Colorado School of Mines: From the Rocky Mountains to Mars Paul C Johnson, President and Professor August 10, 2017
The Beginning… Initial location, South Golden Bishop George Randall Episcopal Church (1873), Territorial Institution (1874), State Institution (1876)
The Early Years… c.1895, current location Courses offered in chemistry, metallurgy, mineralogy, mining engineering, geology, botany, math and drawing
Educational Philosophy “One of the ideas uppermost in the mind of a virile young man is “When I finish my training can I get a job?” In 1939 of a class of 133, every graduate had been offered a job by September first. There is always a job for the well trained, willing, and reliable individual. This training at Mines consists of the basic fundamentals of engineering together with a practical application in the field which gives especially effective results. The major portion of three summer vacations is spent in field work where students learn to do as well as to think. This work is organized and supervised by faculty men, who are not only thoroughly trained academically, but who are recognized by industry as men who are superior in their fields.” M. Coolbaugh, Mines Magazine, April 1940
Students Nancy Easley 1952 Life Magazine, about 900 students
Today: The Numbers 4700 undergrads 1200 grad students 16 BS, 32 MS/ME, & 22 PhD options Largest SWE chapter in the U.S. $60M+ research grants & contracts $18,386 resident tuition and fees State supports about 7% of total budget $290M endowment
Accolades #1 SmartAsset's Best Value Colleges in Colorado (#13 nationally); PayScale #7 in ROI and #22 in alumni earnings The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education #1 for Public Schools in the West with highest salaries 10 years out Wall Street Journal #2 nationally for combining scholarly research with classroom instruction #1 Mineral Mining Engineering QS Global Ranking; US News & World Report: #5 in Petroleum; #33 in Top Public Schools; #36 in High School Counselor Rankings; #44 in Undergraduate Engineering Programs; #55 in Graduate Engineering Programs; #82 in National Universities Forbes America’s Top Colleges #25 in the West; #29 Publics
Mines Graduates: Employment Outcomes for Fall 2016 graduates (7/15/17): • Employed or in graduate school: BS - 87%; MS – 91%; PhD – 98%. • Avg. salary offers: BS - $65,905; MS - $77,746; PhD - $81,094. • Wall Street Journal ranked Mines #1 among public universities in the West, for the salaries of its graduates.
Mines Graduates: Distinctive Traits “Mines graduates get things done” bright • hard-working • excellent team members
The Ingredients Community History & Traditions Fantastic Faculty Unique Facilities Industry Partnerships Challenging & Practical Degree Programs Education Innovation Pursuing Passions Professional Development Research, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship Student Life, Student Organizations, Greek Life & Athletics Passionate Alumni
Building Community Freshmen Oredigger Camp
History & Traditions: M Climb
Fantastic Faculty Prof. Tissa Illangasekare Prof. Kamini Singha Prof. John Speer Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz NGWA Darcy Lecturer Bessemer Gold Medal International Prize for Water
Unique Facilities Edgar Mine
Expanded Opportunities: Minors Aerospace Geological Engineering Mechanical Engineering Biomechanical Engineering Geophysical Engineering Metallurgical & Materials Engineering Biomedical Engineering Geophysics Military Science Biophysics Humanitarian Engineering Mining Engineering Chemical Engineering International Political Economy Music, Audio Engineering, Chemistry and Recording Arts Leadership in Social Computational & Applied Responsibility Operations Research Mathematics Liberal Arts & International Organic Chemistry Computer Sciences Studies Individualized Petroleum Engineering Economics Undergraduate Minor Science, Technology, Electrical Engineering Literature, Society, & the Engineering & Policy Energy Environment Space and Planetary Engineering Physics Mathematical Science Science and Engineering Explosive Processing of McBride Honors in Public Statistics Materials Affairs Underground Construction Explosives Engineering & Tunneling Connecting education to interests and passions
Innovation in STEM Education
Research & Innovation Energy Materials & Advanced Manufacturing Water & Environment Health Education Infrastructure Safety & Security Space Systems
Advanced Manufacturing: ADAPT Center Alliance for Development of Additive Processing Technologies (ADAPT)
CoorsTek Center: Mines Materials Institute
Underground Construction & Tunneling
Water & The Environment Removing toxic firefighting chemicals from groundwater
Survival on Mars? Challenge: Design and build a system for extracting water from Mars’ subsurface NASA Mars Ice Challenge (2017)
The Future of Transportation? Team Diggerloop Test: August 20 – 27, 2017 Test (230 – 270 mph?)
Sustainable Housing? Mines Tiny House Team
Exploration? A NASA space observatory assembled by students and faculty in the Physics Department at Colorado School of Mines The Extreme Universe Space Observatory Super Pressure Balloon was designed to fly at 110,000 feet and make the first fluorescence observations of high-energy cosmic ray extensive air showers by looking down at Earth’s atmosphere from near space. It was launched in April 2017 from Wanaka, New Zealand. Student Rachel Gregg w/Professor Lawrence Wiencke in NZ
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Blaster Design Factory
Mines Athletics: At the Top
Mines Athletics WSOC #6 Nationally
Mines Athletics Harlan Hill Trophy Winner
The Arts at Mines High Grade • Mines Little Theatre • Music • Photography • Film
The Future of Mines: Mines@150
Mines Pillars – Some Things Won’t Change • Focused Public Mission • Elite Institution (but not Elitist) • Challenging Practical Education & Professional Preparation • Collaborative Pursuits of Use- Inspired Innovation & Discovery • Connections & Partnerships, Particularly with Industry & Mission-Oriented Agencies • Honest Broker of Information • Great People (students, faculty, staff, alumni) Of the Earth and Man • Immense Pride
From the Rocky Mountains to Mars… Paul C Johnson, President and Professor August 10, 2017
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