Research Focus Area: Intersections of Science Policy & Governance

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

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Iris Bahar, PhD

Iris Bahar, PhD

Computer Science

Department Head & Professor

ribahar@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Innovation in Computing | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance | Robotics for the Modern World | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Embedded Systems | Engineering Educational Innovation | Environmental Policy | High Performance Computing | Human Robot Interaction | Interdisciplinary Education | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Robot Architectural Design | Robot Grasping & Manipulation | Robot Perception | Security & Privacy | Sustainable Resource Management

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

Lincoln Carr, PhD

Lincoln Carr, PhD

Physics

Professor

lcarr@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Intersections of Science Policy & Governance | Quantum Science & Engineering | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

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Hojun Choi, PhD

Hojun Choi, PhD

Economics & Business

Assistant Professor

hojun.choi@mines.edu

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

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Energy in Global Context | Environment Climate & Society | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance | Natural Resource Geopolitics & Economics

Keywords: Conflict & Resource Management | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Energy Policy | Environmental Policy | Global Supply Chains | Regulatory Policy | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Resource Economics | Supply Chain Resilience | Sustainable Resource Management

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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Rod Eggert, PhD

Rod Eggert, PhD

Economics & Business

Research Professor

reggert@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | International Relations & Global Studies | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance | Natural Resource Geopolitics & Economics

Keywords: Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Economic Modeling | Global Supply Chains | Mineral Economics | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Resource Economics | Strategic Mineral Supply Chains | Supply Chain Resilience

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

Kathleen Hancock, PhD

Kathleen Hancock, PhD

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 | Community Engagement | Energy & Society | Energy Justice | Energy Policy | Energy Transition | Environmental Justice | Environmental Policy | Geopolitics | International Development | International Trade & Energy Markets | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Policy Analysis | Renewable Energy | Resource & Sustainability Policy

Elizabeth Holley, PhD

Elizabeth Holley, PhD

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

Keywords: 3D Geological Models | Advanced Resource Recovery | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Energy Transition | Enhanced Mineral Extraction | Formation of Mineral & Hydrocarbon Resources | Geochemistry | Mine Water | Mineral Exploration & Mapping | Mineral Resource Assessment | Regulatory Policy | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Social Accountability & Acceptance | Strategic Mineral Supply Chains | Subsurface Imaging & Mapping | Sustainable Resource Management | Volcanology | Waste to Resource

Ian Lange

Ian Lange

Economics & Business

Professor

ilange@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy

Research Focus Areas: Intersections of Science Policy & Governance

Keywords: Policy Analysis | Regulatory Policy

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 | Data Ethics | Decarbonization Strategies | Economic Modeling | Energy & Society | Energy Economics | Environmental Justice | Environmental Policy | Ethics in STEM | Policy Analysis | Public Trust in Science & Technology | Regulatory Policy | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Resource Economics | Social Impacts of Science & Technology | Sustainable Resource Management | Systems Thinking | Techno-Economic Analysis

Aaron Malone, PhD

Aaron Malone, PhD

Mining Engineering & Payne Institute for Public Policy

Research Assistant Professor

amalone@mines.edu

Website

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

Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Energy in Global Context | Engineering Global Sustainability | International Relations & Global Studies | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance

Keywords: Community Development | Community-Based Research | Conflict & Resource Management | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Cross-Cultural Collaboration | Energy & Society | Energy Transition | Environmental Justice | Environmental Policy | International Development | Policy Analysis | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Social Accountability & Acceptance | Sociotechnical Integration | Sustainable Resource Management

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

Keywords: Public Trust in Science & Technology | Science Communication | Sociotechnical Integration | STEM Librarianship

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

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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: 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

Eric Roberts, PhD

Eric Roberts, PhD

Geology & Geological Engineering

Professor and Director, Potential Gas Agency

eric.roberts@jcu.edu.au

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Energy | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Earth & Planetary Processes | Energy in Global Context | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance

Keywords: Climate Change | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Energy Transition | Evolution of Mountain Belts | Formation of Mineral & Hydrocarbon Resources | Geologic Hydrogen | Global Supply Chains | Landscape Evolution | Natural Gas Exploration | Plate Motions / Tectonics

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: 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

Steven Smith, PhD

Steven Smith, PhD

Economics & Business

Associate Professor

ssmith1@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Environment | Foundations

Research Focus Areas: Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Economic Feasibility & Social Acceptance | Intersections of Science Policy & Governance | Managing Earth's Water Resources

Keywords: Energy-Water Nexus | Environmental Policy | Integrated Water Resource Management | Policy Analysis | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Resource Economics | 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

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

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