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FEatures 18 The Best Gigs on Campus Working your way through college doesn’t have to be a grind. Our informal survey of the best jobs on campus turned up quite a few students who love their work. 22 Earning Energy Independence Eisenhower/Johnson Tunnel By the end of the decade, the United States could become the world’s largest oil producer and by 2035, a net energy exporter. How has Mines contributed to this surprising turnaround? 26 Braking I-70’s Slow Slide Inch by inch, a stretch of highway near the Eisenhower Tunnel is sliding downhill. In search of a viable solution, Big Bump CDOT turned to one of the world’s top slope-stability experts, Mines Professor Ning Lu. Departments 4 Inbox 26 6 Editor’s Take 8 Inside Mines Bold Advice for Graduates | Performing at the Vatican | $5 Million for Tunneling 16 18 Program | Unconventional Teaching | Just Published | Spotlight on Tom Davis | Sports: #1 in Learfield | Female Motorsports Champ 30 Alumni Network Continuing a Legacy | Securing Your Next Move | Meet the Board 32 Class Notes Alumni Photos & Updates Profiles: Keith Staley ’35 | Amy Clarke PhD ’06 | Shane Carwin ’04 44 In Memoriam 48 At Your Service 50 Miner’s Pic 39 WEB EXTRAS | MULTIMEDIA minesmagazine.com Tough Talk “Conflict or Opportunity: Exploring the Art of Difficult Conversations,” President’s Diversity Breakfast George Saunders ‘81 Media Blitz Charlie Rose, The Colbert Report, The New York Times, and more Stories from the Syrian Frontline NPR’s Deborah

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Solving a 64-year-old Fall 2012 Volume 102 Number 2 Mines mystery In BOX A year of besting bests

QuantumColorado School of Mines Magazine An outline DOtS for doubling solar panel efficiency QUANTUM DOTS pointing out this into the ski lift industry and ski lift engi- oversight and neering. These two truly were engineers I really enjoyed the cover story on Colorado School of Mines Magazine sharing your of a thousand years. quantum dots as they relate to break- MINES_FALL_1-19F copy_ac.indd 1 10/17/12 7:55 PM own experience. William Lesage ’79 throughs in solar panels. It’s like getting an issue of Scientific American that relates to Ed.: After reading William Lesage’s research being done at my old school. My PRIDE AND REMONSTRATION email, we were curious to learn a little only comment is, more articles like this, After reading the story about the bell more about his father. Read what we please! I’m sure Mines has enough going [fall 2012 issue] and seeing my uncle in found at minesmagazine.com/lesage. on to fill a much larger magazine. The level Editor’s Take, we found a couple more of detail—given your audience—could be photos from the past. My dad and his two REACHING OUT increased, though leaving it as-is makes brothers were involved in the bell heist I loved [the fall 2012 issue]. Great this easy reading for a plane ride. and engraving. We were told the story and magazine. I always give them to kids in Steve Schow ’07 passed it on to our kids when they visited the neighborhood who have an interest in the CU museum with their elementary going to Mines. Enjoyed the article on quantum dots. school. When the school tour came to Douglas Carlson ’84 Very promising bench results. Also liked the bell, my wife would pull the child the news of new departments reflecting aside and tell their grandfather’s story You are doing a great job with Mines the diverse areas of research at Mines. of how the M was carved into the CU magazine. Keep up the good work! I guess Jay Gallagher MS ’79 bell—the smile of pride they had for their that I am old-fashioned, but the electronic grandfather that day! copy is not the same as holding the paper Nice work on this edition, especially We also told them that times have copy, regardless of how often I try. Maybe the article on Mark Lusk’s solar research. changed and today they would be arrested some day I will get an iPad and that will You made a highly technical topic much (if caught). With a son now at Mines, we work. In the meantime, please keep the more accessible. will see if the message stuck. paper copy coming. Jon A. Leydens, associate professor Name withheld Jim Holley ’64 Division of Liberal Arts and Ed.: Turn to Miner’s Pic, p. 50, for International Studies Ed.: Almost everything we print photos of the CU bell being engraved the Colorado School of Mines in the magazine is available at night it was returned to campus. minesmagazine.com; however, so long as UNFORTUNATE OMISSION we have the demand and revenue for the SKIER SAFETY ENGINEERS print edition, we’ll continue producing I enjoyed “Exploring Human Land- In the obituary for Donald Larson in the it. (Yup, that was an oblique reminder of scapes” [fall 2012], but in the photo on fall 2012 edition, it was such a pleasure the importance of CSMAA membership. p. 25 you show and mention Bill Clinton to see that he had won the Robert Lesage Thanks for keeping the presses rolling!) and Saunders. You fail to mention the award from the Rocky Mountain Lift As- great Nelson Mandela. I worked on the sociation in 2008. I know a little bit about As usual, the issue is outstanding—just extremely deep gold mines of South Robert Lesage because he was my father, amazing how you top yourself each quar- Africa from 1983 until 1995, and saw Man- and also a Mines graduate with an EM ter. Keep it up … for all of us. dela released from prison and eventually degree in 1948. Harry J. Briscoe ’71, MS ’72 democratically elected as South Africa’s As was learned in 1976 with the Vail president. He surely deserves to be recog- Gondola accident, safety can never be Really enjoyed your article on the theft nized in this photo? assumed and is never an accident. The ski of the bell from CU. John D. Applegate (Dan) ’83 industry is a critical economic engine for Fred Fraikor Ed.: He certainly does, and we deeply Colorado. The RMLA is a critical and un- regret that we failed to include his name. sung hero that ensures the skiers’ safety Not only did I read the magazine, I We thought he was so recognizable on their way up the mountain. Engineers thoroughly enjoyed ALL of it. Thank you that we didn’t need to name him, but from Mines, let alone any other engineer- for your hard work. of course we should have. Thanks for ing college, do not typically find their way Jim Larsen ’65

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STAY CONNECTED. KEEP IN TOUCH. SPRING 2013 I had a very different Editor’s Take Volume 103 Number 1 minesmagazine.com in mind until the day before we went to press. That was when my boss and President, Colorado School of Mines friend, Anita Pariseau, came into my M.W. “Bill” Scoggins office at the end of the day to say she’d taken a position at Colorado College President, CSM Alumni Association Paul Wareham ’85 and would be leaving in a few weeks. I’m happy for her: After nine years Executive Director at Mines, she’s excited about the new CSM Alumni Association challenge, and the position sounds Anita Pariseau like an ideal fit for her skills and experience. However, saying goodbye Editor and Director of Communications CSM Alumni Association to a colleague is never easy, and she Nick Sutcliffe will be sincerely missed. Anita is the best kind of leader. In Managing Editor and six years, I can’t recall a single time she’s told me what to do, yet I can’t count the Assistant Director of Communications number of times I’ve gone to her to discuss a knotty problem or issue, and left with CSM Alumni Association a solution. Amie Chitwood My colleagues report much the same. By giving us all the latitude to create Art Director and innovate, she’s encouraged us to take ownership in our work, nurturing our Craig Korn, VeggieGraphics development as professionals and growing CSMAA at the same time. A strong alumni association is a powerful partner to any university, and her Editorial Board Amie Chitwood, Tina Gianquitto, Karen Gilbert, legacy will be felt for years. Today, CSMAA is at once warm and service-oriented, Peter Han, Trisha Bentz Kendall, Anita Pariseau, yet administratively lean and efficient. Alumni have more opportunities than ever John Poate, Matt Showalter ‘99, Nick Sutcliffe to engage with the school, and network in person and online with each other; staff provide a steady stream of news and information to the community; CSMAA offers a Contributing Writers wide range of programs and services to alumni and campus; and Mines magazine is Robert Benchley, Colin Bonnicksen, Larry more widely read and appreciated than ever. Borowsky, Anna Gerber, Lisa Marshall, David Tauchen Anita also leaves CSMAA well situated for the transition. Serena Bruzgo, who will serve as interim executive director during the search, has worked for CSMAA for Copy Editor seven years, the last two as deputy director. She’s extremely competent, knows the Trisha Bentz Kendall organization intimately, and has earned the trust of the staff and board of directors. It was Anita who brought us the tagline displayed on our website: “Stay connected. Administrative Support Heidi Boersma, Jo Marie Reeves, Nancy Webb Keep in touch. Get involved. Give back.” After giving so much of her time and energy for the last nine years, I, for one, won’t be asking her to remain involved and give back. Student Intern However, those of us who have been privileged to work alongside her will make sure William Weiskopf she stays connected and keeps in touch. Thank you, Anita, for your leadership, your counsel, and your friendship. Printing American Web CPM Number # 40065056 Nick Sutcliffe Editor and Director of Communications Mines is published quarterly by Colorado School of Mines and the CSM Alumni Association for Colorado School of Mines Alumni Association alumni and friends of the school. Mines is a critical communication serving the Colorado School of Mines community. Its mission is to keep readers P.S. Once you’ve read the issue, check out the Web Extras at minesmagazine.com. informed about the school, to further the goals of After publishing the profile of George Saunders ’81 in our last issue, he’s experienced a the school and the alumni association, and to foster media blitz. Our doing? Well… the effusive New York Times Magazine article, “George connectedness. Saunders Has Written the Best Book You’ll Read This Year,” might have made the Comments and suggestions are welcome. Contact us at [email protected]; bigger splash. Mines magazine, PO Box 1410, Golden, CO 80402; or 303.273.3294. Just need to update your address? Go to minesalumni.com/update. 6 MINES Spring 2013 Colorado School of Mines Magazine 7 Inside MINES

MIDYEAR DEGREE CONVOCATION Parting Advice: “Big Things Come from Bold Approaches” Almost 45 years after graduating with a professional degree in physics from Mines, Joe Gray ’68 returned to campus on December 14, 2012, as guest speaker for Midyear Degree Convocation in Lock- ridge Arena. A world-renowned leader in cancer research who currently holds an endowed chair at Oregon Health and Science University, Gray began by saying that if his experience at Mines was any guide, then the assembled graduates had accomplished something remarkable. His predictions for their careers in the decades ahead included reference to the past: His own graduation, he

said, came a year before the United Photos: Jolesch Photography President Bill Scoggins, Joe Gray and Richard Truly all participated in December’s Midyear States put a man on the moon, at a time Convocation in December. when a 4-kilobyte core processor was a technological marvel. We’ve seen astro- the engineering challenges of your signals to guide your work.” nomic growth in raw computational generation at scales and at levels of He concluded with three recommenda- capacity since then, Gray pointed out, detail not previously imaginable.” tions: “Embrace intellectual diversity. but great changes lie ahead. “Capabili- Achieving this will involve harnessing Using knowledge in one domain to solve ties in information management and the intellectual power of colleagues problems in another is something that processing are fundamentally changing worldwide, he said. “So long as free has served me well,” said Gray, whose the fabric of society.” Speaking of worldwide information exchange can accomplishments in cancer research issues like disease management, climate be maintained, you’ll just need to figure came with no formal education in the change and energy supply, he said, out how to sift through the enormous biosciences. “You are going to be able to approach worldwide noise to find the useful Secondly, “Expose your own igno- rance to people who possess the knowledge you need ... It is difficult to learn if you don’t let your potential teachers know what you don’t know.” And lastly, “Have the courage to attempt things that others think impos- sible ... Big things come from bold approaches.” —Nick Sutcliffe Degree Breakdown Bachelor’s: 177 For more on Joe Gray’s research, read the Master’s: 191* spring 2010 article, “Cracking Cancer’s Code,” at minesmagazine.com. There, under Web Extras, you Doctoral: 43 can also find an update on his move to Oregon State *MS>BS—that’s unusual! University and the role Nike founder Phil Knight played in getting him there.

