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Micah Corah

Micah Corah
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Computer Science
Assistant Professor
micah.corah@mines.edu
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Affiliated Pillar(s): Frontiers
Research Focus Areas: Computing for Innovation | Innovation in Computing | Robotics for the Modern World
Keywords: Algorithms | Cyber-Physical Systems | Environmental Monitoring | Machine Learning | Multi-Robot Systems | Robot Learning & Adaptive Systems | Robot Perception | Robot Planning & Control | Search & Rescue | Space Exploration | Uncertainty Quantification | Underground Safety

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

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: Air Quality Monitoring | Atmospheric Modeling & Forecasting | Computational Analysis | Data Science | Earth Observation Data & Analysis | Environmental Modeling | Environmental Monitoring | Fugitive Emission & Leak Detection | Geospatial Data Analysis & Mapping | High Performance Computing | Industrial Emissions Monitoring & Control | Machine Learning | Methane Emission Reduction | Modeling & Simulation | Remote Sensing | Spatial Statistics | Uncertainty Quantification

Hossein Kazemi, PhD

Hossein Kazemi, PhD
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Petroleum Engineering
Professor, Chesebro' Distinguished Chair in Petroleum Engineering & Co-Director, Marathon Center of Excellence for Reservoir Studies
hkazemi@mines.edu
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Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Frontiers
Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Computing for Innovation | Energy in Global Context | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Optimizing Fossil Fuels
Keywords: Carbon Capture & Storage | Energy Conversion | Energy Storage | Energy-Water Nexus | Geothermal Exploration & Energy Technologies | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Modeling & Simulation | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration

Katie Knaus, PhD

Katie Knaus, PhD
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Mechanical Engineering
Assistant Professor
katherine.knaus@mines.edu
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Affiliated Pillar(s): Frontiers | Fundamentals
Research Focus Areas: Basic Science Principles Investigated through Applied Computing | Computing for Innovation | Engineering at the Interface of Biology & Technology | Innovation in Computing
Keywords: Bioengineering | Biomechanics | Computational Biology | Medical Imaging | Modeling & Simulation | Simulations | Uncertainty Quantification

Carolyn Koh, PhD

Carolyn Koh, PhD
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Chemical & Biological Engineering
Professor
ckoh@mines.edu
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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: Carbon Capture & Storage | Direct Air Carbon Capture | Hydrogen Storage & Capture | Hydrogen Transportation & Infrastructure | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Methane Emission Reduction | Modeling & Simulation | Nanoscale Materials | Photovoltaic Materials & Solar Panel Technologies | Reducing Emissions

George Kontoudis

George Kontoudis
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Mechanical Engineering
Assistant Professor
george.kontoudis@mines.edu
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Affiliated Pillar(s): Frontiers
Research Focus Areas: Computing for Innovation | Innovation in Computing | Robotics for the Modern World | Space Exploration & Resource Development
Keywords: Cyber-Physical Systems | Data Science | Environmental Monitoring | Machine Learning | Medical Devices | Multi-Robot Systems | Networked Systems | Remote Sensing | Robot Architectural Design | Robot Grasping & Manipulation | Robot Learning & Adaptive Systems | Robot Planning & Control | Search & Rescue | Uncertainty Quantification

Nathan Lenssen, PhD

Nathan Lenssen, PhD
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Applied Mathematics & Statistics
Teaching Assistant Professor
lenssen@mines.edu
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Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Frontiers
Research Focus Areas: Computing for Innovation | Environment Climate & Society | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Global Climate System
Keywords: Atmospheric Modeling & Forecasting | Atmospheric Science | Climate Change | Climate Variability | Computational Analysis | Data Science | Earth Observation Data & Analysis | Earth System Modeling & Prediction | Human Dimensions of Environment & Climate Changes | Modeling & Simulation | Natural Hazard Prediction & Mitigation | Oceanography | Risk Communication | Uncertainty Quantification

Eileen Martin, PhD

Eileen Martin, PhD
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Geophysics; Applied Mathematics & Statistics
Associate Professor
eileenrmartin@mines.edu
Website
Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Frontiers
Research Focus Areas: Computing for Innovation | Earth & Planetary Processes | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Innovation in Computing
Keywords: Algorithms | Cyber-Physical Systems | Data Science | Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing | Geophysical Data Acquisition | Geophysical Modeling | Geospatial Data Analysis & Mapping | Geothermal Exploration & Energy Technologies | High Performance Computing | Modeling & Simulation | Seismic Imaging | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping

Alexandra Newman

Alexandra Newman
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Mechanical Engineering
Professor
anewman@mines.edu
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Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Frontiers
Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Computing for Innovation | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Solutions for a Safer Planet | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Underground Infrastructure Development
Keywords: Computational Analysis | Modeling & Simulation | Smart Buildings | Smart Cities | Smart Grid | Underground Safety

Alexander Pak, PhD

Alexander Pak, PhD
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Chemical & Biological Engineering
Assistant Professor
apak@mines.edu
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Affiliated Pillar(s): Frontiers | Fundamentals
Research Focus Areas: Analytical & Computational Chemistry | Basic Science Principles Investigated through Applied Computing | Computing for Innovation | Engineering at the Interface of Biology & Technology | Materials Discovery
Keywords: Biochemistry | Bioengineering | Bioinformatics | Biomaterials | Computational Analysis | Computational Biology | Computational Materials Science | Materials Design | Modeling & Simulation | Molecular Biology | Porous Materials & Frameworks | Stimuli-Responsive Materials | Sustainable Chemistry | Synthetic Biology | Therapeutic Design & Delivery

Stephen Pankavich, PhD

Stephen Pankavich, PhD
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Applied Mathematics & Statistics
Department Head & Professor
pankavic@mines.edu
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Affiliated Pillar(s): Frontiers | Fundamentals
Research Focus Areas: Advanced Mathematics for the Modern World | Basic Science Principles Investigated through Applied Computing | Computing for Innovation | Innovation in Computing
Keywords: Algorithms | Applied Mathematics | Computational Analysis | Computational Biology | High Performance Computing | Machine Learning | Mathematical Modeling | Modeling & Simulation | Multiscale Theory & Analysis | Partial Differential Equations | Self- & Directed Assembly | Simulations | Uncertainty Quantification

Pejman Tahmasebi

Pejman Tahmasebi
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Petroleum Engineering
Associate Professor
tahmasebi@mines.edu
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Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Frontiers | Fundamentals
Research Focus Areas: Basic Science Principles Investigated through Applied Computing | Computing for Innovation | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Underground Infrastructure Development
Keywords: Additive Manufacturing | Computational Analysis | Environmental Monitoring | Finite Element Analysis | Geotechnical Engineering | Hydrogen Storage & Capture | Hydrogeological Systems | Machine Learning | Materials Design | Materials for Extreme Environments | Materials Physics | Mechanical Behavior | Modeling & Simulation | Multiscale Theory & Analysis | Rock & Soil Mechanics | Space Exploration | Subsurface Fluid Dynamics | Uncertainty Quantification

Brian Thomas

Brian Thomas
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Mechanical Engineering
Research Professor Emeritus
bgthomas@mines.edu
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Affiliated Pillar(s): Frontiers | Fundamentals
Research Focus Areas: Analytical & Computational Chemistry | Basic Science Principles Investigated through Applied Computing | Computing for Innovation | Fundamental Physics | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery
Keywords: Computational Analysis | Computational Materials Science | Ferrous & Non-Ferrous Metals | Modeling & Simulation

Tom Williams, PhD

Tom Williams, PhD
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Computer Science
Associate Professor
twilliams@mines.edu
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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

Andrew Wood

Andrew Wood
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Civil & Environmental Engineering
Research Professor
awwood@mines.edu
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Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment | Frontiers
Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Computing for Innovation | Earth & Planetary Processes | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Environment Climate & Society | Managing Earth's Water Resources
Keywords: Climate-Resilient Water Management | Earth System Modeling & Prediction | Hydrology | Hydropower | Integrated Water Resource Management | Natural Hazard Prediction & Mitigation | Snowpack & Runoff Dynamics | Sustainable Resource Management | Watershed Management

Frances Zhu, PhD

Frances Zhu, PhD
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Mechanical Engineering
Assistant Professor
frankie.zhu@mines.edu
Website
Affiliated Pillar(s): Frontiers
Research Focus Areas: Computing for Innovation | Innovation in Computing | Robotics for the Modern World | Space Exploration & Resource Development
Keywords: Algorithms | Applied Robotics | Computational Analysis | Cyber-Physical Systems | Data Science | Educational Tools & Technology | Embedded Systems | Environmental Monitoring | Human Robot Interaction | Intelligent Transportation | Machine Learning | Modeling & Simulation | Multi-Robot Systems | Robot Architectural Design | Robot Learning & Adaptive Systems | Robot Locomotion | Robot Perception | Robot Planning & Control | Search & Rescue | Simulations | Space Exploration | Space Mining Technologies | Space Power & Energy Systems | Space Resources Development | Space Sampling & Analysis | Spacecraft Design & Control | Systems for Extreme Environments | Uncertainty Quantification