Research Focus Area: Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future

Sumit Agarwal

Sumit Agarwal

Chemical & Biological Engineering

Professor

sagarwal@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Materials Discovery

Keywords:

Thomas Albrecht, PhD

Thomas Albrecht, PhD

Chemistry

University Distinguished Professor

thomas.albrecht@mines.edu

Website

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 Physics | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Mine Waste / Tailings to Resources | Mineral Processing Innovation | Nuclear Fuel Cycle | Nuclear Materials | Nuclear Physics | Nuclear Remediation | Porous Materials & Frameworks | Quantum Information Science | Quantum Materials | Quantum Mechanics | Radiation Detection & Effects | Radiochemistry | Relativity | Resource Recovery from Wastewater | Solid State Physics | Supply Chain Resilience | Thermodynamics | Waste Minimization

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:

Christopher Bellona, PhD

Christopher Bellona, PhD

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Associate Professor

cbellona@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment

Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future

Keywords:

Robert Braun, PhD

Robert Braun, PhD

Mechanical Engineering

University Distinguished Professor

rbraun@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources

Keywords:

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:

Maxwell Brown, PhD

Maxwell Brown, PhD

Economics & Business

Assistant Professor

maxbrown@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): 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 | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Environment Climate & Society | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources

Keywords:

Tzahi Cath, PhD

Tzahi Cath, PhD

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

Lawrence Cho

Lawrence Cho

Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Research Assistant Professor

lcho@mines.edu

Website

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

Research Focus Areas: Carbon Management & Air Quality | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery

Keywords:

Fred Day-Lewis, PhD

Fred Day-Lewis, PhD

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

Keywords:

Arun Devaraj

Arun Devaraj

Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Mines | PNNL Joint Appointment

adevaraj@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Frontiers | Fundamentals

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

Keywords:

Brandon Dugan, PhD

Brandon Dugan, PhD

Geophysics

Professor, Baker Hughes Chair, and Associate Department Head

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 | Geomechanics & Geomaterials | Geophysical Data Acquisition | Hydrogeological Systems | Landscape Evolution | Modeling & Simulation | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping

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:

Will Fleckenstein, PhD, PE

Will Fleckenstein, PhD, PE

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

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

Diego Gomez-Gualdron, PhD

Diego Gomez-Gualdron, PhD

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

Keywords:

Brian Gorman, PhD

Brian Gorman, PhD

Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Professor

bgorman@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Carbon Management & Air Quality | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future

Keywords:

Michael Guarnieri, PhD

Michael Guarnieri, PhD

Chemical & Biological Engineering

Mines | NREL Joint Appointment

guarnieri@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Carbon Management & Air Quality | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Engineering at the Interface of Biology & Technology | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future

Keywords:

Xiaolei Guo, PhD

Xiaolei Guo, PhD

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

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

Steven Harvey, PhD

Steven Harvey, PhD

Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Mines | NREL Joint Appointment

steve.harvey@nrel.gov

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future

Keywords: Ceramics & Glasses | Materials for Energy | Perovskites

Reza Hedayat, PhD

Reza Hedayat, PhD

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Associate Professor

hedayat@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | 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 | Geomechanics & Geomaterials | Mine Waste / Tailings to Resources | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes

Christopher Higgins, PhD

Christopher Higgins, PhD

Civil & Environmental Engineering

University Distinguished Professor

chiggins@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment

Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Soil Health & Human Wellness

Keywords:

Owen Hildreth, PhD

Owen Hildreth, PhD

Mechanical Engineering

Associate Professor

ohildreth@mines.edu

Website

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

Research Focus Areas: Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery

Keywords: Additive Manufacturing | Ceramics & Glasses | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Nanoscale Materials

Qiuhua Huang

Qiuhua Huang

Electrical Engineering

Associate Professor

qiuhuahuang@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Computing for Innovation | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources

Keywords: Modeling & Simulation | Smart Grid

Gregory Jackson, PhD

Gregory Jackson, PhD

Mechanical Engineering

Professor

gsjackso@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources

Keywords:

Jihye Kim, PhD

Jihye Kim, PhD

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 | Modeling & Simulation | National Security | Process Optimization | Reducing Emissions | Space Mining Technologies | Space Resources Development | Space Sampling & Analysis | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes | Systems for Extreme Environments | Waste Minimization

Kristoph Kinzli, PhD, PE

Kristoph Kinzli, PhD

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Teaching Professor

kkinzli@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment

Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Environmental & Climate Data Science

Keywords:

Heather Lammers, PhD, QP

Heather Lammers, PhD, QP

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

Keywords:

Amy Landis, PhD

Amy Landis, PhD

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Professor

amylandis@mines.edu

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

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Communication & Public Engagement | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Global Sustainability | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Environmental & Climate Data Science | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance | Managing Earth's Water Resources | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Soil Health & Human Wellness | Space Exploration & Resource Development | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Biomaterials | Organics Polymers & Plastics | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes

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 | Decarbonization Strategies | Economic Modeling | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Social Impacts of Science & Technology | Sustainable Resource Management

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:

Michael McGuirk, PhD

Michael McGuirk, PhD

Chemistry

Associate Professor

cmmcguirk@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Carbon Management & Air Quality | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Materials Discovery

Keywords: Materials Design | Organics Polymers & Plastics | Porous Materials & Frameworks | Stimuli-Responsive Materials

Leslie Miller-Robbie, PhD

Leslie Miller-Robbie, PhD

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

Keywords:

Salman Mohagheghi, PhD

Salman Mohagheghi, PhD

Electrical Engineering

Associate Professor

smohaghe@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future

Keywords:

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:

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: Extractive Metallurgy & Chemical Processing | Structural & Construction Materials

John Newman, PhD

John Newman, PhD

Chemical & Biological Engineering

Research Professor

jsnewman@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Basic Science Principles Investigated through Applied Computing | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Fundamental Physics

Keywords:

Daisy Ning

Daisy Ning

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

Keywords:

Shiling Pei

Shiling Pei

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Professor

spei@mines.edu

Website

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:

Cara Phillips, PE

Cara Phillips, PE

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

Paul Santi, PhD

Paul Santi, PhD

Geology & Geological Engineering

Professor

psanti@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Engineering Solutions for a Safer Planet | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping

Keywords:

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:

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

Jeffrey Shragge, PhD

Jeffrey Shragge, PhD

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

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 | 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:

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:

Timothy Strathmann

Timothy Strathmann

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Professor

strthmnn@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources

Keywords:

Amadeu Sum, PhD

Amadeu Sum, PhD

Chemical & Biological Engineering

Professor

asum@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Environment

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Carbon Management & Air Quality | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Optimizing Fossil Fuels

Keywords:

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:

Lori Tunstall, PhD

Lori Tunstall, PhD

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Assistant Professor

ltunstall@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future

Keywords: Structural & Construction Materials

Johan Vanneste, PhD

Johan Vanneste, PhD

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Associate Research Professor

vanneste@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Carbon Management & Air Quality | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Microelectronics & Devices | Robotics for the Modern World | Space Exploration & Resource Development

Keywords:

David Vuono, PhD

David Vuono, PhD

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Research Assistant Professor

dvuono@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Environment | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Carbon Management & Air Quality | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Engineering at the Interface of Biology & Technology | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Environment Climate & Society | Environmental & Climate Data Science

Keywords:

Shubham Vyas

Shubham Vyas

Chemistry

Professor

svyas@mines.edu

Website

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

Research Focus Areas: Analytical & Computational Chemistry | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Computing for Innovation | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future | Nuclear Energy for the Modern World

Keywords:

Andrew Wood

Andrew Wood

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Research Professor

awwood@mines.edu

Website

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

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

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