Contents
Message from the Department Head............. 3
Department Statistics .................................... 4
Student Data .......................................................... 4 Department Data ................................................... 4
Program Advisory Board (PAB) ...................... 5
PAB Members......................................................... 5 PAB Survey Results................................................. 5
Faculty Changes ............................................. 6
Drs. Eustes and Sampaio Retire .............................. 6 Welcome Prof. Tim Sorensen ................................. 6
Faculty News ................................................ 7
Awards and Recognition ........................................ 7 Research Tidbits ..................................................... 7 Other News ............................................................ 8
Papers & Presentations ................................. 8
Presentations ......................................................... 8 Publications ............................................................ 9
PE Data Analytics Graduate Certificate .......... 9
Student News ................................................ 10
Achievements & Competitions .............................. 10 Graduation Awards ................................................ 11
Pandemic Precautions ................................... 12
Special Programs ........................................... 13
Chevron Short Course Series.................................. 13 Distinguished Seminar Series ................................. 13
Social Media Research Features ..................... 14
Student Organizations ................................... 19
AADE ...................................................................... 19 ARMA ..................................................................... 19 SPE ......................................................................... 20
Field Session 315 ........................................... 21
Field Session 316 ........................................ 22
100 Year Anniversary..................................... 24 Social Media Options ..................................... 24
2 COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES
One of our many virtual PE Department meetings over the past year.
PE Department Leadership
Department Head — Jennifer Miskimins Associate Department Head — Xiaolong Yin Department Manager — Nellie Link
PE Staff
Program Assistant — Rachel McDonald UG Program Manager — Terri Snyder Research Administrator — Denise Winn-Bower Lab Coordinator — Joe Chen
Faculty
Linda Battalora Mansur Ermila
Alfred (Bill) Eustes, Emeritus Professor
Yilin Fan Hossein Kazemi Mark Miller Erdal Ozkan Yu-Shu Wu Luis Zerpa
Professor of Practice
Jim Crompton Elio Dean
Will Fleckenstein, Appointed in Academic Affairs
Tim Sorensen
Research Faculty
Tadesse Weldu Teklu Phil Winterfeld