Our Research

Mines is a global leader in research with a focused mission to enhance understanding of the earth, energy and the environment. Led by our world-class faculty, the research conducted at Mines aims to address national and international critical needs while cultivating the experience of our graduate students as the next generation experts of their field. The university is home to first-rate research facilities that provide services, expertise and instrumentation that enable innovative and cutting-edge fundamental and basic research throughout campus.

Mines has partnerships with industry, national laboratories, other universities, funding agencies and international institutions enable us to maintain our cutting edge research and have a significant impact on real world problems. Research is a cooperative effort in the Mines community. Click on the links below to find out more about our research centers and institutes, technology transfer and research publications.