8 MINES Spring 2013 MUSIC AND ART Mines Musicians Perform at the Vatican

The chance to perform in the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Basilica— Courtesy of Bob Klimek the world’s largest church and, acoustically, one of the most remarkable—would be a far-fetched dream for many musicians, but for 21 members of the Mines community, it’s one they realized last October when they performed during a Saturday evening mass. The opportunity came by way of Mines Music Director Bob Klimek, a composer of Catholic music who managed to turn his own personal invitation from the Vatican into a rare travel experience for the group, which included 14 students, three faculty members and four alumni. In addition to exploring the region’s musical and artistic heritage, their itinerary emphasized science, engineering and art, as they explored Roman ruins and the works of Leonardo da Vinci, the father of modern science. It became “a chance to explore the relationship between art, music and engineering,” says Klimek. Besides the Vatican, Mines alumni, faculty and students traveled to Rome in the fall with Mines they visited the workshop of Marco Salerno, an internationally Music Director Bob Klimek, performing in St. Peter’s Basilica and, here, at known Renaissance and Baroque instrument maker in the hills San Paolo alla Regola. outside Rome. Surrounded by raw wood, lacquers, parchment and glues—the very same tools used to make these instru- in a performance at the 13th century church of San Paolo alla ments for centuries—students carved a Baroque fiddle. Regola. They also attended a conservatory-style master class with “As a musician, the experience was unparalleled,” says grad- the famed Italian musician Alessandro Buccarella, who uate student Joseph Capriotti ’12. Klimek is hoping to organize remarked that the engineering mindset lends itself well to the a similar trip in spring 2014, which will also be open to alumni. interpretation and shaping of music. Their class culminated —David Tauchen

ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES $5M Gift Boosts Underground Construction and Tunneling Program Photo courtesy of the Center for Underground Construction and Tunneling A 1976 alumnus has contributed $5 ties beneath major metropolitan cities. million anonymously to Colorado School “The underground construction and of Mines to support the university’s tunneling industry relies on a highly Underground Construction and Tunnel- skilled engineering workforce and ing Program and to provide scholar- technical innovation that is only possible ships for undergraduate students. A through interdisciplinary research and total of $3.5 million will go to faculty education,” says Mike Mooney, profes- support, $1 million will be used for sor in the Department of Civil and Envi- startup, and $500,000 for undergradu- ronmental Engineering and acting direc- ate scholarships. tor of the center, explaining that the In 2011, the university established challenges of underground construction the Center for Underground Construc- Last spring, the Center for Underground Construc- are getting increasingly complex. tion and Tunneling as an interdisciplin- tion and Tunneling sponsored 16 engineering The gift will enable the center to diver- students as they traveled to New York City to learn ary program, principally between the about the industry. sify its educational opportunities, which departments of mining engineering, currently include industry-driven research, geology and geological engineering, and civil and environmental field trips, technical conferences and internships with industry engineering. Academic programs and research within the center professionals. Along with the undergraduate minor and “area of provide student training and education related to site character- specialization” offered at the moment, a graduate degree program ization; design and construction of underground infrastructures, is now under development. including water, highway or subway tunnels; and subsurface facili- —Anna Gerber

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BOOKS Just Published The Simple Truth: BP’s Macondo Blowout John Turley ’65, petroleum engineering graduate, offshore-drilling expert, and ocean engineer, describes his book as a “facts-based nonfiction novel.” The 350- Students demonstrate a page book takes readers aboard Trans- bicycle modified to generate ocean’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, electricity. The device will dramatizing the drilling of the 3.5-mile-deep exploration well, be used for K-12 classroom and documenting the operating and engineering decisions outreach.

David Tauchen that led up to the catastrophe. (The Brier Patch, LLC, 2012)

UNCONVENTIONAL TEACHING A Patriot’s History of the Renewable Energy Lessons from Modern World: From America’s Exceptional Ascent to the the Real World Atomic Bomb: 1898–1945 Dave Dougherty ’61 co-wrote this historical If the real world can be the best classroom, then it’s probably a work with author Larry Schweikart, present- good idea to get away from school every now and then. ing a conservative perspective on Amer- That’s precisely the idea behind an assignment in Chuck ica’s rise to undisputed dominance over Stone’s course, Renewable Energy, in which students design the nearly 50-year span from the Spanish- their own field trips to companies or organizations involved in American war to the end of World War II. They argue that the renewable energy or sustainability and outline their experience United States drove improved living standards, accelerated innovation, guaranteed liberties, and created new opportuni- in a report. ties on its ascent to superpower status, eventually defining a “It was wide open,” said Stone, a teaching professor in the new ideal for the world. (Sentinel HC, 2012) Physics Department, surrounded by students showing off their posters and reports during the “Forum on Renewable Energy” Peer Review, Research Integrity, at Mines on December 6, 2012. “If I had told them what to do, and the Governance of Science— we wouldn’t have this depth and breadth of projects here. I was Practice, Theory, and Current incredibly impressed with the variety and creativity.” Discussions The field trips took students from solar companies to train sta- Carl Mitcham, a professor in the Division tions and even elementary schools. of Liberal Arts & International Studies at Senior Katherine Bony contacted engineers at Wheat Ridge- Mines, co-edited this Chinese-English based Major Geothermal to discover how engineers at the com- book, which provides an analysis of general ethical and policy issues related to the theory and practice pany access heat energy from below the earth’s surface. of peer review. The book was published in conjunction with “I learned all about the different types of geothermal [systems]. an international workshop of the same themes co-organized I originally thought there was only vertical, but there’s horizontal, by Mitcham at Dalian University of Technology in China, May too. It all depends on the thermal conductivity of the ground,” 21–23, 2012. Both projects were supported in part by Mines’ says Bony. Her experience also led to an internship opportunity Hennebach Program in the Humanities, of which Mitcham is with the company. the director. (Renmin Press, 2012) Senior Kristen Heiden reported on her experience with civil engineers working on LEED certification for the Union Sta- tion redevelopment project in Denver. “Union Station has a big Mining waste management system,” says Heiden, explaining that in Competition— addition to recycling, they look for ways to use waste material at Home Mark your for construction. calendars and get Heiden also learned how lighting, ventilation systems and gar- ready to hitch a ride on an ore cart to the dens can be incorporated to use less energy and enhance public 35th International space. “It’s a glimpse at what we can look forward to as engineers Intercollegiate Mining when we’re actually designing things,” she says. Games on the Mines campus March 13–17, 2013. Support our Stone’s Renewable Energy class is part of the energy minor at own Miners as the co-ed team defends its first-place win last Mines. year in Cornwall, England (see the summer 2012 issue, p. 17). —David Tauchen More info: www.csmspace.com/events/iimg35/

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FACULTY SPOTLIGHT For three Taking Work Home decades, geophysics Farmer-scholars were common Prof. Tom Davis enough in the days of Thomas Jefferson, has divided his who proudly described himself as a time between campus and his “gentleman farmer,” but that is no longer family’s farm in the case. Today, the life of a university Saskatchewan. professor is generally far removed from Taken in his office, this that of a modern farmer. photo includes Not so for Tom Davis PhD ’74, a a model of the professor of geophysics at Mines, who earliest known seismoscope keeps a foot in both these worlds. that was Since beginning his academic career developed in at Mines four decades ago, he’s returned China in Chelsea Panos 132 A.D. almost every summer to Saskatchewan to help run the family farm, a 2,400-acre hydraulic fracturing, connect wells with research enables students to get their spread that includes lands his father, Len natural fractures. hands dirty in the oil fields, analyze the Davis, started farming in 1946. These Established by Davis in the mid-1980s, data and present at conferences,” he days, Tom and his wife, Pat, get plenty RCP has been bringing industry together says. of help from their three sons, and some to collaborate on research for almost 30 After announcing plans to retire in from their six grandchildren. Even Len, years. Working closely with his co-direc- 2015, Davis says he’s looking forward aged 94, spent several days last August tor, Bob Benson ’76, MS ’84, PhD ’97, to spending more time on the farm. running the combine harvester. who joined RCP in 1987, the consortium And perhaps by then oil will have been On campus, Davis is co-director of has steadily grown in stature and size. discovered on the property, which sits the Reservoir Characterization Project, Over the last 10 years, they’ve received squarely on top of the oil-bearing Bakken an independently sponsored research a total of about $20 million in funding Formation. The first wells will be drilled consortium whose mission from an expand- this summer. is to develop and apply “The challenge is ing circle of In the years ahead, he anticipates advanced seismology and private spon- continuing to help Mines and RCP, associated technologies to finding the fractures, sors—currently devoting time to research and consulting, characterize complex oil and 40, up from 25 and continuing to serve on the board of gas reservoirs. and that’s where in 2003. Geospace Technologies, a manufacturer “Historically, oil has been RCP comes in.” Joining the of specialized seismic equipment for the extracted using vertical consortium oil and gas industry. drilling and vertical wells,” gives member If they do strike oil, will the family says Davis. “As we have sought to companies access to RCP’s diverse continue to farm? “Absolutely,” says increase production, we have learned research, including reservoir modeling, Davis, who jokes that they have no plans a lot about fractured reservoirs. The simulation, and 3D and 4D visualization, (or inclination) to pack up and move to challenge is finding the fractures, and much of which draws on RCP’s seismic Beverly Hills. that’s where RCP comes in. We look for datasets, claimed to be the most compre- So Davis has plenty of changes in store, the so-called ‘sweet spots’ where natural hensive in the world. but one thing will remain the same: He’ll fractures occur.” The industry is now Davis is proud of the services they continue to divide his time between sub- able to drill into those sweet spots with offer industry; he’s also proud of the surface exploration and farming. These horizontal wells and, using multi-stage opportunities they offer students. “The worlds are just moving closer together.

DID ARTHUR LAKES DISCOVER T-REX? Arthur Lakes’ role in the discovery of the first T-Rex fragments near Morrison, Colo., in 1874 is captured in a recently released 60-minute documentary titled, “Arthur Lakes: Discovering Dinosaurs.” The documentary includes reenactments and an interview with Bruce Geller, director of the Mines Geology Museum, who describes Lakes as the originator of the museum. Lakes taught geology, drawing and writing at Mines from 1876 until 1893. DVDs are available for $19.95 at the Geology Museum and the Dinosaur Ridge gift shops (dinoridge.org).

Watch an excerpt from the documentary at minesmagazine.com under Web Extras.

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ATHLETICS Orediggers No. 1 in Learfield In the final fall edition of the NCAA Division II Men’s soccer. The team upset Learfield Sports Director’s Cup standings, Colorado NSCAA No. 1 and previously unbeaten School of Mines ranked No. 1. The Orediggers Regis for its second RMAC Tournament finished second in men’s cross country, fifth in Championship in three years. The RMAC women’s soccer, eighth in women’s cross coun- regular season runners-up also advanced try and 17th in both men’s soccer and women’s to the NCAA Division II National volleyball. Championship tournament for the fourth time in program history, finishing the Cross country. Men took a top-five finish at season 14-5-2 overall. the NCAA Division II National Championships for a fourth straight year, with a program-best second Volleyball. Mines posted a place showing and five USTFCCCA All-Americans. program-best 26-7 record in 2012 en The women took eighth for their third top-10 finish route to the program’s first-ever RMAC since 2003. Championship. After advancing to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth Women’s soccer. The women’s squad consecutive year, they ended the season captured its second consecutive RMAC Megan Woodworth with a school-best No. 12 national Tournament Championships and advanced to the ranking. Head coach Jamie Skadeland Mines Sports Information NCAA Division II Championship quarterfinals for was named the RMAC and Region Coach the third time in four seasons. The Orediggers achieved a 14- of the Year, while Jackie Stabell and Melanie Wannamaker both game unbeaten streak—a new school record—concluding the earned All-American honors. year 18-4-2 overall. —Colin Bonnicksen

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STUDENT Q&A Use Our Core Strengths Girl Power Propels Motorsports Champion to Build Yours Navigating her first year at Mines and keeping up with a rigor- ous kart-racing schedule, Sabré Cook must work hard to stay ahead in these two predominantly male arenas. The freshman A Member studying mechanical engineering has been behind a wheel since

Tristan Cook Photography Tristan her dad first drove her around a racing track in his lap shortly of the Mines after she learned to walk. Her first major victory came in 2007 with a TAG World Championship win, and last November she became the first-ever woman to win a Superkarts USA national title. After learning about Cook and her accomplishments,

Community On Track Promotions we got in touch, wanting to know more. Since 1992 What captured your interest in engineering? I really got interested in engineering—particularly mechanical—by growing up around motorsports. I enjoy the basics of how things move and work in a system. I also had a great engineering class in high school.

