Research Pillar: Environment

Thomas Albrecht, PhD

Thomas Albrecht, PhD
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Chemistry
University Distinguished Professor
thomas.albrecht@mines.edu
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Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment | Frontiers | Fundamentals
Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Analytical & Computational Chemistry | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Fundamental Physics | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery | Nuclear Energy for the Modern World | Quantum Science & Engineering
Keywords: Advanced Characterization Techniques | Advanced Reactors | Advanced Recycling Technologies | Advanced Resource Recovery | Computational Analysis | Computational Materials Science | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Enhanced Mineral Extraction | Environmental Chemistry | Extractive Metallurgy & Chemical Processing | In-Situ Recovery | Magnetic Optical & Electronic Materials | Materials Design | Materials for Energy | Materials for Extreme Environments | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Mine Waste / Tailings to Resources | Mineral Processing Innovation | Nuclear Fuel Cycle | Nuclear Materials | Nuclear Remediation | Porous Materials & Frameworks | Quantum Materials | Radiation Detection & Effects | Radiochemistry | Resource Recovery from Wastewater | Supply Chain Resilience | Waste Minimization

Eric Anderson, PhD

Eric Anderson, PhD
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Civil & Environmental Engineering
Associate Professor
ejanderson@mines.edu
Website
Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment
Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Earth & Planetary Processes | Environment Climate & Society | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Global Climate System | Managing Earth's Water Resources
Keywords: Earth Observation Data & Analysis | Earth System Modeling & Predicting | Environmental Modeling | Geophysical Modeling | Hydrology | Modeling & Simulation | Natural Hazard Prediction & Mitigation | Oceanography

Denis Aslangil, PhD

Denis Aslangil, PhD
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Mechanical Engineering
Assistant Professor
denis.aslangil@mines.edu
Website
Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment | Fundamentals
Research Focus Areas: Basic Science Principles Investigated through Applied Computing | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Earth & Planetary Processes | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Fundamental Physics | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Nuclear Energy for the Modern World
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Tzahi Cath, PhD

Tzahi Cath, PhD
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Civil & Environmental Engineering
Professor
tcath@mines.edu
Website
Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment
Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Managing Earth's Water Resources
Keywords: Energy-Water Nexus | Hydropower | Resource Recovery from Wastewater

Hojun Choi, PhD

Hojun Choi, PhD
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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

Fred Day-Lewis, PhD

Fred Day-Lewis, PhD
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Geophysics
Mines | PNNL Joint Appointment
frederick.day-lewis@pnnl.gov
Website
Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment
Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Engineering Solutions for a Safer Planet | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Managing Earth's Water Resources
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Sebnem Duzgun, PhD

Sebnem Duzgun, PhD
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Mining Engineering
Full Professor and Fred Banfield Distinguished Chair
duzgun@mines.edu
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Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment | Frontiers
Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Computing for Innovation | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for a Safer Planet | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Space Exploration & Resource Development
Keywords: 3D Geological Models | Computational Analysis | Environmental Monitoring | Geospatial Data Analysis & Mapping | Geotechnical Engineering | Intelligent Transportation | Mineral Exploration & Mapping | Modeling & Simulation | Natural Hazard Assessment & Risk Reduction | Remote Sensing | Resilient Infrastructure | Risk Assessment & Management | Rock & Soil Mechanics | Search & Rescue | Smart Buildings | Smart Cities | Space Exploration | Space Mining Technologies | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Underground Safety

Will Fleckenstein, PhD, PE

Will Fleckenstein, PhD, PE
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Global Initiatives
Director of Strategic Business Development, Office of Global Initiatives and Business Development
wflecken@mines.edu
Website
Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment
Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Optimizing Fossil Fuels
Keywords: Advanced Resource Recovery | Clean Technology Innovation | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Decarbonization Strategies | Energy Systems Optimization | Energy-Water Nexus | Enhanced Mineral Extraction | Enhanced Oil & Gas Recovery | Environmental Policy | Fracturing Acidizing & Stimulation | Geothermal Exploration & Energy Technologies | Glaciology | Groundwater Contamination | Human Health Risk Assessment | In-Situ Recovery | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Reducing Emissions | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics | Unconventional Reservoirs

