Research at Mines
Global Leaders
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 that 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.
Research Centers & Industry Consortia
Undergraduate Research Fellowship
The Payne Institute for Public Policy
Research by Department
Unique Facilities & Equipment
Research News
- 2 students honored at ASM International Student Speaking Symposium
- Google-funded mentorship program encourages undergrads to develop hidden talent for computer science
- Mines professor receives pre-seed funding to develop hydrogel bandage technology
- Chris Higgins’ work on PFAS remediation wins SERDP Project of the Year
Colorado School of Mines remains committed to tackling some of the most difficult challenges in earth, energy and environment, including finding solutions to groundwater contamination and lowering the risks of small-scale mining.
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