Research Pillar: Foundations

Angel Abbud-Madrid, PhD

Angel Abbud-Madrid, PhD

Mechanical Engineering

Professor of Practice

aabbudma@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Communication & Public Engagement | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Ethics & Values | International Relations & Global Studies | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Robotics for the Modern World | Space Exploration & Resource Development | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords:

Wendy Adams, PhD

Wendy Adams, PhD

Physics

Research Professor

wkadams@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords:

Yosef Allam, PhD

Yosef Allam, PhD

Engineering, Design, & Society

Teaching Professor & Director, Cornerstone Design Program

yallam@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Communication & Public Engagement | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords:

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

Parisa Bazazi, PhD

Parisa Bazazi, PhD

Petroleum Engineering

Assistant Professor

pbazazi@mine.edu

Website

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

Research Focus Areas: Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Fundamental Physics | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery

Keywords:

Morgan Bazilian, PhD

Morgan Bazilian, PhD

Payne Institute for Public Policy

Director

mbazilian@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Communication & Public Engagement | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Global Sustainability | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance

Keywords: Conflict & Resource Management | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Electrical Grid Resilience | Energy Policy | Energy Security | Energy Systems Modeling | Energy Systems Optimization | Geopolitics | Global Energy Markets | Global Supply Chains | International Trade & Energy Markets | Regulatory Policy | Resilient Infrastructure

Victoria Borish, PhD

Victoria Borish, PhD

Physics

Teaching Assistant Professor

victoria.borish@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Education Research & Theory | Equitable Access to STEM

Jack Bringardner, PhD

Jack Bringardner, PhD

Engineering, Design, & Society

Teaching Professor & Director of Education Innovation

jack.bringardner@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Communication & Public Engagement | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords:

Brianna Buljung, MLIS

Brianna Buljung, MLIS

Library

Teaching and Learning Librarian

bbuljung@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Communication & Public Engagement | Ethics & Values | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Data Ethics | Equitable Access to STEM | Experiential Learning | Project-Based Learning | Science & Technology Studies | Science Communication | STEM Librarianship

Debra Carney, PhD

Debra Carney, PhD

Applied Mathematics & Statistics

University Distinguished Teaching Professor

dcarney@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Education Research & Theory | Evidence-Based Instructional Practices | Inclusive Teaching & Learning | Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Lincoln Carr, PhD

Lincoln Carr, PhD

Physics

Professor

lcarr@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Intersections of Science Policy & Governance | Quantum Science & Engineering | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords:

Mairead Case, MFA, PhD

Mairead Case, MFA, PhD

Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Assistant Teaching Professor

mcase@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Communication & Public Engagement | Ethics & Values

Keywords: Accessible & Inclusive Communication | Community Engagement | Ethics in STEM | Science Literacy | Social Impacts of Science & Technology | Socially Responsible Engineering | STEM Outreach & Education

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

Gregory Clough

Gregory Clough

Payne Institute for Public Policy

Deputy Director

gclough@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Communication & Public Engagement | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Global Sustainability | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance

Keywords:

Duncan Davis-Hall, PhD

Duncan Davis-Hall, PhD

Engineering, Design, & Society

Teaching Assistant Professor

duncan.davis-hall@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Ethics & Values | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Education Research & Theory | Engineering Educational Innovation | Engineering Identity | Ethics in STEM | Experiential Learning | Human-Centered Design / Design Thinking | Interdisciplinary Education | Project-Based Learning

Crystal Dobratz, PhD, MBA

Crystal Dobratz, PhD, MBA

Economics & Business

Director, Engineering and Technology Management Program / Teaching Associate Professor

cldobratz@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Communication & Public Engagement | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Ethics & Values

Keywords: Innovation Adoption Barriers | Responsible Innovation | Social Accountability & Acceptance | Social Impacts of Science & Technology | Systems Thinking

Brandon Dugan, PhD

Brandon Dugan, PhD

Geophysics

Associate Department Head & Professor, Baker Hughes Chair

dugan@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Communication & Public Engagement | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Managing Earth's Water Resources