Diego Gomez-Gualdron, PhD

Diego Gomez-Gualdron, PhD
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Chemical & Biological Engineering
Assistant Professor
dgomezgualdron@mines.edu
Website
Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment | Frontiers | Fundamentals
Research Focus Areas: Analytical & Computational Chemistry | Basic Science Principles Investigated through Applied Computing | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Materials Discovery
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Xiaolei Guo, PhD

Xiaolei Guo, PhD
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Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Assistant Professor
xiaolei.guo@mines.edu
Website
Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Frontiers
Research Focus Areas: Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future
Keywords: Additive Manufacturing | Ceramics & Glasses | Electrochemical Materials & Systems | Ferrous & Non-Ferrous Metals | Hydrogen Storage & Capture | Materials for Extreme Environments | Nuclear Materials | Structural & Construction Materials | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes

Dorit Hammerling, PhD

Dorit Hammerling, PhD
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Applied Mathematics & Statistics
Associate Professor
hammerling@mines.edu
Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Frontiers | Fundamentals
Research Focus Areas: Advanced Mathematics for the Modern World | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Computing for Innovation | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Environmental & Climate Data Science
Keywords: Computational Analysis | Data Science | Environmental Monitoring | High Performance Computing | Machine Learning | Modeling & Simulation | Spatial Statistics | Uncertainty Quantification

Kathleen Hancock, PhD

Kathleen Hancock, PhD
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Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Associate Professor
khancock@mines.edu
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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 | Energy Justice | Energy Policy | Geopolitics | International Development | International Trade & Energy Markets | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy

Reza Hedayat, PhD

Reza Hedayat, PhD
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Civil & Environmental Engineering
Associate Professor
hedayat@mines.edu
Website
Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment
Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Underground Infrastructure Development
Keywords: Circular Economy | Decarbonizing Cement & Concrete | Mine Waste / Tailings to Resources | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes

Elizabeth Holley, PhD

Elizabeth Holley, PhD
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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
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Zane Jobe, PhD

Zane Jobe, PhD
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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 & Predicting | Energy Storage & Conversion | 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 | 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 | 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

Serveh Kamrava

Serveh Kamrava
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Petroleum Engineering; Civil & Environmental Engineering
Assistant Professor
kamrava@mines.edu
Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment | Frontiers
Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future
Keywords: Additive Manufacturing | Electrochemical Materials & Systems | Gas Diffusivity & Separation | Hydrogen Storage & Capture | Materials for Energy | Materials for Extreme Environments

Jihye Kim, PhD

Jihye Kim, PhD
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Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Assistant Professor
jihyekim@mines.edu
Website
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 | Process Optimization | Reducing Emissions | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes | Waste Minimization

Carolyn Koh, PhD

Carolyn Koh, PhD
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Chemical & Biological Engineering
Professor
ckoh@mines.edu
Website
Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment | Frontiers
Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Computing for Innovation | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Optimizing Fossil Fuels
Keywords: Hydrogen Storage & Capture | Hydrogen Transportation & Infrastructure | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Modeling & Simulation

Heather Lammers, PhD, QP

Heather Lammers, PhD, QP
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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
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Nathan Lenssen

Nathan Lenssen
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Applied Mathematics & Statistics
Teaching Assistant Professor
lenssen@mines.edu
Website
Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Frontiers
Research Focus Areas: Computing for Innovation | Environment Climate & Society | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Global Climate System
Keywords: Atmospheric Science | Climate Change | Computational Analysis | Data Science | Earth Observation Data & Analysis | Earth System Modeling & Predicting | Modeling & Simulation | Oceanography | Uncertainty Quantification

