor

hojun.choi@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Energy in Global Context | Environment Climate & Society | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance | Natural Resource Geopolitics & Economics

Keywords: Conflict & Resource Management | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Energy Policy | Environmental Policy | Global Supply Chains | Regulatory Policy | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Resource Economics | Supply Chain Resilience | Sustainable Resource Management

Elizabeth Holley, PhD

Elizabeth Holley, PhD

Mining Engineering; Geology and Geological Engineering

Associate Professor

eholley@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Earth & Planetary Processes | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Engineering Global Sustainability | Environment Climate & Society | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance | Natural Resource Geopolitics & Economics

Keywords: 3D Geological Models | Advanced Resource Recovery | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Energy Transition | Enhanced Mineral Extraction | Formation of Mineral & Hydrocarbon Resources | Geochemistry | Mine Water | Mineral Exploration & Mapping | Mineral Resource Assessment | Regulatory Policy | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Social Accountability & Acceptance | Strategic Mineral Supply Chains | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Sustainable Resource Management | Volcanology | Waste to Resource

Zane Jobe, PhD

Zane Jobe, PhD

Geology & Geological Engineering

Research Professor

zanejobe@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Earth & Planetary Processes | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Optimizing Fossil Fuels

Keywords: 3D Geological Models | Advanced Resource Recovery | Borehole Data Interpretation | Carbon Capture & Storage | Carbon Utilization | Climate Change | Climate-Resilient Water Management | Contaminant Fate & Transport | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Data Science | Data-Driven Energy Solutions | Decarbonizing Transportation | Earth System Modeling & Prediction | Energy Storage | Energy-Water Nexus | Enhanced Oil & Gas Recovery | Evolution of Mountain Belts | Fluid Dynamics | Formation of Mineral & Hydrocarbon Resources | Geologic Hydrogen | Geospatial Data Analysis & Mapping | Geothermal Exploration & Energy Technologies | Ground Penetrating Radar | Hydrogen Storage & Capture | Hydrogeological Systems | Hydropower | In-Situ Recovery | Integrated Water Resource Management | Landscape Evolution | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Low- and Zero-Emission Vehicles | Mine Waste / Tailings to Resources | Mineral Exploration & Mapping | Modeling & Simulation | Natural Gas Exploration | Natural Hazard Prediction & Mitigation | Remote Sensing | Reservoir Characterization & Engineering | Reservoir Modeling | Reservoir Simulation Modeling | Seismic Imaging | Structural Geology Mapping | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Sustainable Resource Management | Unconventional Reservoirs | Watershed Management | Wind Energy & Technologies

Rennie Kaunda PhD, PE

Rennie Kaunda PhD, PE

Mining Engineering

Associate Professor

rkaunda@mines.edu

Website

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

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

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

Aaron Malone, PhD

Aaron Malone, PhD

Mining Engineering & Payne Institute for Public Policy

Research Assistant Professor

amalone@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Global Sustainability | International Relations & Global Studies | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance

Keywords: Community Development | Community-Based Research | Conflict & Resource Management | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Cross-Cultural Collaboration | Energy & Society | Energy Transition | Environmental Justice | Environmental Policy | International Development | Policy Analysis | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Social Accountability & Acceptance | Sociotechnical Integration | Sustainable Resource Management

John McCray, PhD

John McCray, PhD

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Professor

jmccray@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Environment Climate & Society | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Soil Health & Human Wellness

Keywords: 3D Geological Models | Bioremediation | Borehole Data Interpretation | Climate Change | Climate-Resilient Water Management | Contaminant Fate & Transport | Energy-Water Nexus | Environmental Policy | Geochemistry | Geospatial Data Analysis & Mapping | Groundwater Contamination | Hydrogeological Systems | Hydrology | Integrated Water Resource Management | Landscape Evolution | Modeling & Simulation | Natural Hazard Prediction & Mitigation | Nuclear Remediation | Per- & Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) | Soil Remediation Technologies | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Subsurface Inversion & Tomography | Sustainable Remediation Practices | Sustainable Resource Management | Water Quality Monitoring | Water Reuse & Recycling | Water Treatment Technologies | Watershed Management

Hugh Miller, PhD, QP

Hugh Miller, PhD, QP

Mining Engineering

Associate Professor

hbmiller@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Keywords: Autonomous / Robotic Mining Systems | Enhanced Mineral Extraction | Environmental Policy | In-Situ Recovery | Innovation in Engineering | Mineral Resource Assessment | Product & Business Development | Project-Based Learning | Regulatory Policy | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Resource Economics | Responsible Innovation | Socially Responsible Engineering | Sustainable Resource Management | Techno-Economic Analysis | Technology Transfer