How was your first semester at Mines?It’s been challenging, because it’s hard being away from In November 2012, freshman Sabré Cook became the first woman to home and balancing my class load with my racing win a SKUSA national title. schedule. But I’m beginning to get the hang of things and am getting better at time management, so I can enjoy it more.

How did you get started in racing? My family had always been involved in it, especially my father, who was a professional motorcyclist. Motorcycles tend to be a bit risky so, of course, he didn’t want his children doing that. Putting us in karting and cars was the compromise.

How do you prepare for a race? My pre-race ritual can be anything from listening to music to motivate me, or reading inspirational quotes I’ve saved, or even taking a quick nap to calm myself down and make my senses alert. But I always take some time alone before I race to think about my plan of execution and to focus on what I MICROMINE sets the standard for mining software. need to do. Then, right before I get in the seat, I usually do some ballistic movements or jumping to get my heart rate and my aggression up. This part is vital since, being a Now taught in the top mining schools around the world. girl, I don’t possess as much natural aggression as a male would. —Amie Chitwood

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Colorado School of Mines Magazine 17 The Best Gigs On Campus

Outdoor Recreation Center climbing wall route setters

From the intellectual to the adventurous, students Andrew Lee, sophomore 1Field of study: Chemical engineering employed by Mines report that, along with a paycheck, their work provides balance, fun and intellectual Brandon Conaway, sophomore Field of study: Geological engineering stimulation. Having access to a deep pool of driven, high-achieving young men and women is good for When they’re done solving problems in their calculus classes, Andrew Lee and Brandon Con- Mines, too. away head to the Student Rec Center and invent problems for others to solve—climbing problems. By Amie Chitwood “This job puts you in an environment where you Photography by Chelsea Panos can be creative,” says Conaway. “It gives you the opportunity to set routes that challenge your abili- Scooping ice cream or flipping burgers is honorable work for a college ties and other students. I think my favorite part, though, is watching people who have never rock student, but some of the job opportunities for Colorado School of Mines climbed before come in and have a blast.” students offer a lot more, kick-starting careers, forging community Lee, who’s the head route setter, has climbed for connections and pushing phyical limits. On a headcount basis, more 12 years. “I get to spend a lot of time getting paid to do what I do best,” he says. “I also get to climb than 60 percent of the individuals employed at Mines are students (40 all the other setters’ problems and tweak them percent undergraduates), and while most may work only a few hours per if they need to be adjusted.” When asked for his week, their cumulative contribution to campus operations is substantial. strategy in establishing routes, Lee doesn’t hesi- tate: “As an experienced climber, you know what’s Interested in finding out which undergraduates had the best gig, we took next; it’s natural. You start with a move or hold a survey. Here we bring you our top five and comments from others who and then devise a set of movements to go into it. It Scaught our attention. just flows. It’s an art form.” 18 MINES Spring 2013 Research assistant in the Hailey Meyer, first-year sophomore Colorado Fuel Cell Center Field of study: Chemistry and chemical engineering If Hailey Meyer is the future of renewable energy, we have little to worry about. “Thursdays are my favorite—that’s the day that I work,” she gushes with palpable enthusiasm. She’s at Mines because of the Harvey Scholars Program, 2 which she was invited to apply for last summer while in Spain (“that was an adventure and a half, trying to find an English word processor to write my es- say”), and is creating polymers, learning about zero-emission anion-exchange fuel cells that use rock minerals as a catalyst instead of precious metals, and worrying about research funding drying up. Meyer landed a dream job working in renewable energy thanks to work-study funds and a connection she made through a Society of Women Engineers Evening with Industry event last September. “I hope NREL hires me some day,” she confides. “It’s comforting to know that I have a network now. I am one of the lucky ones to find what I am passionate about so early in my college career.”

Outdoor Recreation Center Mine Safety and Health3 Research assistant, teacher and organizer climbing wall route setters program assistants 4of STEM classes for 4th and 5th graders

Clancy Harman, senior Julia Morin, junior Field of study: Mining engineering Field of study: Mechanical engineering, pursuing a Nicole Henderson, junior minor in computer science Field of study: Mining engineering Over the din of chatty, bouncing nine- and ten-year-olds comes Julia Morin’s calm voice. “Today is our last class,” she says. “Nooooo!” the When professionals in mine safety and rescue come to Mines for students respond with dismay. Morin is working for the Department of training, Clancy Harman and Nicole Henderson teach and learn from Electrical Engineering and Computer Science teaching after-school classes them. “It gives me a chance to see how other mine rescue teams prac- on what engineers do. It’s a significant time investment: She spends 10–20 tice their skills and how we can use that experience to improve our own hours preparing for each 1.5-hour class, but she loves working with kids training programs,” says Harman. “A day at work can include research and is considering a career in teaching at the high school or college level. in the office, instructing heavy-lift rescue, or firefighting exercises at “For the first class, I asked the students to build a house out of straws for Edgar Mine. The variety keeps the job interesting and encourages me to the Three Little Pigs,” Morin says. “I hired the kids as my civil engineers give my best.” and they came up with different designs for a house that would withstand That included his first week on the job, when he was observing and the huffing and puffing of the Big Bad Wolf—some were very clever. The critiquing a U.S. Army rescue team. “I was only 19, but because I was a kids had fun blowing their houses over and seeing which house was the civilian trainer, these U.S. Army Rangers and sappers called me ‘sir,’” he best.” recalls. “It took some getting used to.” On the day Mines visits the classroom, Morin is introducing an Henderson helps prepare and teach the safety classes, contacts teams electrical engineering student, Timothy Tribby, who’s going to demon- who may be interested, and assists in the training. “Recently I helped strate a 1990s-era robot donated to Mines by GM. But that’s for later. teach a heavy-lift class and run our computer simulator with a coal Skillfully sliding past the questions that follow (“Do you have a hugging mine rescue team from Oklahoma,” she says. “I’m able to learn a ton machine here? There’s a hugging machine in China”), she launches into while also getting to practice public speaking and presentation skills.” a Q&A recap of the past four weeks, and then transitions into interactive Lately Henderson and Clancy have been preparing to offer instruc- websites and videos that pull all 14 pairs of eyes to the front of the room. tion on some brand-new technology that just arrived at the Edgar Mine Her poise, focus and ability to pace the class are impressive. The students in December: a refuge chamber for miners trapped underground. are engaged.

Colorado School of Mines Magazine 19 Joshua Lamson, senior Field of study: Computer Science

Joshua Lamson sits on an elevated rolling chair in front of an array of sound and lighting equipment in the booth that overlooks Bunker Auditorium. There isn’t a moment of silence as he fills the space with gleeful descriptions of amplifiers, new CD equipment, and stories of solving clients’ problems over “the God mic,” a microphone that enables the technician’s voice to be heard throughout the auditorium. “Learning how to work with full sound systems and doing crazy lights for a dance recital is fun, fast-paced work that makes time fly,” Lamson says, adding that the occasional free food is a nice perk. He’s been working events at the Green Center since his freshman year, giving him an eagle’s nest view of numerous professional speakers, plays, con- Student technician for the Green certs and movies that come to campus. It’s more than fun and games, 5 though: “I’ve had the opportunity to meet many professors and other Center Office of Events staff and faculty, giving me a leg up in networking on campus.”

What they like best about their jobs Research assistant Kickboxing Research assistant, for Prof. David Pyles, instructor, SRC ceramic engineering Chevron Center of Shawn Miks, Scott Harper, senior, Research Excellence junior, metallurgical and Bradley Nuse, senior, petroleum materials engineering,

geological engineering engineering Courtesy photo Harvey Scholar

I went to Spain last Courtesy photo I teach kickboxing Last summer I spent 2.5 months at the Indian

Courtesy photo summer to help a doctoral at the Student Rec Center. Nothing’s better than Institute of Science in Bangalore, continuing candidate finish his thesis. kicking and punching. research on the kinetics of grain growth in nickel oxide-doped yttria-stabilized zirconia. Biology teaching assistant CASA peer Sandra O’Brien, junior, advisor/mentor Geology Museum aide biochemistry Nicole Neals, Stephen Cuttler, senior, I love biology and I love teaching. sophomore, geophysics Many freshmen struggle with environmental During tours, I see kids reach

Courtesy photo Biological and Environmental engineering, McBride aha! moments that might

Systems 101, and hopefully I make their Courtesy photo Honors Program put them on paths to pursue transition to the learning environment at Mines a I like helping new students because I know how lifelong careers in science and little smoother. overwhelming Mines can be—I feel I make an Courtesy photo engineering. impact on their success at school. Announcer for Mines Chemical storeroom home sporting events Circulation assistant Nate McClain, senior, desk assistant Jack Stuntz, freshman, geological engineering at Arthur Lakes chemical and I’m paid to talk. I get Library biochemical a front row seat to all Molly Katolas, engineering sporting events, I can build senior, I sort and distribute every

Colin Bonnicksen camaraderie with the athletes, environmental Courtesy photo chemical ordered on and I’ve worked with famous people like Woody Chelsea Panos engineering campus. We’ve had some interesting ones come Paige (sportswriter and a regular panelist on I get first dibs on the new books and, when it’s through, like one that cost more than $3 million ESPN’s “Around the Horn”). not busy, I can read or do homework. for 1 gram.

Mines magazine photographer And you? Did you have a cool Chelsea Panos, sophomore, or interesting job when you were engineering physics a student at Mines? Make your Photography is a creative outlet in experience a part of this article my otherwise very analytical life; by going to minesmagazine.com/ this job combines that with my love for this school. It’s an awesome student_jobs or email magazine@ adventure! mines.edu.

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Colorado School of Mines Magazine 21 Earning ENERGY

Could the United States reverse course from its position as the world’s largest importer of oil and natural gas to become an exporter of these resources? A recent report by the International Energy Agency suggests we can.

22 MINES Spring 2013 When Jennifer Miskimins MS ’00, PhD ’02 received her Kansas and is believed to contain as much bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering in 1990, the United as 6 billion barrels of oil. States oil industry was still reeling from the ’80s price collapse, Petroleum engineers first tapped most major companies had shifted their exploration efforts into it in 1901 at the Boulder Oil Field Woverseas, and those remaining on shore were slowing produc- between Niwot and Boulder, where tion and focusing on the lowest-hanging fruit. crude oil was found bubbling to the surface in a manner reminis- Talk of an imminent “peak oil” crisis was escalating. And for cent of a Beverly Hillbillies episode, says Davis. The source of the bright, forward-thinking engineers, job prospects were bleak. unusual spring? An underground reservoir filled with oil that had “Nobody in their right mind was going into oil and gas at the seeped, over the millennia, from the Niobrara Formation. time,” recalls Miskimins, an associate professor of petroleum In the decades that followed, as petroleum engineers tapped engineering at Mines. into this and numerous other similar pockets of oil, known as A quarter-century later, the U.S. energy landscape couldn’t “conventional reservoirs,” in Colorado and around the U.S., this look more different. According to a November report by the “easy oil” was depleted. Paris-based International Energy Agency, “World Energy Meanwhile, “unconventional reservoirs”—where oil and Outlook 2012,” the United States is poised to be the planet’s gas are trapped in tiny pores within the rock where they were largest oil producer by 2020, overtaking Saudi Arabia for the formed—remained largely untouched. “We always knew as an number one slot with a production rate of 11.1 million barrels industry that the oil and gas were there. We just didn’t have the per day. Already, domestic oil production rose more than 7 per- techniques to get to them,” says Miskimins, who specializes in cent in 2012, marking the fourth consecutive year of increases, hydraulic fracturing and reservoir stimulation. and the largest year-over-year spike since 1951. With its blend of petroleum engineers, geologists, geophysi- Meanwhile, according to the Mines-based Potential Gas cists, chemical engineers and environmental scientists, Mines Committee, the U.S. currently possesses 1,898 trillion cubic feet stepped in early to help solve the puzzle. of “technically recoverable” natural gas (the highest assess- “Mines was working on unconventional reservoirs before ment in the committee’s 46-year-history), a fact that recently we even called them unconventional reservoirs,” quips prompted the Department of Energy to conclude that the time Miskimins, noting how faculty and students have studied has come for the country to become an exporter. hydrocarbons in tight sand systems in Colorado, Wyoming and As oil imports shrink and energy efficiency efforts expand, Utah for decades. “Today, there are probably 60 or 70 people the IEA predicts that in net terms, the United States could reach working on these oil and gas issues here, and a lot of step-by- energy self-sufficiency by 2035. step changes are coming out of it.” “North America is at the forefront of a sweeping transforma- Contrary to popular belief, hydraulic fracturing is nothing tion in oil and gas production that will affect all regions of the new. In 1947, engineers at the Hugoton gas field in western world,” states IEA’s executive director, Maria Van der Hoeven. Kansas became the first in the world to pump fluid down a So how did we get here and where are we going next? The well in an effort to crack the surrounding rock, boost its per- answers to both questions have a lot to do with Colorado meability and increase flow. By the 1980s, about 40 percent of School of Mines. all wells were fractured. “Mines has played a very significant role in this evolution,” In the 1980s—thanks in part to drilling motor improve- says Tom Davis PhD ’74, a professor of geophysics at Mines. ments and subsurface mapping technologies that came out of “We’ve been involved in everything from developing drilling and Mines—horizontal drilling was adopted by the energy industry. stimulation technologies to better understanding the geology of Energy companies began drilling horizontally to reach their formations to using geophysics to look for natural fractures in targets, and a handful began experimenting with fracturing the rock and find the best areas to stimulate and drill wells.” rock along the horizontal wellbore. Ultimately, the successful integration of horizontal drill- FROM “EASY OIL” TO “HARD OIL” ing and multi-stage fracture stimulation transformed the Roughly 8,000 feet below the Mines campus lies the Niobrara industry, boosting the nation’s inventory of recoverable fossil Formation, a dense, 80-million-year-old chunk of shale that energy resources practically overnight. The Potential Gas stretches across parts of Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska and Committee’s biennial report in 2009 reflected a 40 percent

