Research Focus Area: Communication & Public Engagement

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:

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:

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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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:

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

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:

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

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

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:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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