Keywords: 3D Geological Models | Borehole Data Interpretation | Coastal Groundwater Systems | Community Development | Community Engagement | Desalination | Energy-Water Nexus | Geomechanics & Geomaterials | Geophysical Data Acquisition | Glaciology | Hydrogeological Systems | Landscape Evolution | Modeling & Simulation | Near-Surface Geophysics | Public Trust in Science & Technology | Science Communication | Science Diplomacy | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping

Rod Eggert, PhD

Rod Eggert, PhD

Economics & Business

Research Professor

reggert@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | International Relations & Global Studies | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance | Natural Resource Geopolitics & Economics

Keywords: Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Economic Modeling | Global Supply Chains | Mineral Economics | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Resource Economics | Strategic Mineral Supply Chains | Supply Chain Resilience

Atef Elsherbeni, PhD

Atef Elsherbeni, PhD

Electrical Engineering

Professor

aelsherb@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Basic Science Principles Investigated through Applied Computing | Computing for Innovation | Innovation in Computing

Keywords: Algorithms | Computational Analysis | Educational Tools & Technology | High Performance Computing | Modeling & Simulation | Simulations

Paula Farca, PhD

Paula Farca, PhD

Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Teaching Professor

pfarca@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Communication & Public Engagement | Environment Climate & Society

Keywords:

Heather Fester, PhD

Heather Fester, PhD

Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Teaching Associate Professor / Nature and Human Values Coordinator

hfester@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Communication & Public Engagement | Ethics & Values | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords:

Linda Figueroa PhD, PE, F.ASCE, BCEE

Linda Figueroa PhD, PE, F.ASCE, BCEE

Civil & Environmental Engineering; Mining Engineering

Professor and Director of the Tailings Center

lfiguero@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Communication & Public Engagement | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Engineering Global Sustainability | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future

Keywords: Biogeochemical Cycles | Biological Modeling | Bioremediation | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Environmental Microbiology | Mine Waste / Tailings to Resources | Mine Water | Mineral Processing Innovation | Nuclear Remediation | Radiochemistry | Sustainable Remediation Practices | Water Reuse & Recycling | Water Treatment Technologies

Carl Frick, PhD

Carl Frick, PhD

Mechanical Engineering

Dean of Graduate Studies

cfrick@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations | Frontiers | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Engineering at the Interface of Biology & Technology | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery

Keywords: Additive Manufacturing | Composites & Hybrid Materials | Mechanical Behavior | Product & Business Development

Kelsey Fulton, PhD

Kelsey Fulton, PhD

Computer Science

Assistant professor

kelsey.fulton@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Innovation in Computing

Keywords: Human-Centered Computing | Security & Privacy | Social Impacts of Science & Technology | Sociotechnical Integration

Amanda Furness, PhD

Amanda Furness, PhD

Chemistry

Teaching Assistant Professor

amanda.furness@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords:

Tina Gianquitto, PhD

Tina Gianquitto, PhD

Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Associate Professor

tinagian@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Communication & Public Engagement | Ethics & Values

Keywords:

Ben Gilbert, PhD

Ben Gilbert, PhD

Economics & Business

Associate Professor

bgilbert@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Communication & Public Engagement | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Global Sustainability | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Environment Climate & Society | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance

Keywords: Economic Modeling | Energy Economics | Energy Policy | Environmental Policy | Innovation Adoption Barriers | International Trade & Energy Markets | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Policy Analysis | Reducing Emissions | Resource Economics

Joy Gockel

Joy Gockel

Mechanical Engineering

Associate Professor

joygockel@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Foundations | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Additive Manufacturing | Aerospace Materials | Interdisciplinary Education | Materials for Extreme Environments | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Mechanical Behavior | STEM Outreach & Education | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes | Welding & Joining

Zhexuan Gong

Zhexuan Gong

Physics

Associate Professor

gong@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Quantum Science & Engineering

Keywords: Quantum Algorithms | Quantum Computing | Quantum Engineering & Technology | Quantum Field Theory | Quantum Information Science | Quantum Many-Body Systems | Quantum Mechanics | Quantum Metrology | Quantum Optics | Quantum Sensors & Sensing | Quantum Simulations | Qubits

Gus Greivel, PhD

Gus Greivel, PhD

Applied Mathematics & Statistics

Teaching Professor Emeritus

ggreivel@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Mathematics for the Modern World | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords:

