Mines launching new master’s degree in data science A new non-thesis master’s degree at Colorado School of Mines will prepare scientists, engineers, economists and more to harness the torrent of large and complex digital data that has become ubiquitous …
Mines students roll to victory in IEEE Robotics Competition On the surface, the task facing students at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Region 5 Student Robotics Competition was simple: Design a robot that could navigate obstacles, …
Mines honored for increasing women’s participation in CS Colorado School of Mines has been recognized by the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) for its work to increase meaningful participation in computing education among women. …
Brain-controlled wheelchair wins award at hackathon [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHtGypQ27uk] A team of Colorado School of Mines students earned honors at a hardware-based hackathon for their project to create a device that allows those par …
Researchers tackle big data to help Syrian refugees in Turkey A Colorado School of Mines professor of mining engineering is part of a team whose proposal for using big data to improve living conditions for Syrian refugees in Turkey has won a prize in an internat …
Mines notches top-10 finish in NSA Codebreaker Challenge Colorado School of Mines students hacked their way to a top-10 finish in one of the most important cybersecurity competitions in the nation. Twenty Mines students participated in the 2018 NSA Codebrea …
Mines, CDE partner to offer CS workshops for K-5 teachers Up to 1,500 elementary school teachers across Colorado could receive training this year to teach basic computer science concepts in their classrooms, thanks to a new partnership between Colorado Schoo …
Mines students win Facebook Hackathon with navigation app Finding your way around a new building can be a challenge – it’s not like you can just pull up your smartphone’s map app and pinpoint your location like you would outside. “A lot of companies – Google …
Mines team claims repeat spot in programming world finals Last year, Matt Baldin and Sam Reinehr were happy just to qualify for the world finals of the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest. This year, the Mines seniors have much bigger plans. “Th …
'Smart' sprinklers would tailor irrigation with reclaimed water An interdisciplinary team of Colorado School of Mines researchers has been awarded National Science Foundation funding to develop a prototype of a "smart" irrigation system that can consider …
New research center to focus on subsurface resource models Colorado School of Mines and Virginia Tech have been awarded funding from the National Science Foundation to set up a new research center focusing on advanced subsurface earth resource modeling. M …
Robots could improve safety of power plant inspection, repair Colorado School of Mines has been awarded funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop an artificial intelligence-enabled robot capable of inspecting and repairing power plant boilers. Hao Zh …
Edgar Mine to serve as lab for underground robotics research The Edgar Experimental Mine in Idaho Springs has long been a unique underground laboratory for future engineers, providing valuable experience to those being trained to find, develop and process natur …
Faculty boot camp focuses on entrepreneurial mindset As the Mines Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation expands academic programs and entrepreneurial practices across campus, faculty engagement and training are critical for success. The Thoma …
Materials informatics fellowship trains next-gen workforce Materials informatics is the next frontier of materials science, taking computational and machine learning tools and applying them to characterizing and discovering materials. A group of Colorado Scho …
