A head start for the workforce
A head start for the workforce Mines graduates are well known in industry for their sharp...
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Tag: Mining Engineering
Smart engineering: Technological innovations improve efficiencies and teach young engineers valuable skills
Smart engineering: Technological innovations improve efficiencies and teach young engineers...
Read MoreIn Memoriam: Spring 2014
R. Bruce Allison of Loveland, Colo., died December 21, 2013. Born in 1930, Bruce was the athletic director at Mines 1976-1995, leading both the school’s 17-sport intercollegiate athletic program and intramurals. He was...
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Mining Coal, Undermining Gender
As a miner’s daughter growing up near Wyoming’s coal-rich Powder River Basin, Jessica Rolston...
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Are Women the Mining Industry’s Most Underdeveloped Resource
Once legally barred from working in mines, women have spent decades battling for a place in the...
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In Memoriam: Fall/Winter 2013
George S. Ansell of Tucson, Ariz., died August 30, 2013. George, born in 1934, was Mines’...
Read MoreJoseph J. Rebeck ’53
Joseph 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 MoreA Miner’s Century
Graduating 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
Russell 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
Donald ‘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
Jerry 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
Robert ‘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
Theodore ‘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 MoreIn Brief Fall 2011…
Mines is the top-ranked university in Colorado in the 2012 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s listing of America’s Best Colleges and Universities, ranking 75th in the category of Best National Universities,...
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It’s There for the Taking: Geothermal Technology Heats Up
The 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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