Faculty & Staff
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Faculty
DEAN NIEUSMA
EDS Department Head
GRLA 201
303.273.3322
nieusma@mines.edu
CHELSEA SALINAS
EDS Assistant Department Head and Teaching Professor
GRLA 203
303.384.2290
csalinas@mines.edu
YOSEF ALLAM
Director of Cornerstone Design and Teaching Professor
GRLA 205
303.384.2044
yallam@mines.edu
DONNA BODEAU
Cornerstone and Capstone Professor of Practice
GRLA 122
dbodeau@mines.edu
JACK BRINGARDNER
Director of Education Innovation and Teaching Associate Professor
GRLA 207
303.384.2440
jack.bringardner@mines.edu
GARRETT ERICKSON
Capstone Professor of Practice
GRLA 122
gerickso@mines.edu
ALINA HANDOREAN
Teaching Professor Joint Appointment, Civil and Environmental Engineering
GRLA 217
303.273.3592
ahandorean@mines.edu
MARIE STETTLER KLEINE
Assistant Professor
GRLA 219
303.273.3462
mkleine@mines.edu
JUAN LUCENA
Director of Humanitarian Engineering Undergraduate Programs and Professor
GRLA 222
303.273.3564
jlucena@mines.edu
MIRNA MATTJIK
Teaching Associate Professor
GRLA 211
303.273.3010
mmattjik@mines.edu
Carrie (CJ) MCCLELLAND
Teaching Professor
303.273.3367
cmcclell@mines.edu
KEVIN MOORE
Executive Director, Humanitarian Engineering
Director, Department of Engineering, Design, and Society
Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering
GRLA 225
303.273.3898
kmoore@mines.edu
MARK ORRS
Teaching Associate Professor
GRLA 224
303.273.3704
orrs@mines.edu
ELIZABETH REDDY
Assistant Professor Joint Appointment, Geophysics
GRLA 221
503.810.2267
reddy@mines.edu
Sid Saleh
Teaching Associate Professor, Director of McNeil Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
EH 310
shsaleh@mines.edu
MICHAEL SHEPPARD
Teaching Assistant Professor
GRLA 204
msheppard@mines.edu
LAUREN SHUMAKER
Director for Thorson First-Year Honors Experience and Teaching Assistant Professor
303.273.3103
shumaker@mines.edu
JESSICA SMITH
Professor
GRLA 220
303.273.3944
jmsmith@mines.edu
Aubrey Wigner
Teaching Assistant Professor
GRLA 206
awigner@mines.edu
KATE YOUMANS
Teaching Associate Professor and Presidential Faculty Fellow for Diversity, Inclusion & Access (DIA)
WISEM House
303.384.2237
kyoumans@mines.edu
Staff
BECKY BUSCHKE
Program Assistant
GRLA 200
303.384.2754
rbuschke@mines.edu
LEAH FITZGERALD
Stakeholder Relations Manager
GRLA 212
leahfitzgerald@mines.edu
CRISTIN GEORGIS
Research Support
GRLA 215A
cgeorgis@mines.edu
KIRSTEN KELLY
Capstone Administration Assistant
GRLA 212
303.384.2723
kkelly@mines.edu
Adjunct Faculty
HAMID ALAMIN
Cornerstone Adjunct Faculty
aalamin@mines.edu
SCOT ALLEN
Research Compliance Officer
303.273.3734
allen@mines.edu
SUE ANDERSON
Cornerstone and Capstone Adjunct Faculty
sanderson@mines.edu
JAMES BESEDA
Capstone Adjunct Faculty
jbeseda@mines.edu
MAX BILLINGTON
Capstone Adjunct Faculty
mdbillin@mines.edu
TRACI CASE
Cornerstone Adjunct Faculty
tcase@mines.edu
MARK FLORIDA
Cornerstone and Capstone Adjunct Faculty
mflorida@mines.edu
HEATHER GOETSCH
Capstone Adjunct Faculty
hgoetsch@mines.edu
ROXANN HAYES
Capstone Adjunct Faculty
rohayes@mines.edu
BRIAN JOHNS
Cornerstone Adjunct Faculty
brianjohns@mines.edu
CARA JUERGENSEN
Cornerstone Adjunct Faculty
carajuergensen@mines.edu
RAVI KISHORE
Capstone Adjunct Faculty
rkishore@mines.edu
PATRICIA LITTMAN
Cornerstone Adjunct Faculty
plittman@mines.edu
KELLY PICKERING
Cornerstone and Capstone Adjunct Faculty
kpickering@mines.edu
ROBERT REEVES
Capstone Adjunct Faculty
robertreeves@mines.edu
Bahman Rejai
Capstone Adjunct Faculty
brejai@mines.edu
GREG RULIFSON
Humanitarian Engineering Adjunct Faculty
grulifson@mines.edu
EMILY SIEVERS
Cornerstone and Capstone Adjunct Faculty
sievers@mines.edu
BRIDGET WETZEL
Cornerstone and Capstone Adjunct Faculty
mbwetzel@mines.edu
LISA WOODWARD
Capstone Adjunct Faculty
lisawoodward@mines.edu
Affiliate Faculty
STEPHANIE CLAUSSEN
Research Professor
303.273.3650
sclausse@mines.edu
ELLEN MORRIS
Professional V-University Program Leader
303.384.6299
ellen.morris@nrel.gov