Some of the faculty at Mines involved in unconventional oil and gas recovery (left to right): Tom Davis, Carolyn Koh, Jennifer Miskimins, Azra Tutuncu, Steve Sonnenberg, Yu Shu Wu.

Colorado School of Mines Magazine 23 This EIA map from 2011 indicates the known sources of natural gas in play. Source: Energy Information Administration

jump in “technically recoverable natural gas” reserves over the same reservoir over time (the fourth dimension) and creating the 2007 report. And in 2010, proved reserves of recoverable time-lapse video sequences of oil or gas migrating through rock U.S. oil and natural gas rose by the highest amounts ever as hydrocarbons are pumped out. recorded since the U.S. Energy Information Administration The approach has given operators unprecedented insight into began publishing estimates in 1977. the effect of their stimulation efforts, and now, having accumu- Technology changed the economics as well. Within a few lated the largest seismic dataset in the world, their models are years, unconventional oil resources that were previously widely used to guide drilling and stimulation efforts. “We can uneconomic became spectacularly profitable. “Wells that used determine the best place to sink a well, see the effectiveness of to produce 30 to 50 barrels of oil per day are producing 1,000 per hydraulic fracturing, and monitor the area over time to see what day,” says Steve Sonnenberg PhD ’81, a professor of petroleum happens to the subsurface rock,” says Davis, noting that the geology at Mines. approach can also help avoid induced earthquakes and water contamination—two of the biggest concerns raised by oppo- CONTRIBUTIONS THEN AND NOW nents of hydraulic fracturing. “We can predict and avoid areas On a snowy morning in 1985, Davis and an interdisciplin- where we have the potential to cause harm.” ary team of geologists and geophysicists began to set Since getting her PhD at Mines in 2002, up equipment at Silo Field in Wyoming to record Miskimins has been working with industry col- seismic waves and gain a clearer picture of leagues, fellow researchers and students to what the reservoir thousands of feet help determine what materials work best below looked like. Their efforts led as proppants (particles mixed into to the first detailed 3D map of hydraulic fracturing fluids that prop natural subsurface fractures and open cracks in fractured rock faults within an oil field, and the and facilitate the flow of oil Bakken information was used to guide and gas) and where and how to the drilling of some of the earliest -350 stimulate the well for maxi- horizontal wells. mum efficiency. In 2003, she It was one of the first major helped launch the Fracturing, projects undertaken by the Acidizing, Stimulation Reservoir Characterization Technologies (FAST) consor-

Project, a research consortium 350 tium, the only university-based at Mines formed by Davis that % Anisotropy hydraulic fracturing consortium 1 mile has since emerged as an industry in the nation. leader in a technique called 4D This map, by graduate student Lillian Comegys, is an example of the Meanwhile, Sonnenberg Reservoir Characterization Project’s work and indicates the best loca- N seismology, which involves taking tions to drill—yellow being the best, purple the worst—in an area just works with industry to make regular 3D seismic snapshots of southeast of Parshall Field, N.D. Two existing well sites are also marked. Shearthe Amp most Anisot ofro thepy oil and gas %y=2(Rs1-Rs2) x100 Bakken Centered Gate window: 5 ms

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MBOE/D 10 Wells that used to produce Unconventional oil

05 30 to 50 barrels of oil per Conventional oil

1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 day are producing

Production of unconventional oil and gas is expected to peak in 2020. Source: “World Energy Outlook 2012,” International Energy Agency 1,000 per day.

resources in the Rocky Mountain region by directing the fracture rock instead of water. Niobrara Research Consortium, a collective of roughly 30 “The idea is to use liquid nitrogen, which is very cold, to gener- companies and a few dozen students who study everything from ate fractures,” explains Wu. “After a couple of hours, when the seismic reservoir modeling to fracturing techniques. temperature warms back up, it evaporates.” That reduces the Professor Azra Tutuncu, who holds the Harry D. Campbell risk of contaminating groundwater and of damaging the forma- Distinguished Chair in Petroleum Engineering, directs the tion itself, which lingering water from hydraulic fracturing can university’s Unconventional Natural Gas and Oil Institute, which do. “It’s really early days, but if it works, it could change the launched a consortium in 2012 to support unconventional natu- industry,” says Wu. ral gas and oil exploration and development. UNGI also offers Along similar lines, Wu, Davis and dozens of other Mines educational programs for students, policy makers and regulators. faculty and students are exploring ways to use CO2 emitted from coal-fired power plants as a fracturing fluid. In addi-

PROMISE AND CHALLENGES IN THE FUTURE tion to addressing water use concerns, the CO2 would largely Dismissing popular environmental concerns about hydraulic remain sequestered in the subsurface rather than going into the fracturing as unfounded, the IEA’s report assumes uninterrupted atmosphere. proliferation of the technology. However, every faculty member On the natural gas front, one area that scientists at Mines’ and alum interviewed for this story concedes that the industry Center for Hydrate Research are pursuing is how fuel might one faces a significant public relations challenge. day be transported in crystalline hydrate form. Currently, natural “We have to assure people that this is not a technology to fear,” gas is transported by ship as a liquid that must be kept at a frigid says Davis. −260°F. If systems could be developed to efficiently create natu- Miskimins often gives free presentations to community groups ral gas hydrate, which remains stable at a balmy −4°F, the energy to explain the pros and cons of hydraulic fracturing, and to savings could be considerable. The trade-off is that the hydrate dispel what she sees as widespread misinformation. She explains is much less dense than liquified natural gas. “The key is mak- that because the unconventional reservoirs being tapped are so ing these hydrate crystals in a way that is very efficient,” says far below the surface, the chance of groundwater contamina- Carolyn Koh, a professor at Mines and co-director of the center. tion is relatively slim. She also says the amount of water used “It involves fundamental science with important applications.” in hydraulic fracturing has been somewhat overplayed in the In the end, faculty members say, the greatest contribution the media. school has made to the energy industry is to turn out graduates “But if public perception is that it is a bad thing to be using all with a broad-based interdisciplinary understanding of oil and this water, then industry needs to be looking for other options,” gas, which they apply to everything from exploration to policy she says. making. In August, Mines professor Yu-Shu Wu, Miskimins, and For those graduating today, the future looks bright. “We are Xiaolong Yin (an assistant professor at Mines) were awarded a unique, and that is recognized by industry,” says Sonnenberg. $4.66 million grant, funded jointly by the Department of Energy “One hundred percent of the students coming out of our pro- and the petroleum industry, to explore using rapid cooling to grams are getting hired right now.”

Colorado School of Mines Magazine 25 Two summers ago on I-70, about a mile from the highest point on the nation’s A slow, persistent Interstate Highway System, a dip in the pavement grew so large that cars were going landslide is airborne and getting tossed out of their lanes. Fortunately, no one crashed before undermining a short the Colorado Department of Transportation made repairs, but drivers shouldn’t rest too easy; the Big Bump will be back. section of I-70, about Located about a mile west of the Eisenhower Tunnel in Summit County, the Big a mile from the Bump is a perennial headache for CDOT. The dip forms in the eastbound lanes on a slope-side stretch of highway perched hundreds of feet above Straight Creek. As highest point on the spring snowmelt soaks underlying layers of rock and soil, the roadbed sinks a few nation’s Interstate inches every year. When it gets bad enough, CDOT repaves to level things out, but Highway System. come the following June, the Big Bump returns. T“At that point, the asphalt is now 6 to 7 feet deep,” says Ning Lu, a professor in Finding a solution is a the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, who refers to the slippage conundrum that one on I-70 as a slow-motion landslide. “CDOT keeps laying over more asphalt, but that’s just a short-term solution. With each passing year, the chance of a catastrophic event Mines professor is grows, and finding a long-term sustainable engineering solution is critical.” helping to unravel. CDOT turned to Lu, an international expert on landslides, in 2009. Since then, he’s partnered with the state’s engineers to gather baseline data about slope stability, By Larry Borowsky with an eye toward developing a plan for a permanent fix. Braking I-70’s Ski Loveland Slow Courtesy of Google Earth, TerraMetrics and DigitalGlobe Slide Eisenhower/Johnson Tunnel

Big Bump

26 MINES Spring 2013 “We started a field investigation there three years ago,” Lu says. “We put in sensors to measure embankment movement and groundwater table fluctuation in the slope over time. The main purpose of our research is to understand the configuration of the water table and soil—what type of soil is there, what’s happening with the water table.” Lu found a clear pattern: “Stabilize, slide, stabilize, slide. But at some point, rather than 2 inches of subsidence in a year, there could be 2 feet of subsidence, and the highway would not be functional.” That’s an outcome both Lu and CDOT hope to prevent. Over this stretch of I-70, the eastbound lanes are built on fill excavated from the tunnel in the 1970s. There is no subsidence on the westbound lanes, which sit more directly over bedrock. Located at 11,000 feet, winter snowfall accumulations are considerable. By early spring, drifts at the edge of the highway often stand more than 10 feet high, and a snow-laden mountain- side rises another 1,500 feet to the north. “All that snow melts within a couple of weeks in the spring,” explains Lu, adding that the topography funnels surface runoff directly toward the area of the Big Bump. “As subsurface moisture content increases, the water table rises rapidly and the slope loses stability. Our monitoring results indicate that the water table rises by as much as 30 feet within the two-week snowmelt period.” It doesn’t help that there are two springs Professor Ning Lu has been working with CDOT for three years, seeking a long-term solution to the seasonal slope instability. nearby. Tyson Brown ’08, MS ’11 Brown Tyson “We’re looking at a dynamic process that extends from the surface to the water table and the underlying bedrock,” Lu says. “Precipitation alters the stress inside a slope, and when the stress state reaches its limit along the sliding surface, there will be a landslide. Sometimes it could take a few hours. Other times it could be weeks or years.”