Kathleen Hancock, PhD

Kathleen Hancock, PhD

Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Associate Professor

khancock@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Environment Climate & Society | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | International Relations & Global Studies | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance

Keywords: Climate Change | Community Engagement | Energy & Society | Energy Justice | Energy Policy | Energy Transition | Environmental Justice | Environmental Policy | Geopolitics | International Development | International Trade & Energy Markets | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Policy Analysis | Renewable Energy | Resource & Sustainability Policy

Alina Handorean, PhD

Alina Handorean, PhD

Engineering, Design and Society; Civil & Environmental Engineering

Teaching Professor

ahandorean@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Foundations | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Carbon Management & Air Quality | Engineering at the Interface of Biology & Technology | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Environment Climate & Society | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords:

Cortney Holles, EdD

Cortney Holles, EdD

Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Teaching Professor

cholles@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Education Research & Theory | Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Elizabeth Holley, PhD

Elizabeth Holley, PhD

Mining Engineering; Geology and Geological Engineering

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 | Waste to Resource

Allyce Horan

Allyce Horan

Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Teaching Associate Professor & Writing Center Director

ahoran@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Communication & Public Engagement | Ethics & Values | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords:

Scott Houser, PhD

Scott Houser, PhD

Economics & Business

Department Head & Teaching Professor

shouser@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Ethics & Values | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Ethics in STEM | Evidence-Based Instructional Practices | Innovation Adoption Barriers

Jeffrey Hyman, PhD

Jeffrey Hyman, PhD

Geology & Geological Engineering

Mines | LANL Joint Appointment

jhyman@lanl.gov

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Mathematics for the Modern World | Basic Science Principles Investigated through Applied Computing

Keywords:

Katie Johnson, PhD

Katie Johnson, PhD

Electrical Engineering

Professor

kjohnson@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Engineering Global Sustainability | Ethics & Values | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Energy Conversion | Energy Justice | Energy Systems Optimization | Engineering Educational Innovation | Ethics in STEM | Hybrid Energy Systems | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration | Renewable Energy | Sociotechnical Integration | Systems Thinking | Wind Energy & Technologies

Kathleen Kelly

Kathleen Kelly

Computer Science

Teaching Associate Professor

kathleenmariekelly@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Computing for Innovation | Innovation in Computing | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence (AI) | Education Research & Theory | Educational Tools & Technology | Human-Centered Computing | Machine Learning | STEM Outreach & Education

Marie Stettler Kleine, PhD

Marie Stettler Kleine, PhD

Engineering, Design, & Society

Assistant Professor

mkleine@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Engineering Global Sustainability | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Ethics & Values | Soil Health & Human Wellness | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Community-Based Research | Design Methodology & Theory | Education Research & Theory | Engineering Education Program Reform | Engineering Judgment | Entrepreneurial Mindset / Learning | Ethics in STEM | Human-Centered Design / Design Thinking | Qualitative Research Methodology | Responsible Innovation | Science & Technology Studies | Social & Political Studies of Engineering | Social Impacts of Science & Technology | Socially Responsible Engineering | Sociotechnical Integration

Adrianne Kroepsch

Adrianne Kroepsch

Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Associate Professor

akroepsch@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Environment Climate & Society | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance

Keywords:

Yvette Kuiper, PhD

Yvette Kuiper, PhD

Geology & Geological Engineering

Associate Professor

ykuiper@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Foundations | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Earth & Planetary Processes | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: 3D Geological Models | Borehole Data Interpretation | Evolution of Mountain Belts | Geologic Mapping | Geospatial Data Analysis & Mapping | Gravity Exploration | Magnetic Exploration | Mineral Exploration & Mapping | Modeling & Simulation | Plate Motions / Tectonics | Seismic Imaging | Structural Geology Mapping | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping

Becky Lafrancois, PhD

Becky Lafrancois, PhD

Economics & Business

Teaching Professor

blafranc@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords:

Sheron Lawson, DIBA

Sheron Lawson, DIBA

Economics & Business

Teaching Associate Professor

sheron.lawson@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Keywords: Clean Technology Innovation | Entrepreneurial Mindset / Learning | Human-Centered Design / Design Thinking | Innovation & Entrepreneurship Education | Innovation Ecosystems | Innovation Theory | Product & Business Development | Project-Based Learning | Responsible Innovation | Systems Thinking | Technology Readiness | Technology Transfer | Use-Inspired Research | Vertically Integrated Projects

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

Angeline Letourneau, Ph.D.

