Research Focus Area: Materials & Manufacturing of the Future

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

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:

John Berger

John Berger

Mechanical Engineering

Professor

jberger@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future

Keywords: Battery Technologies | Energy Systems Modeling

Geoff Brennecka, PhD

Geoff Brennecka, PhD

Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Department Head & Professor, George S. Ansell Distinguished Chair

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 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

Craig Brice, PhD

Craig Brice, PhD

Mechanical Engineering

Professor of Practice

craigabrice@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Frontiers | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery

Keywords: Additive Manufacturing | Advanced Characterization Techniques | Aerospace Materials | Ferrous & Non-Ferrous Metals | Materials Design | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Mechanical Behavior | Microstructure Development

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: Automotive Materials | Carbon Capture & Storage | Decarbonizing Steel Manufacturing | Ferrous & Non-Ferrous Metals | Hydrogen Transportation & Infrastructure | Materials Design | Materials for Energy | Materials for Extreme Environments | Mechanical Behavior | Microstructure Development | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes

Emmanuel De Moor

Emmanuel De Moor

Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Professor

edemoor@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future

Keywords: Automotive Materials | Extractive Metallurgy & Chemical Processing | Ferrous & Non-Ferrous Metals | Materials for Energy | Materials for Extreme Environments | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Mechanical Behavior | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes

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:

David Diercks, PhD

David Diercks, PhD

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 | Advanced Fuel Cells & Electrolyzers | Battery Technologies | Catalysts & Catalysis | Ceramics & Glasses | Device Characterization | Electrochemical Materials & Systems | Materials for Energy | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Microstructure Development | Nanoscale Materials | Perovskites | Photovoltaic Materials & Solar Panel Technologies | Semiconductor Devices | Surface & Interface Analysis | Thin Films & Coatings

Nathan Fennell

Nathan Fennell

Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Lab Coordinator II

nfennell@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Materials & Manufacturing of the Future

Keywords: Additive Manufacturing | Welding & Joining

Kip Findley

Kip Findley

Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

John Henry Moore Professor

kfindley@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Frontiers | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery | Nuclear Energy for the Modern World

Keywords: Advanced Characterization Techniques | Automotive Materials | Ferrous & Non-Ferrous Metals | Hydrogen Transportation & Infrastructure | Materials Design | Materials for Energy | Materials for Extreme Environments | Mechanical Behavior | Microstructure Development | Nuclear Materials | Structural & Construction Materials | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes

Carl Frick, PhD

Carl Frick, PhD

Mechanical Engineering

Dean of Graduate Studies

cfrick@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations | Frontiers | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Engineering at the Interface of Biology & Technology | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery

Keywords: Additive Manufacturing | Composites & Hybrid Materials | Mechanical Behavior | Product & Business Development

Patrice Genevet

Patrice Genevet

Physics

Professor

patrice.genevet@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Frontiers | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Fundamental Physics | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Microelectronics & Devices | Quantum Science & Engineering | Robotics for the Modern World

Keywords: Optical Quantum Neural Networks | Quantum Computing | Quantum Engineering & Technology

Tom Gennett, PhD

Tom Gennett, PhD

Chemistry

Professor

tgennett@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Frontiers | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Analytical & Computational Chemistry | Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery

Keywords: Materials Design | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Microstructure Development | Nanoscale Materials | Plasmonic Materials | Porous Materials & Frameworks | Surface & Interface Analysis

Joy Gockel

Joy Gockel

Mechanical Engineering

Associate Professor

joygockel@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Foundations | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Transforming Engineering Education & STEM Workforce

Keywords: Additive Manufacturing | Aerospace Materials | Interdisciplinary Education | Materials for Extreme Environments | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Mechanical Behavior | STEM Outreach & Education | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes | Welding & Joining

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: Carbon Capture & Storage | Carbon Neutral & Negative Construction Materials | Ceramics & Glasses | Clean Technology Innovation | Decarbonization Strategies | Direct Air Carbon Capture | Energy Efficiency | Materials for Energy | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Resilient Infrastructure | Structural & Construction Materials | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes | Waste Minimization

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 | Advanced Recycling Technologies | Advanced Resource Recovery | Ceramics & Glasses | Electrochemical Materials & Systems | Ferrous & Non-Ferrous Metals | Hydrogen Storage & Capture | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Materials for Extreme Environments | Nuclear Materials | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration | Resilient Infrastructure | Structural & Construction Materials | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes | Waste to Resource

