Mines alum Ashle Jantzen is developing spacecraft propulsion technology that could improve satellite maneuverability and advance the future of space exploration.
Mines Magazine is published three times a year by the Colorado School of Mines Communications and Marketing Office for alumni and friends of the school.
In our Fall 2026 issue, learn how competition teams teach students to move ideas from design to reality while navigating time and resource constraints. Also read about how Mines alumni are pursuing innovative ideas to change the ways in which we travel through space, use quantum software and more.
Brad Handler, director of the Energy Finance Lab at the Payne Institute for Public Policy, said China has the ability to withhold rare earth supply or flood the market to influence prices and project power.
Ian Lange, Viola Vestal Coulter Foundation Chair in Mineral Economics, said he anticipates there will be congressional investigations into the Trump administration's work in the critical minerals area but he believes Congress will be supportive of critical minerals pipeline development in the U.S.
Nathan Lenssen, assistant professor of mathematics and statistics, said flooding events in the Four Corners and Florida are very likely to be more extreme because of warmer ocean temperatures generally, and not specifically linked to El Niño.
Austin Dyer, director of outdoor recreation, worked with a group of Mines computer science students to create an app that gamifies avalanche education.
Brad Handler, director of the Energy Finance Lab at the Payne Institute for Public Policy, discusses the complexities of carbon markets, challenges of standardization and measurement, and implications of methane emissions from orphan wells.