Searching for a sustainable solution The highway has sunk on a seasonal basis since it was completed in the 1970s. One of the primary concerns is that this consistent movement over four decades has defined a shear plane—an interface between bedrock and the material supporting the road that gets weaker with each spring melt. “It is likely that at some point in the future, accelerated sliding is going to occur if effective measures are not taken,” says Lu. Over the years, CDOT has looked at various options for permanently stabilizing the slope. One is to keep the area dry by channeling surface runoff away from the slide area and installing a network of subsurface drains. With adequate drain- age, efforts could then be made to reinforce unstable soils with underground structures. Another idea is to stack the eastbound and westbound lanes in an overhang configuration—as in Glenwood Canyon—so that both directions lie atop stable bedrock, but complex construction on this scale at this elevation would be very costly. In addition, projects of this magnitude would necessitate Every year since the 1970s, the eastbound lane has subsided a few closing I-70 for several months and diverting traffic over inches during springtime snow melt. This fissure was found after Loveland Pass, which would result in hours of delays, have asphalt was removed for repairs in summer 2012. a national impact on transit and shipping, and wreak havoc Grant Anderson, CDOT

Colorado School of Mines Magazine 27 Source: Michael Morse North

3260 Asphalt

Inferred shear plane with state commerce atmosphere leads to 3240 and tourism. Such Approx. water table location more intense storms and economic costs need precipitation. to be considered Mixed Borehole “Any natural slope you 3220 sediment along with the cost of and rock see today is in a delicate construction. Clay equilibrium that has South “It would be very 3200 evolved over thousands Fractured bedrock expensive to fix,” says Elevation above sea level (m) with clay and silt of years,” Lu explains. “If Mark Vessely ’94, a you change the pattern, Bedrock 3180 it’s going to alter the bal- former CDOT engi- Mixed clay, rock and river sediment neer who now works ance and possibly trigger 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 for the consulting firm a landslide.” For this to Cross-sectional distance (m) Shannon and Wilson. happen, the total volume With no viable A hydrogeologic cross-section of I-70 looking east developed by PhD student Michael of precipitation is less rel- Morse illustrates the possible location of a weakening shear plane under part of the alternatives, CDOT highway. Boreholes are used to gather data about the elevation of the water table evant than the intensity. resorted to an asphalt during spring snowmelt. “A slow rain will produce Band-Aid until last different effects on a spring, when Vessely and his company devised plans to drill a slope than an equivalent amount of rain that falls more quickly.” series of shafts into the thick asphalt pad at the Big Bump and Lu’s new book, “Hillslope Hydrology and Stability,” published fill the holes with lightweight cellular concrete. “It reduces the by Cambridge University Press and co-authored with USGS weight and stress on top of the slide, and fills voids and loose colleague Jonathan Godt, offers a comprehensive set of global soil beneath the pavement,” says Vessely. “The goal is to make landslide data, along with a new hydrological and mechani- some improvements and lower CDOT’s year-to-year mainte- cal framework for predicting and analyzing the likelihood of a nance costs, but it’s an interim measure. The long-term fix is major slide on a given hill slope or region. It answers questions still undecided.” not covered in his 2004 book, “Unsaturated Soil Mechanics,” published by John Wiley and Sons, co-authored with William Probing the Rockies Likos PhD ’00, a professor at University of Wisconsin–Madison, CDOT spokesperson Bob Wilson says the department which has become a go-to reference for civil engineers around brought in Lu to help because of his insight and experience. the world. Still, he says, landslide forecasting has lots of room Lu has studied landslides around the world as part of an for improvement. arrangement between Mines and the U.S. Geological Survey’s CDOT renewed the research contract with Lu and Mines Landslide Science and Engineering Partnership. Associate Teaching Professor Alexandra Wayllace for another The team monitors numerous active landslide sites in three years. During that time, the asphalt at the Big Bump may Washington, Oregon, California, North Carolina and Colorado grow another foot deeper. But Lu’s body of soil and water data in an effort to develop simulators and modeling tools. When will grow deeper as well and, he hopes, yield the information a major slide occurs anywhere in the world, Lu and his USGS necessary to formulate a strong long-term solution. colleagues are generally among the first investigators on the What are the chances they’ll be able to finesse the problem scene. and avoid massive disruption and expense? “Once we know “The response team goes to take more about subsurface fluid flow and stress variation pat- samples and data, make assessments, terns, we’ll be in a better position to know if conditions can be evaluate mechanisms, and find out changed to stabilize the slope in a natural setting without major how much stress and what particular overhaul,” Lu says. “The key may be controlling groundwater type of soils were involved,” says Lu, table levels within the highway embankment. That could hap- who points out that landslides are pen, and it could be economical and sustainable.” becoming more frequent. The reason? Engineers at CDOT certainly hope so. “We’ve been patching The primary culprit is global climate this over for too many years,” says CDOT’s Wilson. “Eventually change, he says. More energy in the you have to fix what’s broken.” Ning Lu

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More than $14,000 was awarded Tyson Brown ’08, MS ’11 to 19 freshmen and seniors at a reception on November 2, 2012, in the Ben H. Parker Student Center. Attended by more than 30 family members and friends, the event marked a longstanding alumni association tradition of offering special financial assistance to the children and grandchildren of members. Called Legacy Grants, students are eligible for assistance during their first Several Legacy Grant recipients attended a and last years at Mines, the amount fluctuating based on donations to CSMAA’s Student reception in their honor last November. Back row Financial Assistance Fund during the previous fiscal year. This fall, students came away (left to right): Ryan Wareham, Dominick Condoleo, with checks for $750 each. Sean McDaniel, Connor Clark, Steven Freytag, Matthew Cornellisson. Middle: Morgan Lindsey, To qualify, the sponsoring parent or grandparent must have been an active, paying Tyler Wylie, Newton Adamson, Taylor Seal, Sean member of the alumni association for the last five consecutive years. After President Bill Gildea, Giuseppe Pasqualino. Front: Marcelle Scoggins welcomed family members to campus and thanked them for their loyalty to the Sprackling, Michelle Nilson, Jessica Nilson, Sean Coady, Julianne Wilson. Not pictured: Hannah school and CSMAA, Anita Pariseau, executive director of CSMAA, presented awards. Govett and Joshua Ratliff. Tyson Brown ’08, MS ’11 CAREER DEVELOPMENT Securing Your Next Move On November 12, 2012, the Colorado School of Mines Alumni Associa- tion’s ongoing Professional Development Series featured “Securing Your Next Move,” a panel discussion moderated by Cooper Swenson MS ’04. The panel included professional recruiters Dave White ’81 and Leslie O’Connor, and seasoned business executive Becky O’Rourke. About 45 alumni attended the event, and another 40 tuned in to the webcast, posing questions along with the live audience.

Five takeaways from the talk 1. Network: Seventy percent of jobs come through personal contacts. Be strategic about nurturing your personal, professional and Mines connections. 2. Résumés: Every application should include a résumé tailored for that specific job and a list of relevant accomplishments. 3. Elevator speech: Be ready to encapsulate, in about 30 seconds, your goals, what you are passionate about, and what you’ve accomplished. Dave White, Leslie O’Connor and Becky O’Rourke shared ideas 4. Keep perspective: Know where you want to end up in your career, and on how to take the next career step. make sure your next move brings you closer. 5. Keep moving: Nothing will come of nothing. If you are stuck, find help Listen to a recording of the subsequent event in the series, and get moving. “Developing Your International Career,” at minesmagazine.com.

30 MINES Spring 2013 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ® ® Meet the Colorado School of Mines Officers Paul Wareham ’85 Alumni Association Board of Directors President James R. Larsen ’65 Have you ever wondered what the CSMAA board does? In this third of four install- President-elect ments, we highlight each director and his or her service to the alumni community. Jafar Tabaian ’00 Secretary Paul Roamer MS ’97 Jafar Tabaian ’00 Treasurer Crested Butte, Colo. Anita Pariseau Secretary Executive Director Jafar is a member of the executive committee, which meets regularly to discuss critical strategic and budgetary issues. He earned a Directors bachelor’s degree in engineering, mechanical specialty, and a minor Darek Bruzgo ’95 in economics from Mines, where he played football and served as Oliver Dewey ‘12 assistant football coach under Bob Stitt from 2001 to 2004. Jafar is Tracy Gardner ’96, MS ’98 now principal of North Arrow Consulting, which serves the extractive, financial services Susan Evers Matsushima ’97 Brady McConaty ’78 and renewable energy industries. Mohan Misra PhD ’86 Paula Nolan ’05 Darek Bruzgo ’95 Raymond Priestley ’79 Littleton, Colo. Matthew Showalter ’99 Director, Alumni Programming (Colorado) Cooper Swenson MS ’04 A life member of the alumni association, Darek has volunteered Mark Taylor for the CSMAA Denver Metro Committee since 2008 and helped Mahesh Vidyasagar MS ’00 William Warfield ’75 to create the annual Bike Bike Que event. On the board, he works Rachel Wiechman to expand alumni engagement throughout Colorado. In 1996, after earning his bachelor’s degree in engineering, mechanical specialty, he started D&R CNC Machining with his brother, Robert Bruzgo ’95. He has taught Senior Staff Anita Pariseau Design at Mines as an adjunct instructor since 2010. Executive Director Serena Bruzgo Matthew Showalter ’99 Deputy Director Parker, Colo. Nick Sutcliffe Director, Communications Editor, Mines / Director of Matt earned a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering from Communications Mines. With 20 years of experience in technology and engineering, Amie Chitwood Managing Editor, Mines / Assistant he is now a co-founder and CIO for Swiftpage, a software develop- Director of Communications ment company focused on email marketing, social media and con- Ruth Jones tact management. His experience in this field is helping structure Associate Director, Programs CSMAA’s approach to communications and promoting two-way dialogue among alumni and Heidi Boersma the university. Office Manager Michelle Carrera-Hutchins William Warfield ’75 Linda Nothnagel Sacramento, Calif. Jo Marie Reeves Nancy Webb Director, Alumni Recognition Administrative support (part-time) When he graduated from Mines with a professional degree in mining engineering, Bill was following in the footsteps of three relatives, Coolbaugh House including his father. Today, he looks for opportunities to recognize 1700 Maple Street alumni who have distinguished themselves in their industries or PO Box 1410 through notable contributions to the university or alumni associa- Golden, CO 80402 tion. He has worked in the mining industry for more than 30 years, most recently for Atlas 303-273-3295 Copco CMT USA, where he is manager of business development–geotechnical drilling and 303-273-3583 (fax) exploration. [email protected] minesalumni.com Find full bios for board members online at minesalumni.com/board. Interested in getting involved with the alumni association? Learn about the opportunities at minesalumni.com/volunteer.

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1959 Stanley J. Gradisar is of counsel for Sheri- John Stout dan Ross and lives in Castle Rock, CO. Richard M. Karcich is a development engineer for Microsoft and lives in Centennial, CO. 1960 Gerald L. Askevold is a realtor for West Richard P. Mignogna is a principal con- Venture Real Estate and lives in Whitefish, sultant for Renewable & Alternative Energy MT. Management and lives in Golden, CO. Peter A. Nielsen is the president/mine manager of Camino Real Fuels and lives in 1966 Dallas, TX. Charles R. Arnett is a partner for Sil- ver Lake Analytical Services and lives in Andrew J. Pfaff Jr. is a country manager for Durango, CO. EOG Resources and lives in Silverthorne, CO. John A.L. Rense is a sector leader, engineer for Nana Development and lives in 1967 Anchorage, AK. Stephen P. Collings is a director for Cam- eco Resources and lives in Morrison, CO. Stephen H. Maytag is a chemical engineer 1975 for RT Patterson and lives in Carnegie, PA. Thomas L. Breninger is a facilities engineer for Marathon Oil and lives in Edmond, OK. 1968 MAKING MERRY Almost 300 guests Alberto Orozco is working for WSN and Neil Murdock attended CSMAA’s annual Denver Metro lives in Houston, TX. Holiday Party in December, which was 1969 held in the Geology Museum. Here former 1976 John A. Geis is working for Hukari Ascen- CSMAA president Roger Newell MS ’71 Dennis L. Casto is a VP of engineering dent and lives in Arvada, CO. (center) chats with George ’53 and Susan operations for AKA Energy and lives in Durango, CO. Thomas O. Hiscox is a technical advisor for Mitchell. Unimin and lives in Payson, AZ. William B. Goodhard is a member of the George Quinn retired from the Idaho board of directors for Gryphon Gold and Dept. of Water Resources and lives in Bam- lives in Centennial, CO. berg, Germany. Bruce H. Pike is a project manager for Hal- liburton and lives in Houston, TX. Robert Morroni James E. Pittinger is a metallurgist – cop- Donald B. Tschabrun is the COO of Gry- 1970 per – for Pittinger Services and lives in Ever phon Gold and lives in Reno, NV. David Scriven green, CO. Robert D. Stimson is a superintendent for Robert K. Spangler II is a metallurgical 1977 Wilcox & Contracting and lives in Sedona, AZ. engineer for ArcelorMittal USA and lives in James M. Gindelberger is an environmental Saint John, IN. scientist for the EPA and lives in Denver, CO. 1971 Claudio Manzolillo James R. Black is working for Kestrel Engi- 1973 Frank H. Merrill is a senior programmer neering and lives in Nine Mile Falls, WA. Joel S. Forrest is a senior technical staff for WillPoint and lives in Denver, CO. member, analytical auger lab for HGST, a Anthony L. Morroni is a SVP for Carollo Mark J. Norden is an assistant to the Engineers and lives in Littleton, CO. Western Digital Company, and lives in San Jose, CA. president for E. Dillon & Co. and lives in Abingdon, VA. Thomas B. Huzzey is a waterflood advisor 1972 for Chevron and lives in Sugar Land, TX. William A. Sargent is a China Energy com- Richard A. Cadle is a senior process con- mercial consultant for Chevron and lives in sultant for Freese and Nichols and lives in San Ramon, CA. Arlington, TX. 1974 Sidney J. Stone III is a maintenance engi- John Darrow Javier A. Arce is a process engineer for neer for BP America and lives in Temper- FMC and lives in Green River, WY. ance, MI. David J. Love is the president of Belt Col- lins and lives in Louisville, CO. Albert C. Compton is a director – project William H. Strickland is a project engineer engineering for Chesapeake Energy and for Hecla Mining and lives in Columbus, MT. Raymond Lowrie lives in Shreveport, LA. Clyde H. Peppin is a senior operations Carol V. Fuchs is a business manager for manager for Coeur d’Alene Mines and lives Better Homes & Gardens Realty Partners 1978 in Hayden, ID. and lives in West Linn, OR. Thomas Flaherty

