Career readiness takes shape through Mines student competition teams, where hands-on engineering challenges build technical, teamwork and problem-solving skills.
Mines Magazine is published three times a year by the Colorado School of Mines Communications and Marketing Office for alumni and friends of the school.
In our Fall 2026 issue, learn how competition teams teach students to move ideas from design to reality while navigating time and resource constraints. Also read about how Mines alumni are pursuing innovative ideas to change the ways in which we travel through space, use quantum software and more.
Paul Martin, professor of applied mathematics and statistics, modeled how fire tornadoes, sometimes called fire whirls, behave. The spinning flames can swallow a whole lifeboat in seconds.
Ian Lange, Viola Vestal Coulter Chair of Mineral Economics, spoke at a Moffat County meeting focused on data centers, encouraging the use of established economic models to evaluate claims about investment and employment.
Chris Dreyer, professor of practice in space resources, said to avoid damage to equipment and adverse health impacts from cosmic rays, lunar habitat modules should be built underground.
Tom Williams, professor of computer science and creator of a robot comedy show at Denver's RISE Comedy, said to his knowledge his show on October 2, 2026 marked the first time a robot did improv live in Colorado.
Ian Lange, Viola Vestal Coulter Chair of Mineral Economics, noted that thirty years ago the U.S. was a leader in rare earth mining but that this is no longer the case.
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Martin’s math tames sea fire whirls with acoustic precision
Moffat County considers data center regulations as residents, experts debate safeguards
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A robot entered a Denver comedy club. (This isn’t a joke.)
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