Contents
Message from Interim Dept. Head ..... 3
Recognition of Service ....................................3
Department Statistics .......................... 4
Students ................................................................4 Faculty & Research ...........................................5
Program Advisory Board..................... 5
Alumni Survey.....................................................5
Faculty News ......................................... 6
In the Classroom ................................................6 Awards and Honors ..........................................6 Papers, Presentations & Conferences........7 Personal News ....................................................8 Research News ...................................................8
Student News ........................................ 10
Awards and Honors ..........................................10 Papers and Presentations...............................11
Special Programs.................................. 12
Chevron Short Course Series........................12 Distinguished Seminar Series .......................13
Supporting PE Students ...................... 13 End of an Era ......................................... 14 Introducing Dr. Yilin Fan...................... 16 Midstream Minor Capstone ................. 16 Donor Appreciation ............................. 18
Student Organizations......................... 19
AADE......................................................................19 ARMA .....................................................................20 SPE ..........................................................................21
Field Sessions........................................ 22
PEGN 315 — California ............................... 22 PEGN 315 — Texas ..................................... 24 PEGN 316 — Massadona ............................ 26
#idigmines Giving Day ....................................28
2 COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES
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Interim Department Head — Jennifer Miskimins Program Manager — Kayla Boster
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Program Assistant — Rachel McDonald UG Program Manager — Terri Snyder Research Administrator — Denise Winn-Bower Lab Coordinator — Joe Chen
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Linda Battalora Elio Dean Mansur Ermila Bill Eustes Yilin Fan Hossein Kazemi Mark Miller Erdal Ozkan Manika Prasad Jorge Sampaio Azra Tutuncu Yu-Shu Wu Xiaolong Yin Luis Zerpa
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Somayeh Karimi Tadesse Weldu Teklu Phil Winterfeld
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Jim Crompton Will Fleckenstein Trent Green