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Chris R. Roberts is a manager – synthetic chemistry for Corden Pharma Colorado and Editor’s Note: Alumni from the classes of 1981 to 2012 who have recent updates online lives in Berthoud, CO. or have uploaded photos to minesalumni.com over the last four months are listed below. Michael S. Ryan is a senior principal con- In addition, all class notes published in Mines magazine in the last four years are available sultant for NTT Data and lives in Gloucester on the site. When you visit, if you take a few moments to enter your latest information Point, VA. and upload some photos, we’ll list your name here in the next issue. For online viewing Jeffry P. Sattler is a SVP, engineering instructions, click on Class Notes at minesmagazine.com. for West Engineering Services and lives in Houston, TX. 1981 Francine D. Schlaks is working for the Mark E. Flatland IRS and in private practice and lives in Las Alan C. Harrison Vegas, NV. Frederick C. Heneman Mitchell R. Whatley is a VP of engineer- Claude H. Joseph ing for Sidewinder Drilling and lives in Susan M. Perrell Southlake, TX. Candace S. Sulzbach Janice D. Williams is a deputy director of waste removal and tank closing for CH2M 1982 Hill and lives in Pasco, WA. Judith L. Bolis Daniel R. Boltz Graham W. Clark 1979 Richard L. Foss Jr. Catherine E. Armstead is a principal engi- Barbara L. Ganong neer for Landmark Environmental and lives Ramona M. Graves in Pine, CO. Daniel E. Kelly George T. Dunn is a SVP/development W. Charles Kelly III executive for Newfield Exploration and lives Eric J. Lauber in The Woodlands, TX. Michael L. Troyer FUTURE MINER BORN Darek ’95 and Serena Bruzgo welcomed Dwaine H. Edington II is a senior hydro- geologist for Schlumberger and lives in 1983 Annabel on October 19, 2012. Serena is CSMAA’s deputy director, Highlands Ranch, CO. Mobashir N. Ahmad making Annabel an official member of the alumni association family. John D. Applegate Nancy J. House is a geophysical advisor Joel A. Eacker for Chevron and lives in Littleton, CO. Lance R. Hardesty Mari Angeles Thomas A. Riccio John J. Dugas Marianne Holleman Laurence G. Martin is a VP, exploration for Major-Sosias J. Scott Sammons John B. Fairbanks Norma I. Mozee Comstock Mining and lives in Sparks, NV. Mark O. Reid Francesca Fazzari Karl M. Nelson Bruce A. Neuschaefer is a program direc- David-John Roth 1989 Oguz Gunduz Michael D. Orosz tor for ERM – West and lives in Laguna John R. Schwappach William R. Arnold Edward D. LaFehr Warren M. Rehn Niguel, CA. Rick Sisk Brad G. Baker Jonathan S. Miller William S. Schneider George H. Wayne Jr. Gregory L. Davoll Damon T. Parker Dennis Pieters Diana L. Visser Anthony R. DeVito Alisa L. Ramey Patrick K. Worrell Paul J. Plante is a project manager for 1986 Colin M. Engle Susan D. Rankin Maine Yankee and lives in Yarmouth, ME. Andrew J. Bond Paul E. Pastore 1984 Peggy Christie John H. Rheinheimer Jerry Rotz J. Patrick Adcock 1993 Mark A. Degenhart Richard J. Schepis Richard E. Clark Peter R. Bierbaum Bennett D. Edgar Jeffrey C. Thomas Darrell H. Eldridge David H. Brown 1980 Susan Flynn Allyen E. Wilson III David A. Gratson Kelly E. Cook Timothy A. Barbari is an associate provost Masami Hato Mark R. Gwaltney Steven C. Gallington for graduate affairs for Boston University Elizabeth L. Heatwole 1990 Brett R. Hoopes Gerald S. Lane John H. Marino and lives in Brookline, MA. Hugh B. Miller Kenneth W. Rillings Jr. Mark B. Mathisen Albert B. Schwarzkopf IV Mark L. Peak Raymond R. Sanchez Roger C. Carter is a project engineering Ty S. McKercher Shirley A. Smuda manager for Lyondell-Basell and lives in Samuel D. Urton Khanh Q. Vu Gregory Norman League City, TX. Smallwood 1991 Kevin L. Stansbury 1987 Colin J. Basye 1994 Terry L. Mead is a global wellsite connec- Deborah H. Beck Robert N. Ball Richard R. Van Dok Kristin M. Corash tivity manager for Schlumberger and lives in Christopher M. Chima Brenda Cockson Austin, TX. Steven W. Yopps Keith E. Cusack Kelly P. Coleman Christopher L. Coil Glenn T. Eavenson Javan D. Ottoson is the president and Teresa L. Nealon Thomas E. Collings III Michael A. Fleming COO of SM Energy and lives in Eaton, CO. 1985 John A. Starck Victoria L. Cooney Margaret A. Bierbaum Robert J. Golden Jr. Thomas E. Street Brenda E. Head Michael H. Partin Jr. is a drilling engineer- Jeffrey R. Blackwell Shawn Olson Richard G. Weber Larry E. Johnson ing team leader for BP and lives in Houston, Charles B. Czarnecki Karen Vallance Peterson TX. Taras Y. Makogon Robert P. Daniels Scott M. Plummer 1988 Karen Maley Donna M. Rillings is a materials engineer James P. Flahive John T. Sanchez III Charles S. Baxter Jack L. Oskay for Lockheed Martin and lives in Conifer, CO. Guillermo M. Grossi Suryan Wirya Wayne Belcher Katharine B. Sawrey Mustafa H. Sagiroglu is working for Info- John D. Harkrider John J. Cambruzzi Michael A. Jahnke Joel M. Sobol bionic and lives in Bellevue, WA. Timothy M. Deignan 1992 Charles P. Torres Carl E. Lakey Robert D. Lawler Brett K. Brunk Rose M. Wheeler is an accounting man- Martin K. Lange Debra K. Brunk David Webster ager for PreCheck and lives in Houston, TX. Jamin B. McNeil Eric Douglas Wilson James L. Mueller Peter A. Christnacht

34 MINES Spring 2013 ALUMNus PROFILE A Miner’s Century Graduating in the middle of the Great Depression, members Keith Staley of the Class of 1935 faced bleak job prospects. But E. Keith found his calling in mining, where Staley ’35, who celebrated his 100th birthday on January 13 in he spent nearly Oro Valley, Ariz., points out that life had been tough for some his entire career. time. For example, to return home to Clayton, N.M., from In the current photo below, he Golden at the end of each semester, he would hop a freight wears a bolo tie train heading south out of the Denver rail yard. “Sometimes that he made there were as many as 300 people jumping into different cars,” as part of his silversmithing recalls Staley, who relied on woolen underwear and a heavy hobby. sheepskin coat to stay warm during the long winter trips. After graduating with a professional degree in mining engineering, he hitchhiked around the country in search of work—any work. It wasn’t until 1937 that his luck really changed. At an intersection far from Denver, he had a chance encounter with classmate Chuck Michaels ’35. The two were hitchhiking in opposite directions, both chasing rumors of work. After comparing notes, Michaels’ sounded more Photos courtesy of Keith Staley promising—Phelps Dodge was opening a new open pit mine in Morenci, Ariz.—so the two teamed up and headed south. The first skilled job he was assigned involved surveying the family rail line that took ore from the pit to the mill. Quickly earning members his bosses’ confidence, he was supervising a team of 60 by 1940. have attended, During World War II, stationed in Alaska with the U.S. Army including an uncle, George W. Mitchell ’23, and cousins J. Corps of Engineers, he rose to the rank of major, building, Harold Mitchell ’36 and George W. Mitchell Jr. ’53. among other things, a 20-mile stretch of railroad, a sawmill and He’s also had lots of time to pursue his hobbies: gardening, a wastewater system. lapidary and silversmithing. To this day, he spends time in his Unlike his graduation a decade earlier, the economy was workshop, cutting and polishing rough stones for silver bolo booming when he emerged from the military after World War ties, bracelets and pendants. II. He decided to reenter the mining industry, this time going —Nick Sutcliffe underground. Staley says that sinking mine shafts gave him more satisfaction than anything else in his professional life. The Distinguished Centenarians first was in Eureka, Nev., in 1945, and the deepest was a 5,000- According to our records, Staley joins this elite group of foot shaft in Arizona. He was 63 when he retired as general Mines alumni centenarians: Edward Carter ’38, born May manager of one of the largest underground copper mines in the 1912; John Tower ’35, born August 1912; Herbert Heckt world, located in San Manual, Ariz. ’36, born December 1912. Candidates up for induction this Since then he’s had plenty of time to enjoy his family year include Lee Talbert ’36, born August 1913; Donald and friends. Keith and his first wife, Edith, had three sons. Cadwell ’39, born September 1913; and George Jenkin His second wife, Frances, died several years ago; she is ’38, born October 1913. survived by two daughters. His ties to Mines run deep: Several

1995 Francois J.M. Laurans Kristin D.H. K’eit 1997 Cassandra K. Raul E. Lema James W. Barron William M. Moss Ilya Kats Tammerin K. Bishop Quaintance Travis T. Moore Andrea R. Castle Richard M. Wenzel III Kendra L. Lema J. Larry Breckenridge Devin B. Ray Robert B. Smetana T. Jasper Fai Aaron E. Macarelli Matthew J. Buckley Mark E. Slusser Brett W. Thompson Brian W. Fehrn 1996 Stafford R. Maheu Jr. Brian R. Deurloo Elizabeth J. Young-Dohe Amber T. Vail Paul W. Gaasbeck Pedro Alvarado Adrian Peinado Randy G. Edelen Jhairo J. Garcia Eric J. Bengtson Sarah R. Jamie J. Happ 1998 1999 Randy R. Anway Barry J. Gaston Jr. Douglas P. Collins Pietraszek-Mattner Wm. Mark Hart Keith I. Dougherty Donald W. Conley Steven N. Graese Peter A. Frazier Ryan D. Ricks Benjamin S. Hoffner Jacob M. Hoban Jerome R. Edwards Patrick T. Hogelin T. Scott Geiser Craig F. Wickstrom Frederick W. Hood Steven T. Kendrick Shane A. Holecek Douglas L. House Peter A. Gotseff Ryan E. Zorn Gregory P. Lafave Andrew P. Lathrop Letitia B. Knott Donald M. Landry Matthew K. Johnson Susan Evers Matsushima Tathagata Tota Michelle M. Lamb Mukherjee

