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Gerald Bourne, teaching professor and associate department head in metallurgical and materials engineering, discusses his introduction to bladesmithing and what bladesmithing looks like at Mines

Eric Anderson, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the Hydrologic Science and Engineering Program, says that in some ways the two Great Lakes can be considered one lake, since they share what he calls a "lake system."

The article notes that Fred Sarazin, professor of physics, has been appointed Ben L. Fryrear Presidential Chair to further grow the university's leadership in quantum engineering.

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, co-authors this article examining how electrical grids can be protected in response to the type of military strategies now being utilized by Russia in its war with Ukraine.

Anuj Chauhan, professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, joins this podcast from Ireland where he is speaking about the orphan disease cystinosis and a his research regarding its treatment.

Nigeria is among nine countries that accounted for more than four-fifths of global gas flaring in 2025, according to a new World Bank report published in collaboration with the Payne Institute for Public Policy at Colorado School of Mines.

Veteran journalist Gary Shapiro utilizes the backdrop of the Colorado School of Mines' Edgar Experimental Mine near Idaho Springs to discuss the topic of sustainability.

Ian Lange, Viola Vestal Coulter Chair of Mineral Economics, said iron ore has not traditionally been listed as a critical mineral because of the mineral’s historic prevalence and relative profitability.

Brad Handler, program director for the Payne Institute for Public Policy’s Energy Finance Lab, and Aaron Lohmann, EarnDLT chief executive and co-founder, argue in this column that technology could help fix the EU’s methane emissions reporting rules.

The article notes a Payne Institute for Public Policy estimate that 198 THAAD missiles were fired early in the Iran War; another estimate puts the number of missiles fired at 290, at a cost of $4.5 billion.

The article notes that the Payne Institute for Public Policy estimates U.S. forces fired approximately 198 Terminal High Altitude Area Defense interceptors in the first 16 days of the Iran War.

John Spear, professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, noted mineral processing is difficult to do near any population center because of water, air and environmental pollution concerns, as well as workplace safety hazards.