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 Professor
303.384.2044
yallam@mines.edu
ALINA HANDOREAN
Teaching Professor Joint Appointment, Civil and Environmental Engineering
303.273.3592
ahandorean@mines.edu
MARIE STETTLER KLEINE
Teaching Assistant Professor
303.273.3462
mkleine@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, Department of Engineering, Design, and Society
Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering
303.273.3898
kmoore@mines.edu
MARK ORRS
Teaching Associate Professor
303.273.3704
orrs@mines.edu
ELIZABETH REDDY
Assistant Professor Joint Appointment, Geophysics
503.810.2267
reddy@mines.edu
LAUREN SHUMAKER
Teaching Assistant Professor and Director for Thorson First-Year Honors Experience
303.273.3103
shumaker@mines.edu
JESSICA SMITH
Professor and Director of Humanitarian Engineering Graduate Programs and Research
303.273.3944
jmsmith@mines.edu
KATE YOUMANS
Teaching Associate Professor
303.384.2237
kyoumans@mines.edu
Staff
BECKY BUSCHKE
Program Assistant
Engineering Annex 107
303.384.2754
rbuschke@mines.edu
CRISTIN GEORGIS
Research Support
cgeorgis@mines.edu
MONICA KURTZ
Stakeholder Relations Manager
Engineering Annex 107
303.384.2483
mkurtz@mines.edu
JULIA ROOS
Associate Director of Humanitarian Engineering
214 Engineering Hall
303.384.2629
jroos@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
DONNA BODEAU
Cornerstone and Capstone Adjunct Faculty
dbodeau@mines.edu
TRACI CASE
Cornerstone Adjunct Faculty
tcase@mines.edu
GARRETT ERICKSON
Capstone Adjunct Faculty
gerickso@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
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
SCOTT WRENICK
Capstone Adjunct Faculty
swrenick@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
QIN ZHU
Assistant Professor, Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
303.384.2090
qzhu@mines.edu