Research Centers
Advanced Steel Processing and Products Research Center
Today students at the ASPPRC study primarily three types of steel: bar and forging steels; sheet and coated steels; and plate and hot rolled steels. Students conduct research to work towards either a Master’s of Science or Doctorate of Philosophy. In addition to research, the students work closely with corporate sponsors.
Director: John G. Speer
Advanced Water Technology center
The The Advanced Water Technology Center (AQWATEC) was established in 2006 at the Colorado School of Mines. AQWATEC is supporting the advancement of the campus thrust areas of water and renewable energy and the NSF funded Engineering Research Center Reinventing the Nation’s Urban Water Infrastructure (ReNUWIt).
Director: Tzahi Y. Cath
ALliance for the development of additive processing technologies
The Alliance for the Development of Additive Processing Technologies (ADAPT) is a membership-based organization that solves challenges in additive manufacturing (AM) using data informatics–driven approaches. We are headquartered at Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado.
Director: Aaron Stebner
Biomaterials
Director: Terry Lowe
Center for Advanced Non-Ferrous Structural Alloys
Director: Michael Kaufman
Center for Enviormental Risk Assessment
Center for Resource Recovery and Recycling
Our focus is on helping industry address a pivotal societal need – the need to create a sustainable future. At CR3 you will advance technologies that recover, recycle and reuse materials throughout the manufacturing process. These advancements will help your business reduce energy costs and increase profitability, while protecting our natural resources.
Associate Director: Corby Anderson
Center for Welding, Joining and Coatings Research
Our center provides graduate level education, basic and applied research and organizes conferences, workshops, seminars for technology transfer. In addition, all the research is supervised by industrial partners and worldwide recognized scientific institutions.
Director: Stephen Liu
Colorado fuel cell center
The Colorado Fuel Cell Center (CFCC) actively develops electrochemical devices to address our nation’s needs in electricity generation and energy storage. Batteries, fuel cells, electrolyzers and membrane reactors are all active topics of research and development.
Director: Neal Sullivan
Colorado Center for Advanced Ceramics
The Center educates materials scientists and engineers with the interdisciplinary skills necessary to design and manufacture the ceramic components and composites of the future.
Director: Ivar Reimanis
Colorado Institute for energy, materials and computational science
The Colorado Institute for Energy, Materials and Computational Science (CIEMACS) is an interdisciplinary research center at CSM with a focus on problems at the nexus of energy, materials, and scientific computing.
Director: Colin Wolden
Energetic (Explosives) Materials
The Energetic (Explosives) Materials
Director: Vilem Petr
International center for multiscale characterization
Kroll Institute for Extractive Metallurgy
Today, the mission of the Kroll Institute is to support the minerals, metals and materials industries through the following activities:
- Maintain expertise and research capabilities important to the minerals, metals and materials industries
- Perform cutting edge research
- Train process engineers for industry
- Develop short courses
- Develop specialty conferences
Director: Patrick Taylor
Manufacturing and Materials Joining Innovation Center
The center works on research projects that include one or more of the following topics:
- advanced joining processes
- innovative process control and automation
- material development
- weldability and characterization
- integrated process modeling
Co-Director: Stephen Liu
NSF Engineering Research Center for Re-Inventing our Nation's Urban Water Infrastructure
Nuclear Science and Engineering Center
Director: Jeffrey King
Renewable energy materials research science and engineering center
The Renewable Energy Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (REMRSEC) has made a research mission of identifying, launching, and advancing innovative research directions in sustainable materials for renewable energy, meeting its human resource mission of educating the next generation of renewable energy professionals, creating outreach programs to inform the public about the potential of renewable energy, and promoting diversity among faculty, research associates, staff, students, and future students.
Director: Ryan Richards