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 | Geotechnical Engineering | Mine Waste / Tailings to Resources | Rock & Soil Mechanics | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes | Underground Construction & Tunnel Engineering

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

Garrison Hommer, PhD

Garrison Hommer, PhD

Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Research Assistant Professor

ghommer@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Frontiers | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery

Keywords: Additive Manufacturing | Advanced Characterization Techniques | Aerospace Materials | Automotive Materials | Ferrous & Non-Ferrous Metals | Materials Design | Materials for Extreme Environments | Mechanical Behavior | Microstructure Development | Structural & Construction Materials

Justin Johnson

Justin Johnson

Chemistry

Mines | NREL Joint Appointment

justinjohnson@nrel.gov

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Frontiers | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery | Microelectronics & Devices | Quantum Science & Engineering

Keywords: Advanced Characterization Techniques | Magnetic Optical & Electronic Materials | Materials Design | Nanoscale Materials | Organics Polymers & Plastics | Porous Materials & Frameworks | Quantum Information Science | Quantum Materials | Quantum Simulations | Qubits | Surface & Interface Analysis

Serveh Kamrava

Serveh Kamrava

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

Michael Kaufman, PhD

Michael Kaufman, PhD

Research & Technology Transfer

Director of Materials and Energy Initiatives

mkaufman@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Materials & Manufacturing of the Future

Keywords: Additive Manufacturing | Aerospace Materials | Automotive Materials | Ferrous & Non-Ferrous Metals | Materials for Energy | Materials for Extreme Environments | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Mechanical Behavior | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes | Thin Films & Coatings | Welding & Joining

Robert Kee, PhD

Robert Kee, PhD

Mechanical Engineering

Professor

rjkee@mines.edu

Website

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:

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

Jonah Klemm-Toole, PhD

Jonah Klemm-Toole, PhD

Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Assistant Professor

jklemmto@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Frontiers | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery

Keywords: Additive Manufacturing | Advanced Characterization Techniques | Aerospace Materials | Automotive Materials | Computational Materials Science | Ferrous & Non-Ferrous Metals | Materials Design | Materials for Energy | Materials for Extreme Environments | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Mechanical Behavior | Microstructure Development | Nanoscale Materials | Nuclear Materials | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes | Welding & Joining

Melissa Krebs, PhD

Melissa Krebs, PhD

Chemical & Biological Engineering

Associate Professor

mdkrebs@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Frontiers | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Engineering at the Interface of Biology & Technology | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery

Keywords: Biomaterials | Materials Design | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Organics Polymers & Plastics

Ramya Kumar

Ramya Kumar

Chemical & Biological Engineering

Assistant Professor

ramyakumar@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Frontiers | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Engineering at the Interface of Biology & Technology | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery

Keywords: Biomaterials | Organics Polymers & Plastics | Regenerative Medicine | Therapeutic Design & Delivery | Thin Films & Coatings

Leslie Lamberson, PhD

Leslie Lamberson, PhD

Mechanical Engineering

Associate Professor

les@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Frontiers | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery | Space Exploration & Resource Development

Keywords: Advanced Characterization Techniques | Aerospace Materials | Automotive Materials | Ceramics & Glasses | Composites & Hybrid Materials | Ferrous & Non-Ferrous Metals | Materials Design | Materials for Energy | Materials for Extreme Environments | Materials Physics | Mechanical Behavior | Microstructure Development | National Security | Organics Polymers & Plastics | Space Exploration | Space Mining Technologies | Space Resources Development | Stimuli-Responsive Materials | Structural & Construction Materials

Terry Lowe, PhD

Terry Lowe, PhD

Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Research Professor

lowe@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Frontiers | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Engineering at the Interface of Biology & Technology | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery

Keywords: Advanced Characterization Techniques | Biomaterials | Computational Materials Science | Ferrous & Non-Ferrous Metals | Magnetic Optical & Electronic Materials | Materials for Energy | Mechanical Behavior | Microstructure Development | Nanoscale Materials

Suveen Mathaudhu, PhD

Suveen Mathaudhu, PhD

Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Professor

smathaudhu@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Frontiers | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery

Keywords:

Annalise Maughan, PhD

Annalise Maughan, PhD

Chemistry

Assistant Professor

amaughan@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Frontiers | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Harnessing Renewable Energy Sources | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery

Keywords: Magnetic Optical & Electronic Materials | Materials Design | Materials for Energy | Materials Synthesis & Processing

Steve Midson, PhD

Steve Midson, PhD

Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Research Professor

SMidson@Mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Frontiers | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery

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: Circular Economy | Conflict & Resource Management | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Energy Storage | Energy Transition | Energy-Water Nexus | Engineering Educational Innovation | Environmental Impacts of Energy | Extractive Metallurgy & Chemical Processing | Geopolitics | Global Supply Chains | Hydropower | Integrated Resource Planning | Integrated Water Resource Management | Interdisciplinary Education | Materials for Energy | Resilient Infrastructure | Resource & Sustainability Policy | Sociotechnical Integration | Strategic Mineral Supply Chains | Structural & Construction Materials | Sustainable Resource Management | Systems Thinking | Waste Minimization | Waste to Resource

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:

Andrew Petruska, PhD

Andrew Petruska, PhD

Mechanical Engineering

Associate Professor & Director of Robotics Program

apetruska@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Foundations | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Engineering at the Interface of Biology & Technology | Entrepreneurship & Innovation | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Robotics for the Modern World | Space Exploration & Resource Development

Keywords: Additive Manufacturing | Modeling & Simulation | Multi-Robot Systems | Planetary Instrumentation | Propulsion Systems | Robot Architectural Design | Robot Grasping & Manipulation | Robot Learning & Adaptive Systems | Robot Locomotion | Robot Perception | Robot Planning & Control | Space Exploration | Space Mining Technologies | Spacecraft Design & Control | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes | Welding & Joining

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

Bryan Pivovar, PhD

Bryan Pivovar, PhD

Chemistry

Mines | NREL Joint Appointment

bryan.pivovar@nrel.gov

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Engineering Solutions for the Hydrogen Economy | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future

Keywords:

Ivar Reimanis, PhD

Ivar Reimanis, PhD

Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Professor

reimanis@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Frontiers | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery

Keywords: Catalysts & Catalysis | Materials for Energy | Materials for Extreme Environments | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Microstructure Development | Nanoscale Materials | Porous Materials & Frameworks | Surface & Interface Analysis

Ryan Richards

Ryan Richards

Chemistry

University Distinguished Professor

rrichard@mines.edu

Website

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

Research Focus Areas: Carbon Management & Air Quality | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Communication & Public Engagement | Environment Climate & Society | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery

Keywords: Catalysts & Catalysis | Ceramics & Glasses | Climate Change | Electrochemical Materials & Systems | Energy-Water Nexus | Hydrogen Storage & Capture | Materials Design | Materials for Energy | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Nanoscale Materials | Per- & Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) | Perovskites | Plasmonic Materials | Porous Materials & Frameworks | Socially Responsible Engineering | Surface & Interface Analysis | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes | Sustainable Resource Management | Water Treatment Technologies

Sandrine Ricote, PhD

Sandrine Ricote, PhD

Mechanical Engineering

Research Professor

sricote@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Decarbonizing Energy across Industries | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future

Keywords: Ceramics & Glasses | Electrochemical Materials & Systems | Energy Efficiency | Hydrogen Production | Materials for Energy | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Perovskites

Jamal Rostami, PhD, PE

Jamal Rostami, PhD, PE

Mining Engineering

Professor and Haddon / Alacer Gold Endowed Chair

rostami@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Earth | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Resource Extraction Production & Processing | Critical Materials & Supply Chains | Earth & Planetary Processes | Exploring the Subsurface through Modeling & Mapping | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Robotics for the Modern World | Space Exploration & Resource Development | Underground Infrastructure Development

Keywords: Robot Locomotion | Robot Perception | Robot Planning & Control

Alan Sellinger, PhD

Alan Sellinger, PhD

Chemistry

Professor

aselli@mines.edu

Website

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

Research Focus Areas: Carbon Management & Air Quality | Clean & Sustainable Water Systems | Communication & Public Engagement | Environment Climate & Society | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery

Keywords: Materials Design | Materials for Energy | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Nanoscale Materials | Organics Polymers & Plastics | Perovskites | Plasmonic Materials | Porous Materials & Frameworks | Surface & Interface Analysis | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes

Yewon Shin, PhD

Yewon Shin, PhD

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: Advanced Fuel Cells & Electrolyzers | Carbon Capture & Storage | Composites & Hybrid Materials | Critical Materials / Minerals / Metals | Decarbonization Strategies | Electrochemical Materials & Systems | Energy Storage | Hydrogen Storage & Capture | Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy | Materials Design | Materials for Energy | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Perovskites | Renewable & Alternative Energy Integration | Renewable Energy

John Speer

John Speer

Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

American Bureau of Shipping Endowed Chair & Professor

jspeer@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Frontiers | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery

Keywords: Ferrous & Non-Ferrous Metals | Microstructure Development

Brennan Sprinkle, PhD

Brennan Sprinkle, PhD

Applied Mathematics & Statistics

Assistant Professor

bsprinkl@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Frontiers | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Mathematics for the Modern World | Basic Science Principles Investigated through Applied Computing | Engineering at the Interface of Biology & Technology | Fundamental Physics | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery

Keywords: Magnetic Optical & Electronic Materials | Mechanical Behavior | Modeling & Simulation | Nanoscale Materials

Jeff Squier

Jeff Squier

Physics

Professor

jsquier@mines.edu

Affiliated Pillar(s): Frontiers | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Engineering at the Interface of Biology & Technology | Fundamental Physics | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Quantum Science & Engineering

Keywords: Additive Manufacturing

Pejman Tahmasebi

Pejman Tahmasebi

Petroleum Engineering

Associate Professor

tahmasebi@mines.edu

Website

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

Mechanical Engineering

Research Professor Emeritus

bgthomas@mines.edu

Website

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

Eric Toberer

Eric Toberer

Physics

Professor

etoberer@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Frontiers | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Basic Science Principles Investigated through Applied Computing | Computing for Innovation | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery

Keywords: Machine Learning | Materials Design | Materials Physics | Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics | Uncertainty Quantification

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: Advanced Recycling Technologies | Advanced Resource Recovery | Carbon Capture & Storage | Carbon Utilization | Circular Economy | Clean Technology Innovation | Decarbonization Strategies | Product Lifecycle & Sustainable Design | Reducing Emissions | Structural & Construction Materials | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes | Waste to Resource

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:

Samantha Webster, PhD

Samantha Webster, PhD

Mechanical Engineering

Assistant Professor

sam.webster@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Frontiers | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery

Keywords: Additive Manufacturing | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Microstructure Development | Welding & Joining

Don Williamson

Don Williamson

Physics

Research Professor & Professor Emeritus

dwilliam@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Frontiers | Fundamentals

Research Focus Areas: Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Materials Discovery

Keywords: Automotive Materials | Ferrous & Non-Ferrous Metals | Magnetic Optical & Electronic Materials

Colin Wolden

Colin Wolden

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 Conversion | Energy Storage | Hydrogen Separation & Purification | Hydrogen Utilization Sectors | Photovoltaic Materials & Solar Panel Technologies

Ning Wu

Ning Wu

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 | Energy Efficiency | Enhanced Oil & Gas Recovery | Fluid Dynamics | Magnetic Optical & Electronic Materials | Materials for Energy | Materials Synthesis & Processing | Medical Devices | Microrobotics | Natural Gas Exploration | Pipeline Transportation | Sustainable Manufacturing & Processes | Thin Films & Coatings

Zhenzhen Yu, PhD

Zhenzhen Yu, PhD

Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Associate Professor

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Energy | Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Advanced Energy Systems & Integration | Materials & Manufacturing of the Future

Keywords: Additive Manufacturing | Aerospace Materials | Automotive Materials | Energy Storage | Ferrous & Non-Ferrous Metals | Materials for Energy | Welding & Joining

Xiaoli Zhang, PhD

Xiaoli Zhang. PhD

Mechanical Engineering

Associate Professor

xlzhang@mines.edu

Website

Affiliated Pillar(s): Frontiers

Research Focus Areas: Materials & Manufacturing of the Future | Robotics for the Modern World

Keywords: Multi-Robot Systems | Robot Grasping & Manipulation | Robot Learning & Adaptive Systems | Robot Planning & Control