Angeline Letourneau, Ph.D.

Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Hennebach Visiting Assistant Professor

angeline.letourneau@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Energy in Global Context | Environment Climate & Society | Global Climate System | Soil Health & Human Wellness

Keywords:

Jon Leydens, PhD

Jon Leydens, PhD

Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Professor of Engineering Education Research

jleydens@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Foundations | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Communication & Public Engagement | Environment Climate & Society | Ethics & Values | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Accessible & Inclusive Communication | Community Development | Community Engagement | Corporate Social Responsibility | Education Research & Theory | Educational Tools & Technology | Engineering & Social Justice | Engineering Education Program Reform | Engineering Educational Innovation | Engineering Identity | Environmental Justice | Equitable Access to STEM | Evidence-Based Instructional Practices | Experiential Learning | Inclusive Teaching & Learning | Interdisciplinary Education | Public Trust in Science & Technology | Qualitative Research Methodology | Responsible Innovation | Risk Communication | Scholarship of Teaching & Learning | Science & Technology Studies | Science Communication | Social & Political Studies of Engineering | Social Accountability & Acceptance | Social Impacts of Science & Technology | Socially Responsible Engineering | Sociotechnical Integration | STEM Outreach & Education

Christine Liebe, PhD

Christine Liebe, PhD

Computer Science

Professor of Practice

cliebe@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Education Research & Theory | Educational Tools & Technology | Engineering Educational Innovation | Entrepreneurial Mindset / Learning | Equitable Access to STEM | Ethics in STEM | Evidence-Based Instructional Practices | Experiential Learning | Human-Centered Design / Design Thinking | Inclusive Teaching & Learning | Innovation & Entrepreneurship Education | Interdisciplinary Education | Makerspaces in STEM Education | Project-Based Learning | Scholarship of Teaching & Learning | Science & Technology Studies | Sociotechnical Integration | STEM Outreach & Education | Workforce Readiness in STEM

Juan Lucena

Juan Lucena

Engineering, Design, & Society

Professor

jlucena@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Communication & Public Engagement | Engineering Global Sustainability | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Ethics & Values | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Asset-Based Pedagogies / Funds of Knowledge | Circular Economy | Engineering Education Program Reform | Engineering Educational Innovation | Engineering Identity | Equitable Access to STEM | Ethics in STEM | Inclusive Teaching & Learning | Interdisciplinary Education | Project-Based Learning | Resilient Communities | Science & Technology Studies | Social Impacts of Science & Technology | Socially Responsible Engineering | Sociotechnical Integration | Waste Minimization | Waste to Resource

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

Jack Maness

Jack Maness

Library and Museum

University Librarian

jack.maness@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Ethics & Values | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Public Trust in Science & Technology | Science Communication | Sociotechnical Integration | STEM Librarianship

Aashutosh Mistry, PhD

Aashutosh Mistry, PhD

Mechanical Engineering

Assistant Professor

aashutosh.mistry@mines.edu

Website

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

Research Focus Areas: Analytical & Computational Chemistry | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Communication & Public Engagement | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Energy in Global Context | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance | Materials Discovery | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords:

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

Dean Nieusma, PhD

Dean Nieusma, PhD

Engineering, Design, & Society

Department Head & Associate Professor

nieusma@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Ethics & Values | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords:

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

Chelsea Panos, PhD

Chelsea Panos, PhD

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Teaching Associate Professor

cpanos@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Engineering Educational Innovation | Engineering Identity | Inclusive Teaching & Learning

Andrew Pederson, MT

Andrew Pederson, MT

Economics & Business

Teaching Associate Professor

apederso@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Keywords:

Elizabeth Reddy, PhD

Elizabeth Reddy, PhD

Engineering, Design, & Society; Geophysics

Assistant Professor

reddy@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment | Foundations

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

Keywords: Community Engagement | Convergent Research | Education Research & Theory | Engineering Educational Innovation | Environmental Monitoring | Natural Hazard Prediction & Mitigation | Public Trust in Science & Technology | Qualitative Research Methodology | Responsible Innovation | Risk Communication | Science / Policy Interface | Social Impacts of Science & Technology | Socially Responsible Engineering | Sociotechnical Integration