Jennifer Miskimins, PhD, PE

Jennifer Miskimins, PhD, PE

Petroleum Engineering

Department Head & Professor

jmiskimi@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Energy in Global Context | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Optimizing Fossil Fuels

Keywords: 3D Geological Models | Advanced Resource Recovery | Decarbonization Strategies | Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing | Energy Economics | Energy Justice | Energy Systems Optimization | Energy-Water Nexus | Enhanced Oil & Gas Recovery | Geothermal Exploration & Energy Technologies | In-Situ Recovery | International Trade & Energy Markets | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Methane Emission Reduction | Modeling & Simulation | Natural Gas Exploration | Reducing Emissions | Regulatory Policy | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration | Resource Economics | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Sustainable Resource Management

Kevin Moore, PhD, PE

Kevin Moore, PhD, PE

Electrical Engineering; Engineering, Design, & Society

Professor Emeritus

kmoore@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Foundations | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Engineering Global Sustainability | Robotics for the Modern World

Keywords: Applied Robotics | Climate Resilience | Distributed Energy Resources | Electrical Grid Resilience | Energy Efficiency | Energy Systems Optimization | Energy-Water Nexus | Grid Integration & Modernization | Hybrid Energy Systems | Multi-Robot Systems | Resilient Communities | Resilient Infrastructure | Robot Architectural Design | Robot Learning & Adaptive Systems | Robot Planning & Control | Smart Buildings | Smart Cities | Smart Grid | Social Impacts of Science & Technology | Socially Responsible Engineering | Sustainable Resource Management | Systems Thinking

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

Ryan Richards

Ryan Richards

Chemistry

University Distinguished Professor

rrichard@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Foundations | Frontiers | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Carbon Management & Air Quality | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Communication & Public Engagement | Environment Climate & Society | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery

Keywords: Catalysts & Catalysis | Ceramics & Glasses | Climate Change | Electrochemical Materials & Systems | Energy-Water Nexus | Hydrogen Storage & Capture | Materials Design | Materials for Energy | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Nanoscale Materials | Per- & Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) | Perovskites | Plasmonic Materials | Porous Materials & Frameworks | Socially Responsible Engineering | Surface & Interface Analysis | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes | Sustainable Resource Management | Water Treatment Technologies

Nicole Smith, PhD

Nicole Smith, PhD

Mining Engineering

Associate Professor

nmsmith@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Communication & Public Engagement | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Engineering Global Sustainability | Ethics & Values | International Relations & Global Studies | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Community Development | Community Engagement | Community-Based Research | Corporate Social Responsibility | Energy Justice | Energy Transition | Environmental Justice | Global Supply Chains | Qualitative Research Methodology | Resilient Communities | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Social Accountability & Acceptance | Social Impacts of Science & Technology | Sociotechnical Integration | Sustainable Resource Management

Steven Smith, PhD

Steven Smith, PhD

Economics & Business

Associate Professor

ssmith1@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance | Managing Earth's Water Resources

Keywords: Energy-Water Nexus | Environmental Policy | Integrated Water Resource Management | Policy Analysis | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Resource Economics | Sustainable Resource Management

Andrew Wood

Andrew Wood

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Research Professor

awwood@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Computing for Innovation | Earth & Planetary Processes | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Environment Climate & Society | Managing Earth's Water Resources

Keywords: Climate-Resilient Water Management | Earth System Modeling & Prediction | Hydrology | Hydropower | Integrated Water Resource Management | Natural Hazard Prediction & Mitigation | Snowpack & Runoff Dynamics | Sustainable Resource Management | Watershed Management

Yunyang Ye, PhD

Yunyang Ye, PhD

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Assistant Professor

yunyang.ye@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Environment Climate & Society | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources

Keywords: Advanced Resource Recovery | Carbon Neutral & Negative Construction Materials | Clean Technology Innovation | Climate Resilience | Community Engagement | Community-Based Research | Convergent Research | Data-Driven Energy Solutions | Decarbonization Strategies | Distributed Energy Resources | Electrical Grid Resilience | Energy & Society | Energy Conversion | Energy Economics | Energy Efficiency | Energy Policy | Energy Storage | Energy Systems Modeling | Energy Systems Optimization | Engineering & Social Justice | Environmental Impacts of Energy | Geothermal Exploration & Energy Technologies | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Low- and Zero-Emission Vehicles | Onsite Energy Solutions | Process Optimization | Product Lifecycle & Sustainable Design | Reducing Emissions | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration | Renewable Energy | Resilient Building Design | Resilient Infrastructure | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Resource Economics | Smart Buildings | Smart Cities | Socially Responsible Engineering | Sustainable Resource Management | Systems for Extreme Environments | Waste Heat Recovery | Waste to Resource