Research Focus Area: Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources

Denis Aslangil, PhD

Denis Aslangil, PhD
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Mechanical Engineering
Assistant Professor
denis.aslangil@mines.edu
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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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Geoff Brennecka, PhD

Geoff Brennecka, PhD
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Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Herman F. Coors Distinguished Professor of Ceramic Engineering
geoff.brennecka@mines.edu
Website
Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Frontiers | Fundamentals
Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery | Microelectronics & Devices | Quantum Science & Engineering | Space Exploration & Resource Development
Keywords: Additive Manufacturing | Aerospace Materials | Ceramics & Glasses | Energy Storage & Conversion | Magnetic Optical & Electronic Materials | Materials Design | Materials for Energy | Materials for Extreme Environments | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Power Electronics | Quantum Information Science | Quantum Many-Body Systems | Quantum Materials | Quantum Mechanics | Quantum Metrology | Quantum Sensors & Sensing | Quantum Simulations | Qubits | Semiconductor Devices | Sensors & Actuators | Stimuli-Responsive Materials | Systems for Extreme Environments | Thin Films & Coatings | Wireless Communications

Tzahi Cath, PhD

Tzahi Cath, PhD
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Civil & Environmental Engineering
Professor
tcath@mines.edu
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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

Matthew Crane

Matthew Crane
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Chemical & Biological Engineering
Assistant Professor
matthewcrane@mines.edu
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Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Fundamentals
Research Focus Areas: Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Materials Discovery | Quantum Science & Engineering
Keywords: Additive Manufacturing | Advanced Characterization Techniques | Catalysts & Catalysis | Magnetic Optical & Electronic Materials | Materials for Energy | Nanoscale Materials | Perovskites | Plasmonic Materials | Quantum Devices | Quantum Engineering & Technology | Quantum Materials | Quantum Metrology | Qubits | Stimuli-Responsive Materials

David Diercks, PhD

David Diercks, PhD
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Research and Technology Transfer
Shared Instrumentation Facility Director
ddiercks@mines.edu
Website
Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Frontiers | Fundamentals
Research Focus Areas: Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery | Microelectronics & Devices
Keywords: Advanced Characterization Techniques | Ceramics & Glasses | Device Characterization | Electrochemical Materials & Systems | Materials for Energy | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Microstructure Development | Nanoscale Materials | Semiconductor Devices | Surface & Interface Analysis | Thin Films & Coatings

Sebnem Duzgun, PhD

Sebnem Duzgun, PhD
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Mining Engineering
Full Professor and Fred Banfield Distinguished Chair
duzgun@mines.edu
Website
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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Kathleen Hancock, PhD

Kathleen Hancock, PhD
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Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Associate Professor
khancock@mines.edu
Website
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

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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Ge Jin

Ge Jin
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Geophysics
Associate Professor
gjin@mines.edu
Website
Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy
Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Earth & Planetary Processes | Engineering Solutions for a Safer Planet | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Optimizing Fossil Fuels | Underground Infrastructure Development
Keywords: Carbon Capture & Storage | Carbon Utilization | Energy Efficiency | Enhanced Oil & Gas Recovery | Fluid Dynamics | Fugitive Emission & Leak Detection | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Natural Gas Exploration | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration | Reservoir Characterization & Engineering | Reservoir Modeling | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Unconventional Reservoirs

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

Katie Johnson, PhD

Katie Johnson, PhD
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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

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

Mohamed Khaled, PhD, PE

Mohamed Khaled, PhD, PE
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Petroleum Engineering
Assistant Professor
mohamed.khaled@mines.edu
Website
Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy
Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Earth & Planetary Processes | Engineering Solutions for a Safer Planet | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Natural Resource Geopolitics & Economics | Optimizing Fossil Fuels | Underground Infrastructure Development
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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

Jennifer Miskimins, PhD, PE

Jennifer Miskimins, PhD, PE
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Petroleum Engineering
Professor and Department Head
jmiskimi@mines.edu
Website
Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy
Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Energy in Global Context | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Optimizing Fossil Fuels
Keywords: 3D Geological Models | Advanced Resource Recovery | Decarbonization Strategies | Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing | Energy Economics | Energy Justice | Energy Systems Optimization | Energy-Water Nexus | Enhanced Oil & Gas Recovery | Geothermal Exploration & Energy Technologies | In-Situ Recovery | International Trade & Energy Markets | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Modeling & Simulation | Natural Gas Exploration | Regulatory Policy | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration | Resource Economics | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Sustainable Resource Management

Eve Mozur, PhD

Eve Mozur, PhD
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Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Assistant Professor
evemozur@mines.edu
Website
Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Fundamentals
Research Focus Areas: Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Materials Discovery | Quantum Science & Engineering
Keywords: Advanced Characterization Techniques | Battery Technologies | Energy Storage & Conversion | Magnetic Optical & Electronic Materials | Materials Design | Materials for Energy | Perovskites | Quantum Materials

Alexandra Newman

Alexandra Newman
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Mechanical Engineering
Professor
anewman@mines.edu
Website
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

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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Ryan O’Hayre, PhD

Ryan O'Hayre, PhD
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Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Professor
rohayre@mines.edu
Website
Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Fundamentals
Research Focus Areas: Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Materials Discovery
Keywords: Advanced Characterization Techniques | Advanced Fuel Cells & Electrolyzers | Ammonia | Catalysts & Catalysis | Electrochemical Materials & Systems | Energy Storage & Conversion | Hydrogen Storage & Capture | Hydrogen Utilization Sectors | Magnetic Optical & Electronic Materials | Materials Design | Materials for Energy | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Perovskites

Yewon Shin, PhD

Yewon Shin, PhD
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Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Research Assistant Professor
shin@mines.edu
Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Frontiers
Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future
Keywords: Composites & Hybrid Materials | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Decarbonization Strategies | Electrochemical Materials & Systems | Hydrogen Storage & Capture | Materials for Energy | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Perovskites | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration

Colin Wolden

Colin Wolden
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Chemical & Biological Engineering
Professor
cwolden@mines.edu
Website
Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Foundations | Frontiers | Fundamentals
Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery | Microelectronics & Devices | Nuclear Energy for the Modern World
Keywords: Ammonia | Battery Technologies | Catalysts & Catalysis | Energy Storage & Conversion | Hydrogen Separation & Purification | Hydrogen Utilization Sectors | Photovoltaic Materials & Solar Panel Technologies

Ning Wu

Ning Wu
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Chemical & Biological Engineering
Professor
ningwu@mines.edu
Website
Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Frontiers
Research Focus Areas: Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Microelectronics & Devices | Optimizing Fossil Fuels
Keywords: Electrochemical Materials & Systems | Magnetic Optical & Electronic Materials | Materials for Energy | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Microrobotics | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes | Thin Films & Coatings