40 faculty and 34 courses in Mechanical Engineering at Colorado School of Mines.
- Robert Kee, George R. Brown Distinguished Professor h-index 69
Primarily in modeling and simulation of chemically reacting fluid flow. Applications are generally in the area of clean energy, including fuel cells, photovoltaics, and advanced combustion. Dr. Kee’s sponsored research efforts are
Notable: “Chemkin-II: A Fortran chemical kinetics package for the analysis of gas-phase chemical kinetics” (1989) · 3,571 citations
- Robert Braun, University Distinguished Professor and Director, Mines/NREL Advanced Energy Systems Program h-index 40
Es on energy systems modeling and analysis, techno-economic optimization, and numerical simulation of transport phenomena occurring within fuel cell and alternative energy systems. His industry experience encompasses development of low-NOx
Notable: “Highly durable, coking and sulfur tolerant, fuel-flexible protonic ceramic fuel cells” (2018) · 774 citations
- Greg Jackson, Professor h-index 40
Notable: “Measuring fundamental properties in operating solid oxide electrochemical cells by using in situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy” (2010) · 286 citations
- Alexandra Newman, Professor and Director, Operations Research with Engineering Program h-index 32
Applied Optimization Transportation logistics Mine production scheduling Energy policy and building design Military applications Athletics scheduling Publications View a complete list of publications on my Homepage . Colorado School of Mine
Notable: “A Review of Operations Research in Mine Planning” (2010) · 368 citations
- Carl Frick, Professor and Dean, Graduate Studies h-index 27
Notable: “Size effect on strength and strain hardening of small-scale [111] nickel compression pillars” (2008) · 410 citations
- Anthony Petrella, Associate Professor, Department Head and Director, FEA Professional Certificate Program h-index 23
Computational and also experimental study of the musculoskeletal system. Specific areas of focus include spine, hip, and knee mechanics. Dr. Petrella joined Mines in the fall of 2006 to continue the exciting growth of research and t
Notable: “Optimizing Femoral Component Rotation in Total Knee Arthroplasty” (2001) · 297 citations
- Steven DeCaluwe, Associate Professor and Director, Graduate Studies h-index 22
Center on clean energy and water systems, with a focus on electrochemistry and interfacial processes. He leads the CORES Research Group, which combines fundamental experiments with numerical simulations to study the chemical, thermodynamic
Notable: “Measuring fundamental properties in operating solid oxide electrochemical cells by using in situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy” (2010) · 286 citations
- Craig Brice, Fryrear Endowed Chair, Professor of Practice and Director, Additive Manufacturing Program h-index 19
Additive manufacturing in a range of materials from metals to ceramics to polymers Process feedback control of AM systems Alloy design and property development Qualification and certification of AM processes and part AM education and workfo
Notable: “Invited review: Machine learning for materials developments in metals additive manufacturing” (2020) · 223 citations
- Veronica Eliasson, Associate Professor h-index 16
Multi-disciplinary and range from shock wave dynamics to fracture mechanics — all explored relying on a strong foundation of experimental mechanics coupled with different types of ultra high-speed photography techniques. Dr. Eliasson is
- Omid Babaie-Rizvandi, Research Assistant Professor h-index 15
Es on numerical modeling of fuel cells and electrolysis technologies to advance sustainable energy solutions. Dr. Rizvandi has developed computationally efficient models for proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) and microfluidic fuel
Notable: “Techno-economic analysis of current and emerging electrolysis technologies for green hydrogen production” (2022) · 264 citations
- Mark Deinert, Associate Professor h-index 15
Notable: “Measurement of fluid contents and wetting front profiles by real-time neutron radiography” (2004) · 65 citations
- Adam Duran, Teaching Assistant Professor h-index 14
Notable: “Effect of Platooning on Fuel Consumption of Class 8 Vehicles Over a Range of Speeds, Following Distances, and Mass” (2014) · 255 citations
- Christopher Dreyer, Professor of Practice, Space Resources h-index 14
On instrumentation for energy systems and later instrumentation for space exploration. His research focus now includes the full space resources value chain from resource identification to production of products. Dr. Dreyer is currently a Pr
Notable: “Ice Mining in Lunar Permanently Shadowed Regions” (2019) · 87 citations
- Leslie Lamberson, Associate Professor h-index 13
Es on the mechanics of materials under extreme conditions, impact physics, and advanced optical metrology and inverse techniques. She continues to drive innovative research and leadership, addressing critical challenges in aerospace, defens
Notable: “Simultaneous twinning and microband formation under dynamic compression in a high entropy alloy with a complex energetic landscape” (2020) · 95 citations
- Angel Abbud-Madrid, Professor of Practice and Director, Space Resources Program h-index 13