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Gordon L. Olson 2003 Mark P. Chung Jeffrey M. Hammer Osama M. Raba Kevin W. Smith Frank M. Spinuzzi Jr. Shawn A. Begay Trenton C. Clerkin Nathan T. Hancock Antonio M. Reyes Kale A. Stanton Brian P. Flannery David R. Farrar Donald C. Hazen Franklin J. Ryk Ian A. Storz 2000 James Johnson Nicholas D. Fetig Jesse E. Hensley Zachery J. Swanson Craig M. Thompson Jennifer Ayers Brasher Nathan J. Lewis John A. Harvey Matthew P. Hergert Zachary J. Thompson Zachary C. Waite Ryan G. Fisher Peter M. McCarty Casey L. Hensley Dylan C. Klaus Julia Turelli Michael A. Walls John R. Gregg Matthew L. McKenna James R. Hutchison III Kelly N. Kloosterman Danielle Uhl Zachary R. David J. Livesay Christopher M. Mnich Jonathan T. Moe Ulrich K. Koberg Joel T. Walden Wertenberger Heidi L. Morrow Nicholas Alexander Jolene Mulumba Ronald Jason Livesay Daniel L. Whitenack Brian P. Wilson Eric A. Olson Podolak Adam T. Ringler Allison M. McCormick Rachel B. Yee Nathan D. Work Jared M. Purdy Zane T. Prickett Jedidiah D. Rust Spencer G. Mills John R. Zisch Joshua M. Thomason Suzanne E. Reilly Christopher W. Jonathan M. Mullen 2009 Carlos Toribio Meghan C. Waterbury Schaumberg Lilia Paradis Kevin A. Alkema 2010 Williams-Rojas Andrew P. Schmid Elliott B. Petri Diron H. Baker Scott M. Ardeel 2004 Richard S. Vigil Amanda E. Rebol Hamish K. Bala Robert J. Beach 2001 Katelyn E. Baker Jacob A. Ball Kinzie C. Beavers Adam E. Douglas Robert B. Riley Clayton R. Brown 2006 Caleb A. Ring Matthew D. Bokan Heather E. Bergren Matthew C. Douglass Ryan W. Butacan Scott S. Brown Christopher M. Seick Thomas L. Boyles Terrance R. Birdsall Andrew M. Haney Sean T. Cavanagh Daniel M. Cichy Bryce R. Shaffer H. Scott Bromley Steven J. Bjornseth Jaclyn B. Haney Andrew N. Cavendor Timothy Clem Daniel K. Steele Ryan A. Cline Adam F. Botts Ryan R. Hansen Austin R. Christensen John T. Desens Garrett J. Whipp Jason H. Decker Peter D. Bucknam William D. Harrop Ryan M. Collett N. Jordan Dimick Craig W. Wilcox Theodore H. Decker Karen L. Canter James Dustin Mars Patrick A. Cordova Russell J. Dow Kristine Wille Steven D. Easter Kaitlyn C. Clark Gwenola Michaud Huub Douma Tony Hahn Shiu-Hang Yueh Sherif M. El Khatib Scott W. Cochran Raymond L. Hill III Jeremy D. Fields Erin M. Fagan Chad A. Daigle 2002 Joshua R. Lamb Jared M. Heath Jiny V. Carrera 2008 Taylor C. Fisher Noel B. Dillman Jennifer M. Lazetera Kyra R. Long Ryan J. Countryman Richard D. Barnes Grant M. Gunhus Taylor H. Embury Emily M. LeJeune Dmitriy M. Mestetskiy Jeramyn J. Feucht Wendy E. Brost Christina L. Hadad John C. Fischer II Angela K. Lemmerman Derrick R. Rodriguez Chad L. Goerzen Sarah E. Casias Alex Hamilton Kevin M. Fisher Patricia B. Moran Brandon L. Segura Jeffrey L. Hampton Alexis G. Dobrinen Levi E. Harris Jonathan P. Garlick James M. Mosby Wade W. Simmons Agung Hariyadi Brian D. Gillingham Vincent J. Hecker Lillian I. Giddings Laura E. Pate Andrew R. Stolzmann Kazuhiro Kawahata Matthew T. Hartmann Theron J. Hoedel Jessica C. Grainger James H. Read Ross T. Wagle M. Zachary Knarr Dustin J. Haynie Nicholas J. Libertini Judson T. Greenwood Jennifer L. Schenkman Thomas A. Wagner Eric P. Lamphear Michael Hoban Kyle D. Lieurance Aaron H. Gremmer Nancy L. Schur Chad T. Weaver Alan L. LeJeune II Benjamin W. Juba Jaron J. Lucero Jeffrey D. Harrell Daniel J. Trapp Patrick R. Wieck Michael A. Noelle A. Jupille Michael McMonigle Sarah E. Henderson Martinez-Schiferl Ryan P. Trunck Ryan Zarkesh Jeffrey M. Kramer Sarah McNerney Dylan S. Hoback Michael M. McKee Virginia G. Willett Aaron D. Krening Luca Morandi Silver C. Ibenye 2007 Rachel R. Miller Kenneth C. Nygaard Raymond Y. Kim Eric R. Miller David R. Bernard 2005 Elizabeth F. Newton Andrew I. O’Loughlin James W. Klingler Wesley E. Reynolds Robert H. Blanchard II Christopher M. Aasted Hayes Tyler Robbins Kristianna Koelmel Robert C. Sawaya Michael T. Dermyer Amanda E. Adams Thomas L. Papiernik Joseph D. Joseph R. Kovacich Kyle C. Tingle Justin Green Jonathan E. Chan Michael Phillips Schneiderwind Evan J. Lindenbach

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36 MINES Spring 2013 ALUMNA PROFILE Work in Nuclear Reactor Fuels Earns Alumna Presidential Award In 2012, Amy Clarke MS Sandy Schaeffer country where she ’02, PhD ’06 produced a could counduct the metallurgical first: movies type of research she that show bulk metallic wanted to pursue. Her alloys in the process of Mines dissertation won crystallizing. It might not the prestigious Willy sound like blockbuster Korf Award for Young footage, but it helped Excellence in 2007. earn her a trip to the “Amy is a natural White House and one of collaborator, and has the nation’s top awards already established a for young scientists—a strong track record,” says Presidential Early Career John Speer, a professor Award for Scientists and of metallurgical and Engineers (PECASE). materials engineering Clarke is currently a at Mines who served research and development as Clarke’s dissertation scientist at Los Alamos Amy Clarke is flanked by U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu on the left advisor. “She’s National Laboratory. and John Holdren, President Obama’s science and technology advisor and enthusiastic, thoughtful, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Clarke In addition to won a PECASE in 2012 for her work in metallic alloys. and not afraid to address recognizing Clarke’s new challenges in groundbreaking research research.” on how the strength of a uranium-niobium alloy varies In addition to honoring her research skills, the PECASE depending on the orientation of the crystalline structure, the award recognizes Clarke for mentoring future metallurgists. award cites her work “using in-situ solidification and proton She remains active in the steel center (of which Los Alamos radiography with potential to finally resolve liquid-solid National Laboratory is a sponsor), traveling to Mines routinely processing questions.” Clarke explains, “We’re now able to see to collaborate with graduate students. inside a material while it’s solidifying. We’re able to see the “That’s something I truly appreciated about the steel center,” microstructure develop, which ultimately can tell us a lot about she says. “As a student, I had the unique opportunity to how processing parameters will influence properties; it has a lot interact with scientists from industry and Los Alamos National of potential for industrially important materials.” Laboratory. I’ve been really lucky to Her work in this arena also earned Clarke a “We’re now able to see collaborate with these individuals.” United States Department of Energy Office of Clarke is hardly through Science Early Career Research Program Award inside a material while investigating steel: The next step, in 2012. she says, is using feedback from real- Processing microstructure and property it’s solidifying... to see time monitoring to make in-process relationships in materials is an extension of the microstructure parameter changes that modulate Clarke’s investigations at Mines in the Advanced microstructure evolution to achieve Steel Processing and Products Research Center, develop...” a desired set of properties. Her where the Michigan native helped pioneer new PECASE—which comes with five processing techniques in sheet steel. years of funding—will help her “The physical metallurgy of steel has a lot of similarity to the continue this work. And she will almost certainly remain physical metallurgy of uranium,” she says. “I was able to take my a familiar face at the steel center, mentoring students and experience working with steel and apply it to uranium.” continuing her collaborations. Clarke began working with steel as an undergraduate at “The steel center is one of a kind,” Clarke says. “It integrates Michigan Technical University, where she graduated magna academic, industry and lab activities in a way that no other cum laude in 2000. She chose Mines for her graduate studies center really does.” because the steel center was one of the few places in the —Larry Borowsky

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38 MINES Spring 2013 ALUMNus PROFILE Engineer by Day, Fighter by Night At 6’2” and 275 pounds, with a slick, bald head, Trevor Wittman neatly trimmed goatee and several tattoos stretching “The Engineer,” as Shane Carwin is known in MMA across his biceps, Shane Carwin ’04 looks the part of circles, balances his training an Ultimate Fighting champion. But get him outside and fights with his day job the metal cage, where he is known for his hard, at North Weld County Water District. tactical punches, and you discover a soft-spoken engineer and a dedicated family man. “I am just an average, normal guy who goes to work every day,” says Carwin, 38, during a January lunch break from his day job with the North Weld County Water District in Greeley. Since entering the ring for his first mixed martial arts (MMA) competition in 2005, Carwin has led a double life: creating maps and computer models of water systems by day, and climbing the ranks in arts, the sport was once banned from venues across the country what is considered one of the nation’s most brutal professional due to a barbaric anything-goes reputation. But thanks to new sports by night. In March 2010, he was awarded the interim title rules and a cleaner image, it is now one of the fastest-growing of the nation’s Ultimate Fighting Heavyweight Champion, and professional sports in the country. In 2010, 1.16 million pay-per- during the fall of 2012, he starred in the hit FX reality show, view buys were recorded for UFC 116, where Carwin was one of “The Ultimate Fighter,” which averaged 850,000 viewers over 11 four headlining fighters. episodes. With his rare combination of massive physique, agility, But unlike his fellow fighters—many of whom don’t have jobs sharp intellect and calm demeanor, Carwin—known as “The outside the sport—Carwin sees himself first as an engineer, and Engineer”—quickly became one of its golden boys. even credits his schooling for his athletic success. “When it comes to training, he catches things so quickly “Just being mentally strong is one of my best attributes, and because he is just so intelligent,” says Trevor Wittman, owner of that was definitely tested at Mines,” he says. “There was a ton of Grudge Training Center in Denver, where Carwin trains. “And he pressure. I had to fight for what I wanted.” is the most laid-back guy ever.” The youngest of three boys, Carwin was raised by a single Maintaining two careers at once leaves his schedule anything mom in Greeley, where he developed a love of sports and an but laid back: He works in Greeley from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. and then interest in engineering at an early age. After he applied to Mines drives to Denver to train from 5 to 9 p.m. Most nights he arrives from high school without success, he went to Western home around 10:30 p.m. State College, where he quickly became a wrestling “Everyone thought I When FX called to see if he and football star. could come to Las Vegas for six He was considered a hot prospect for the NFL draft was crazy and I was weeks to star in the reality show, in 1998 until he injured his back, but still had the Carwin was able to clear it with his opportunity to play professionally for the New England going to get killed. board of directors, but it was no Sea Wolves. However, urged on by his mother, he It was the big joke vacation. During production, while opted instead to knock on Mines’ door again. others in the show settled in for the “By the time I got to Mines, I figured I was done around the office.” evening after a day of filming, he with athletics,” says Carwin. “I just buckled down.” was updating hydraulic models and One year after graduating and landing a job with Weld County, designing pump stations on his laptop. Carwin had a friend invite him to step in for an MMA fighter who Why not just fight for a living? had to back out last-minute. “I’d never really even been in a fight,” With six bulging discs, a bum knee and a litany of surgeries he recalls. “Everyone thought I was crazy and I was going to get behind him, Carwin knows better. killed. It was the big joke around the office.” “I have a wife and two kids, and I have to make sure they are Before a screaming crowd at an American Indian reservation taken care of,” says Carwin, who has their three names, along in California, a nervous Carwin stepped into the cage and found with a cross in honor of his faith, tattooed on his arm. “I don’t his new calling. “I loved it. I felt like an athlete again,” he says. think that any type of professional sport is a lifelong career. He won his first 11 fights in the first round. Besides, I went to school for a reason. I love my job.” A technically challenging mix of wrestling, boxing and martial —Lisa Marshall

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RELATIONSHIP RENEWED Erika Jonson, who attended Mines 1995–1997, and Grant Miller ’99 were married on September 9, 2012, in Castle Rock, Colo. The couple met in 1995 during their freshman year, but only began dating in 2008. Three Mines alumni were in the wedding party— groomsmen (left to right) Graig Crawford ’99 and Barrett Friesen ’99 and bridesmaid Julia (Kremer) Greb ’00.

