A head start for the workforce
A head start for the workforce Mines graduates are well known in industry for their sharp...
Read MoreA head start for the workforce Mines graduates are well known in industry for their sharp...
Read Moreby Teresa Meek
Smart engineering: Technological innovations improve efficiencies and teach young engineers...
Read MoreAs a miner’s daughter growing up near Wyoming’s coal-rich Powder River Basin, Jessica Rolston had...
Read MoreJoseph J. Rebeck ’53 of Evergreen, Colo., died November 6, 2011. Bud, as he was known, was born in 1931. He earned a professional degree in mining engineering from Mines, where he was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon...
Read MoreGraduating in the middle of the Great Depression, members of the Class of 1935 faced bleak job prospects. But E. Keith Staley ’35, who celebrated his 100th birthday on January 13 in Oro Valley, Ariz., points out that life...
Read MoreRussell Badgett Jr. ’40 of Madisonville, Ky., died March 8, 2012. Russell was born in Wabbaseka, Ark., in 1918, and received the Silver Beaver Award as an Eagle Scout for distinguished service as a council leader. At...
Read MoreDonald ‘Don’ W. Gentry of Bella Vista, Ark., died July 2, 2012. Born in 1943 in St. Louis, Mo., Don had a 25-year career at Mines as former head of the Mining Engineering Department, assistant to the dean of faculty,...
Read MoreJerry P. Ilgenfritz ’61 of Golden, Colo., died May 19, 2012. He was born in Waterloo, Iowa, in 1938 and moved to Wheat Ridge, Colo., in 1951. A member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity at Mines, he graduated with a...
Read MoreRobert ‘Bob’ H. Trent PhD ’80 of Scottsdale, Ariz., died April 5, 2012. The former Wyoming state senator was born in 1936 in Pittsburg, Kan. In 1968, after working as a draftsman for a mining company for many...
Read MoreTheodore ‘Ted’ L. Goudvis ’40 of Cambridge, Mass., died September 19, 2009. Born in 1918, Ted grew up near New York City. He graduated from Mines with a professional degree in mining engineering and was a...
Read MoreThe promise of low-impact, renewable energy that is always on tap continues to drive geothermal energy research, and Mines faculty and students are hot on the trail.
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