Space Resources Microgravity Science Aerospace Technology Combustion Phenomena Planetary Science Recent Courses Introduction to Space Exploration and Resources (MEGN 408) Space Resources Seminar (SPRS 503) Recent Publications View full list
Notable: “Commercial lunar propellant architecture: A collaborative study of lunar propellant production” (2019) · 150 citations
- Kristine R. Csavina, Teaching Professor and Director, Capstone Design Program h-index 7
Motion analysis of human motion in movement disorders, orthopedics and sports, human motion aided by wearable technologies, and engineering education research in student learning and pedagogical approaches. Csavina comes to CSM from
Notable: “Kinetic asymmetry in transfemoral amputees while performing sit to stand and stand to sit movements” (2011) · 94 citations
- Mathew Johnson, Teaching Assistant Professor h-index 7
Notable: “An experimental and theoretical study of gas tungsten arc welding of stainless steel plates with different sulfur concentrations” (2008) · 84 citations
- Garrison Hommer, Research Assistant Professor h-index 7
Notable: “Structure‐Property Relationships of a High Strength Superelastic NiTi–1Hf Alloy” (2018) · 33 citations
- Denis Aslangil, Assistant Professor h-index 7
Es on turbulence theory, hydrodynamic instabilities, interfacial flows, and fluid-solid-shock interactions. He has extensive experience in high-fidelity numerical simulations, including Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) and Large Eddy Simul
- Mike Mooney, Grewcock Chair Professor of Underground Construction & Tunneling h-index 6
Notable: “Characterizing the influence of stress on foam conditioned sand for EPB tunneling” (2017) · 98 citations
- Valerio Mascolino, Assistant Professor h-index 6
Notable: “Evaluation of RAPID for a UNF cask benchmark problem” (2017) · 20 citations
- John Berger, Professor h-index 4
In the mechanical behavior and fracture of materials. Specifically, he has been engaged in research concerning dynamic crack growth and crack arrest in brittle and ductile materials, analytical and computational tools for analysis of an
Notable: “A multidating approach applied to historical slackwater flood deposits of the Gardon River, SE France” (2014) · 32 citations
- Ian Jehn, Research Assistant Professor, Space Resources h-index 4
Regolith Mechanics Lunar Surface Construction Lunar Launch and Landing Pad Systems Moonquake Hazard Quantification and Mitigation Systems Space Resources Licensure Professional Engineer (PE) in the state of CO Structural Engineer (SE) in th
Notable: “Microstructure of Icy Lunar Regolith Simulants” (2025) · 7 citations
- Oyvind Nilsen, Teaching Associate Professor h-index 3
- Polina Brodsky, Teaching Assistant Professor h-index 2
Notable: “Battery pack design and optimization for the OSU Buckeye current 2016 electric racing motorcycle” (2016) · 11 citations
- Aashutosh Mistry, Assistant Professor
- Andrew Osborne, Associate Professor
Also include hybrid energy systems, numerical methods and software engineering.
- Brian Gockel, Professor of Practice
Es on the intersection of dynamic, material-structure response and failure in extreme environments.
- Cristian Ciobanu, Professor
In nanoscale surface problems, two-dimensional materials, materials for renewable energy applications, developments of evolutionary algorithms for computational materials design and optimization of atomic structures, self-organized nano
- Daniel Blood, Teaching Professor and Director, Undergraduate Studies
Focuses on characterizing additive manufacturing technologies. Daniel brings eighteen years of experience working on humanitarian projects in developing countries, and he is excited to work with the Mines students on a variety of on-going p
- Elijah Kuska, Teaching Assistant Professor
Computational research aimed at improving treatment outcomes for disabled individuals through in silico techniques.
- Gary Nave, Teaching Assistant Professor
- George P. Kontoudis, Assistant Professor
Lie in the integration of robotics, control theory, and machine learning. In particular, he is interested in the formulation of hybrid theoretical schemes and the development of novel robotic devices to bridge the gap between machine learni
- Jeffrey Ackerman, Teaching Associate Professor
Design, Robotics, Biomechanics Selected Publications See full publication list on Google Scholar Ackerman, J., & Seipel, J. (2013). Energy Efficiency of Legged Robot Locomotion with Elastically Suspended Loads. IEEE Transactions on Robo
- Joy Gockel, Associate Professor
- Katie Knaus, Assistant Professor
Multiscale mechanical interactions of muscle and tendon Finite element modeling of 3D muscle and connective tissue structures Relationships between mobility performance and musculoskeletal properties that vary with age, sex, exercise, and i
- Kelly Rickey, Teaching Associate Professor
- Owen Hildreth, Associate Professor
Focus on additive manufacturing (nm to cm scales); mass transport, reaction kinetics, and interface design in reactive inks for stretchable electronics, photovoltaics, and microfluidic devices; sensitization kinetics, microstructure evoluti
- Rajavasanth Rajasegar, Assistant Professor
- Ventzi Karaivanov, Teaching Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies
Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.