Faculty & Staff
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Faculty
DEAN NIEUSMA
EDS Department Head
303.273.3322
nieusma@mines.edu
CHELSEA SALINAS
EDS Assistant Department Head and Teaching Associate Professor
303.384.2290
csalinas@mines.edu
YOSEF ALLAM
Director of Cornerstone Design & Teaching Associate Professor
303.384.2044
yallam@mines.edu
ROBIN BULLOCK
Teaching Associate Professor
Joint Appointment, Mining Engineering
303.273.3074
rbullock@mines.edu
ALINA HANDOREAN
Teaching Associate Professor
303.273.3592
ahandorean@mines.edu
LESLIE LIGHT
Teaching Associate Professor
303.384.2440
llight@mines.edu
JUAN LUCENA
Director of Humanitarian Engineering Undergraduate Programs and Outreach &
Professor
303.273.3564
jlucena@mines.edu
MIRNA MATTJIK
Teaching Associate Professor
303.273.3010
mmattjik@mines.edu
CJ McClelland
Teaching Associate Professor
303.273.3367
cmcclell@mines.edu
KEVIN MOORE
Executive Director, Humanitarian Engineering
Director, Mines Robotics Program
Professor, Division of Engineering, Design, and Society
Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering
303.273.3898
kmoore@mines.edu

LAUREN SHUMAKER
Teaching Assistant Professor and Director for Thorson First-Year Honors Experience
303.273.3103
shumaker@mines.edu
JESSICA SMITH
Director, Humanitarian Engineering Graduate Programs and Research & Associate Professor
303.273.3944
jmsmith@mines.edu
Staff
MONICA KURTZ
Stakeholder Relations Manager
Engineering Annex 107
303.384.2483
mkurtz@mines.edu
JULIA ROOS
Associate Director of Humanitarian Engineering
109 Stratton Hall
303.384.2629
jroos@mines.edu
KIM WALKER
Program Assistant
Engineering Annex 100
303.273.3593
kwwalker@mines.edu
Affiliate Faculty

STEPHANIE CLAUSSEN
Research Professor
303.273.3650
sclausse@mines.edu

JOHN PERSICHETTI
Teaching Associate Professor, Engineering, Design, and Society
303.273.3724
jpersich@mines.edu

QIN ZHU
Assistant Professor, Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
303.384.2090
qzhu@mines.edu