Aaron Malone, PhD

Aaron Malone, PhD
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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
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Adrienne Marshall, PhD

Adrienne Marshall, PhD
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Geology & Geological Engineering
Assistant Professor
adriennemarshall@mines.edu
Website
Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Environment
Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Managing Earth's Water Resources
Keywords: Climate Change | Climate-Resilient Water Management | Earth System Modeling & Predicting | Energy-Water Nexus | Hydrology | Hydropower | Integrated Water Resource Management | Snowpack & Runoff Dynamics | Uncertainty Quantification | Watershed Management

Leslie Miller-Robbie, PhD

Leslie Miller-Robbie, PhD
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Civil & Environmental Engineering
Research Assistant Professor
lrobbie@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 | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Environment Climate & Society | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Soil Health & Human Wellness
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Daisy Ning

Daisy Ning
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Geophysics
Research Assistant Professor
yning@mines.edu
Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | 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 | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Global Climate System | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Optimizing Fossil Fuels
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Cara Phillips, PE

Cara Phillips, PE
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Civil & Environmental Engineering
Teaching Assistant Professor
caraphil@mines.edu
Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment | Frontiers
Research Focus Areas: Engineering Solutions for a Safer Planet | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future
Keywords: Composites & Hybrid Materials | Earthquake-Resistant Design | Resilient Building Design | Resilient Infrastructure | Socially Responsible Engineering | Structural & Construction Materials | Structural Engineering | Structural Monitoring | Welding & Joining

Lesley Sebol, PhD

Lesley Sebol, PhD
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Colorado Geological Survey
Senior Hydrogeologist
Lsebol@mines.edu
Website
Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment
Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Earth & Planetary Processes | Environment Climate & Society | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Managing Earth's Water Resources
Keywords: Borehole Data Interpretation | Community-Based Research | Environmental Monitoring | Geologic Mapping | Geospatial Data Analysis & Mapping | Groundwater Contamination | Hydrogeological Systems | Hydrology | Water Quality Monitoring

Jeffrey Shragge, PhD

Jeffrey Shragge, PhD
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Geophysics
Professor
jshragge@mines.edu
Website
Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment
Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Earth & Planetary Processes | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Soil Health & Human Wellness
Keywords: Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing | Geophysical Data Acquisition | Ground Penetrating Radar | Seismic Imaging | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Subsurface Inversion & Tomography | Wave Phenomena

Kamini Singha

Kamini Singha
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Geology & Geological Engineering; Geophysics; Civil & Environmental Engineering
University Distinguished Professor
ksingha@mines.edu
Website
Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Frontiers
Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Soil Health & Human Wellness
Keywords: Climate-Resilient Water Management | Contaminant Fate & Transport | Earth Observation Data & Analysis | Environmental Modeling | Environmental Monitoring | Geophysical Modeling | Groundwater Contamination | High Performance Computing | Hydrogeological Systems | Hydrology | Modeling & Simulation | Per- & Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) | Predictive Modeling | Remote Sensing | Soil-Plant Interactions | Water Quality Monitoring | Watershed Management

Estelle Smith, PhD

Estelle Smith, PhD
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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 | Data Science | Human Robot Interaction | Human-Centered Computing | Machine Learning

Steven Smith, PhD

Steven Smith, PhD
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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

John Spear, PhD

John Spear, PhD
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Civil & Environmental Engineering
Professor
jspear@mines.edu
Website
Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment | Frontiers | Fundamentals
Research Focus Areas: Carbon Management & Air Quality | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Earth & Planetary Processes | Engineering at the Interface of Biology & Technology | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Robotics for the Modern World | Soil Health & Human Wellness | Space Exploration & Resource Development | Underground Infrastructure Development
Keywords: Materials for Extreme Environments | Robot Architectural Design | Space Exploration | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping

Marie Stettler Kleine, PhD

Marie Stettler Kleine, PhD
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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
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