Susan Reynolds, PE, RA

Susan Reynolds, PE, RA

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Teaching Professor

reynolds@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Educational Tools & Technology | Engineering Educational Innovation | Engineering Identity | Equitable Access to STEM | Inclusive Teaching & Learning | Open Educational Resources

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

Eric Roberts, PhD

Eric Roberts, PhD

Geology & Geological Engineering

Professor and Director, Potential Gas Agency

eric.roberts@jcu.edu.au

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Earth & Planetary Processes | Energy in Global Context | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance

Keywords: Climate Change | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Energy Transition | Evolution of Mountain Belts | Formation of Mineral & Hydrocarbon Resources | Geologic Hydrogen | Global Supply Chains | Landscape Evolution | Natural Gas Exploration | Plate Motions / Tectonics

Fred Sarazin

Fred Sarazin

Physics

Department Head

fsarazin@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Fundamental Physics | Quantum Science & Engineering

Keywords:

Alan Sellinger, PhD

Alan Sellinger, PhD

Chemistry

Professor

aselli@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: Materials Design | Materials for Energy | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Nanoscale Materials | Organics Polymers & Plastics | Perovskites | Plasmonic Materials | Porous Materials & Frameworks | Surface & Interface Analysis | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes

Justin Shaffer, PhD

Justin Shaffer, PhD

Chemical & Biological Engineering

Teaching Professor

jshaffer@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Education Research & Theory | Educational Tools & Technology | Engineering Educational Innovation | Evidence-Based Instructional Practices | Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Jonathan (Josh) Sharp

Jonathan (Josh) Sharp

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Professor

jsharp@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Engineering Global Sustainability | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Managing Earth's Water Resources

Keywords: Bioremediation | Contaminant Fate & Transport | Emerging Contaminants | Hydrology | Integrated Water Resource Management | Mine Water | Nature-Based Solutions | Per- & Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) | Water Quality Monitoring | Water Treatment Technologies | Watershed Management

Michael Sheppard, PhD

Michael Sheppard, PhD

Engineering, Design, & Society

Teaching Associate Professor

msheppard@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords:

Yangming Shi, PhD

Yangming Shi, PhD

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Assistant Professor

yangming.shi@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Foundations | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Communication & Public Engagement | Computing for Innovation | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Robotics for the Modern World | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Bioinformatics | Computational Analysis | Educational Tools & Technology | Environmental Monitoring | Human Robot Interaction | Intelligent Transportation | Medical Imaging | Modeling & Simulation | Search & Rescue | Smart Buildings | Smart Cities

Estelle Smith, PhD

Estelle Smith, PhD

Computer Science

Assistant Professor

estellesmith@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Foundations | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Ethics & Values | Innovation in Computing | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance | Robotics for the Modern World | Soil Health & Human Wellness

Keywords: Algorithms | Artificial Intelligence (AI) | Data Science | Human Robot Interaction | Human-Centered Computing | Machine Learning

Jessica Smith, PhD

Jessica Smith, PhD

Engineering, Design, & Society

Professor

jmsmith@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Carbon Management & Air Quality | Communication & Public Engagement | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Global Sustainability | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Ethics & Values | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Asset-Based Pedagogies / Funds of Knowledge | Carbon Capture & Storage | Community-Based Research | Corporate Social Responsibility | Energy & Society | Energy Transition | Qualitative Research Methodology | Science & Technology Studies | Social & Political Studies of Engineering | Social Impacts of Science & Technology | Socially Responsible Engineering | Sociotechnical Integration

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

Billy Stanbery, PhD

Billy Stanbery, PhD

Chemical & Biological Engineering; Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Research Professor

bjstanbery@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Communication & Public Engagement | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Energy in Global Context | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Ethics & Values | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | International Relations & Global Studies | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance

Keywords: Clean Technology Innovation | Corporate Social Responsibility | Distributed Energy Resources | Economic Modeling | Electrical Grid Resilience | Energy Conversion | Energy Economics | Energy Efficiency | Energy Policy | Energy Transition | Global Energy Markets | Global Supply Chains | Grid Integration & Modernization | Hybrid Energy Systems | Innovation & Entrepreneurship Education | International Development | International Trade & Energy Markets | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Materials Design | Materials for Energy | Onsite Energy Solutions | Perovskites | Photovoltaic Materials & Solar Panel Technologies | Product & Business Development | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration | Responsible Innovation | Science / Policy Interface | Science & Technology Studies | Smart Buildings | Smart Grid | Solar Energy Systems | Techno-Economic Analysis | Technology Transfer

Rebecca Swanson, PhD

Rebecca Swanson, PhD

Applied Mathematics & Statistics

Teaching Professor

swanson@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Evidence-Based Instructional Practices | Inclusive Teaching & Learning | Scholarship of Teaching & Learning | STEM Outreach & Education

Paulo Cesar Tabares Velasco, PhD

Paulo Cesar Tabares Velasco, PhD

Mechanical Engineering

Associate Professor

tabares@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Global Sustainability | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources

Keywords: Battery Technologies | Data-Driven Energy Solutions | Decarbonization Strategies | Distributed Energy Resources | Electrical Grid Resilience | Energy Efficiency | Energy Storage | Energy Systems Modeling | Energy Systems Optimization | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration | Renewable Energy | Resilient Infrastructure | Smart Buildings | Smart Cities | Smart Grid | Systems for Extreme Environments

Seth Tucker, PhD

Seth Tucker, PhD

Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Teaching Professor

stucker@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations

Research Focus Areas:

Keywords:

Seth Vuletich, MLIS

Seth Vuletich, MLIS

Library

Scholarly Communications Librarian

sethvuletich@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Communication & Public Engagement | Ethics & Values | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Accessible & Inclusive Communication | Data Ethics | Equitable Access to STEM | Public Trust in Science & Technology | Qualitative Research Methodology | Science Communication | Science Literacy | STEM Librarianship

Aubrey Wigner, PhD

Aubrey Wigner, PhD

Engineering, Design, & Society

Teaching Associate Professor

awigner@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Communication & Public Engagement | Engineering Global Sustainability | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Ethics & Values | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Community Engagement | Design Justice | Design Methodology & Theory | Design Practice | Energy Justice | Energy Policy | Engineering Education Program Reform | Engineering Educational Innovation | Engineering Identity | Engineering Judgment | Entrepreneurial Mindset / Learning | Experiential Learning | Human-Centered Design / Design Thinking | Inclusive Teaching & Learning | Innovation & Entrepreneurship Education | Innovation Ecosystems | Interdisciplinary Education | Makerspaces in STEM Education | Project-Based Learning | Public Trust in Science & Technology | Qualitative Research Methodology | Responsible Innovation | Science / Policy Interface | Science & Technology Studies | Science Communication | Socially Responsible Engineering | Sociotechnical Integration | Systems Thinking

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

Colin Wolden

Colin Wolden

Chemical & Biological Engineering

Professor

cwolden@mines.edu

Website

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

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery | Microelectronics & Devices | Nuclear Energy for the Modern World

Keywords: Ammonia | Battery Technologies | Catalysts & Catalysis | Energy Conversion | Energy Storage | Hydrogen Separation & Purification | Hydrogen Utilization Sectors | Photovoltaic Materials & Solar Panel Technologies

Sandy Woodson, MA, MFA

Sandy Woodson, MA, MFA

Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Department Head & Teaching Professor

swoodson@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Communication & Public Engagement | Ethics & Values | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Education Research & Theory | Engineering Educational Innovation | Engineering Judgment | Environmental Justice | Ethics in STEM | Inclusive Teaching & Learning | Interdisciplinary Education | Social Impacts of Science & Technology | Socially Responsible Engineering

Bo Wu

Bo Wu

Computer Science

Associate Professor

bwu@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Chuan Yue

Chuan Yue

Computer Science

Professor

chuanyue@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Computing for Innovation | Ethics & Values | Innovation in Computing | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Educational Tools & Technology | Ethics in STEM | Human-Centered Computing | Security & Privacy | Smart Cities

Wendy Zhou, PhD

Wendy Zhou, PhD

Geology & Geological Engineering

Professor

wzhou@mines.edu

Website

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

Research Focus Areas: Engineering Solutions for a Safer Planet | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Environment Climate & Society | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Space Exploration & Resource Development | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: