Research Focus Area: Ethics & Values

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

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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

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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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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

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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

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Scott Houser, PhD

Scott Houser, PhD

Economics & Business

Teaching Professor and Department Head

shouser@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations

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

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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 Justice | Energy Storage & Conversion | Energy Systems Optimization | Engineering Educational Innovation | Ethics in STEM | Hybrid Energy Systems | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration | Sociotechnical Integration | Systems Thinking

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

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

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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

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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

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Dean Nieusma, PhD

Dean Nieusma, PhD

Engineering, Design, & Society

Department Head and Associate Professor

nieusma@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations

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

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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: 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

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:

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 | Environmental Justice | Global Supply Chains | Qualitative Research Methodology | Social Accountability & Acceptance | 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: Energy Economics | Energy Policy | Global Supply Chains | Grid Integration & Modernization | Innovation & Entrepreneurship Education | International Trade & Energy Markets | Product & Business Development | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration | Science Policy Interface | Techno-Economic Analysis

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:

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

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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 | 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

Sandy Woodson, MA, MFA

Sandy Woodson, MA, MFA

Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Department Head and Teaching Professor

swoodson@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations

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

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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