WEDDING BELLS Josh Morin ’10 married HIGH-FLYING HOBBY Steve Anderson Merissa Reeder on ’75 says it took him four years to build August 13, 2011, in “Miss Mimi,” a Van’s RV-7A experimental Colorado Springs, sport plane. With a cruising speed of Colo. Josh’s sister, 200 mph, it can perform aerobatics and Julia Morin, currently land on primitive grass airstrips, which a junior at Mines (see is great for camping (what he and his “The Best Gigs on dog, Cherie, were up to here). He says Campus,” p. 18), was that given the time and effort required to in the wedding party build a plane, enthusiasts refer to these and Sean Zeeck ’10 projects as “aluminum mistresses,” but he named the plane after attended. his biggest supporter, his wife.

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40 MINES Spring 2013 HONORING DIVERSITY Chontel Trujillo AIRPLANE ROMANCE After falling in ’00 (pictured here with IBM General Manager love on the plane ride to their research Adalio Sanchez) received the 2012 Society of trip abroad in Norway, Matt Bergren ’09 Hispanic Professional Engineers’ Diversity and Heather Oertli ’10 were married in Award for her work in the advancement of Littleton, Colo., on May 19, 2012, exactly Hispanic individuals through job promotions, three years after they began dating. Three business development and community Mines alumni were in the wedding party: activities at IBM. Trujillo is manager of IBM’s Robert Bergren ’06, Clifton Oertli ’07, MS Boulder Planning, Facility Contracts and ’09 and Alexandra (Swanson) Clymer ’10. Environmental Engineering team and is a mentor to a Mines student. Her husband, Gordon Trujillo ’00, was present to see her FUTURE receive the award.

WESTERN SLOPE Bequests are an important WEDDING Danielle part of charitable giving R. Sheffield ’08 and at Mines. Give wings to Eugene Uhl were married May 19, the future by naming the 2012, at the Adobe Colorado School of Mines Creek National Golf Course in Fruita, Foundation as a beneficiary Ashley Young ’10 THEY GO WAY BACK Colo. Melissa Van of your will, trust, life and Tom Begley ’10 met in high school and Baalen ’07 was in sealed the deal at Mines, marrying on July insurance policy or IRA. the wedding party, 24, 2010, in Loveland, Colo. The wedding and Colin Fitzgerald party included several Mines alumni, ’07, Mariya (Lein) including Daniel ’10 and Diana (Goodrich) Miller ’08 and ’10 Houghtaling, Keith Stevens ’11, John Matt Frohbieter Discover more details Dibble ’11, Katie Mills ’11, Alison Brinton ’10 attended the by contacting: ’10 and Kathryn Chinn ’10. More than 30 ceremony. Mines alumni attended. Chris Wenger Senior Director, Gift Planning 303.273.3275 [email protected] giving.mines.edu/giftplanning

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CELEBRATING SILVER IN GOLD Habash MOUNTAIN WEDDING Semimbar MS ’92 of Kuala Lumpur and his wife, Ida Cooper Swenson MS ’04 married SMALL AND SWEET Ryan Ekandari, celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary Brenda James on July 17, 2011, in Countryman ’02 married Michelle on February 19, 2011. Their attire is a Malay wedding Breckenridge, Colo. Swenson serves Sprow on July 21, 2012, in Aurora, costume from Central Sumatra, Indonesia. on the CSMAA Board of Directors. Colo., in an intimate 30-guest ceremony.

BACK IN THE U.K. Charlotte Coates ’07 and Kevin McNamee ’05, MS ’07 married on August HAPPY IN HOUSTON Jenny 22, 2012, at Drumtochty Castle in LaGesse MS ’05 and Larry Mortazavi Auchenblae, Scotland. Nine alumni were married on October 27, 2012, attended. The couple met at a in Houston, Texas, where Jenny is a Greek event at Mines—she joined petrophysicist for Chevron and Larry Pi Beta Phi and he Sigma Alpha is a psychiatry resident at Baylor Epsilon. They now live in Scotland. School of Medicine. HONORARY THIRD DEGREE Jim Payne ’59 (center) delivered the commencement address and was awarded an honorary doctorate in April 2012 by Golden Gate Alumni: What in the world are you doing? Send us your photos University, where he earned a master’s degree in 1974. and a brief description of your activities (for instance, getting married, Also photographed: GGU President Dan Angel (left) and growing your families, traveling, meeting other alumni) to Al Johnson, a former dean. Payne is CEO and chairman of [email protected]. Shona Energy in Houston, Texas.

42 MINES Spring 2013 Thank You For Fueling Mines’ incredible MoMenTuM. giving.mines.edu

Other generous gifts and commitments Colorado SChool of MineS reCently* of $25,000 and more: reCeived 15 outStanding leaderShip Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Oxy gave $45,000 in support for the contributed $25,000 in support for the chemical and biological engineering, Petroleum Engineering Department. geology and geological engineering and giftS and CoMMitMentS: petroleum engineering departments. Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc. contributed $30,000 in support for the Peabody Energy gave $25,000 in The Adolph Coors Foundation contributed a total of $200,000 Advanced Water Technology Center support of the mining engineering in support for the William K. Coors Distinguished Chair in (AQWATEC). department. Chemical Engineering and the Herman F. Coors Professorial ArcelorMittal contributed $50,000 to With personal and memorial gifts Chair in Ceramics. support the Metallurgical and Materials totaling $25,000, Becky Pearson Engineering Department, Senior established the Bob Pearson Endowed Design, the Multicultural Engineering Soccer Scholarship Fund in honor and A bequest distribution of $252,500 from the estate of Robert J. Program and the campus chapter of the memory of her late spouse Robert W. Andersen ’54 will provide valuable support for Mines. Society of Women Engineers. “Bob” Pearson ’59, former Mines coach, teacher and mentor. Tim ’71 and Barbara Bartshe Steve ’64 and Dollie Chesebro’ made a $1 million commitment contributed $25,000 to the Bartshe Andy ’79 and Suzanne Peterson to the Clear Creek Athletics Complex. Endowment, which supports graduate contributed $25,536 toward Mines’ students in geology. Admissions to create outreach initiatives with STRIVE Preparatory Chevron contributed $330,000 in support of several departments Dan W. Bench ’58 contributed a mineral Schools in Denver. and initiatives through their University Partnership Program. specimen to the Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum. Thomas W. ’53 and Mary M. Rollins committed $25,000 toward the Robert Jerry ’68 and Tina Grandey contributed more than $3 million Marshall C. III ’67 and Jane Crouch J. Weimer Distinguished Endowed Chair to establish the Grandey University Chair in Nuclear Science contributed $35,000 toward geology in Sedimentary and Petroleum Geology. and Engineering. teaching and research, as well as scholarships for geophysics students. Frank and Ellen Schowengerdt contributed $26,799 in to establish the Halliburton committed a total of $2,041,000 to support Robert P. Daniels ’85 committed Schowengerdt Endowed Scholarship $25,000 toward the Robert J. Weimer Marquez Hall, the Halliburton Advanced Technology Graduate Fund benefiting physics students. Distinguished Endowed Chair in Fellows Program, the Multicultural Engineering Program, the Sedimentary and Petroleum Geology. Chuck ’61 and Louanne Shultz contributed $55,000 in support for the Making the Connection outreach program and the Halliburton A bequest distribution of $55,996 from Charles and Louanne Shultz Athletic the estate of Genevieve A. Darden will Professional Development Series. Scholarship Endowment Fund. support the Darden Scholarship Fund Al Ireson ’47 made current and deferred gifts totaling $421,000 in memory of her husband, longtime SM Energy Company committed Mines coach James W. Darden. $25,000 in continued support for toward the Ireson and Family Endowed Scholarship Fund and Marquez Hall. Paul ’74 and Terri Dorr increased The Mines Fund. their funding for scholarships with Michael R. ’83 and Patricia K. ’83 an additional $56,000 commitment Starzer contributed $25,000 to Harold R. ’68 and Patricia M. Korell gave nearly $300,000 to through their family’s Hope’s Enduring The Mines Fund. Flame Foundation. the Clear Creek Athletics Complex. Joan V. Stratton ’74 contributed The Energy Cup gave $40,000 in support $25,775 to establish her second gift Francis J. ’52 and Mary Labriola made gifts totaling $1,025,000 for the Energy Cup Scholarship Fund. annuity at Mines. in support for the Labriola Endowed Scholarship Fund and The ExxonMobil made gifts totaling The Viola Vestal Coulter Foundation Mines Fund. $55,000 to support several contributed $35,000 toward the departments and the Don L. and Coulter Chair for Mineral Economics. gave $120,000 to support the Patricia Warner Scholarship Fund. Marathon Oil Corporation Don L. ’56 ’61 and Patricia Ann Warner Marathon Center of Excellence for Reservoir Studies. Tim ’70 and Mary Haddon contributed contributed $30,000 to establish the $25,000 to The Mines Fund. Warner Scholarship Fund. Robert E. III ’68 and Ann McKee contributed $987,183 toward Howard E. ’76 ’77 and Cherine Janzen James R. Weber ’71 gave $35,000 in the Clear Creek Athletics Complex. contributed $25,000 to The Mines Fund. support for the Jack R. and Mary D. Weber Endowed Fellowship Fund. Newmont Mining Corporation made gifts and commitments Larry Johnson ’74 established an endowed fund benefiting physics with Nearly 20 former students of totaling $450,000 in support for scholarships, the College a $25,000 gift. Dean Ramona Graves contributed gifts totaling $25,000 to establish of Earth Resource Sciences and Engineering, the College of Thomas Jorden ’80 contributed the Ramona M. Graves Endowed $25,000 to The Mines Fund. Applied Science and Engineering, and the Center for Innovation Scholarship Fund in her honor. in Earth Resources Science and Engineering. William F. ’52 and Marilyn W. Oline made a gift of $29,855 in support Shell Oil Company contributed $104,000 in support of for the Harry C. and Sheila K. Kent Petroleum Geology Graduate the Leadership Summit and several academic departments Scholarship Fund. and programs. Bequest distributions of $495,000 from the estate of Marian K. Van Kirk will support scholarships at Mines. Jeff ’82 and Gina Vaughan contributed $100,000 to establish the Vaughan Scholarship Fund. * The CSM Foundation received the gifts and commitments listed here between 8/16/12 and 12/31/12. in MEMORIAM

“When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.” —Kahlil Gibran

William J. Arbegast State University and the University of Curt; daughter Beth Kinsey; and four Jr. ’74 of Rapid City, Denver, and then earned a bachelor’s grandchildren. S.D., died November degree in mathematics from Mines, 28, 2009. Born in 1951, where she was a member of Tau Beta James H. Butler Bill received a bach- Pi. After graduation and a brief stint as III ’52, PhD ’72 of elor’s degree in metal- an instructor at Arapahoe Community Houston, Texas, died lurgical engineering College, she focused on software devel- April 30, 2012. Born from Mines, where he was a member opment for core test analysis and instru- in 1928, James joined of Kappa Sigma fraternity. From 1974 mentation under the company name the U.S. Army Corps to 1990, he was a senior staff engineer Custom Scientific Tools. The software of Engineers and at Martin Marietta Astronautics Group, she developed included tools for the served in the Philippines at the end Space Launch Systems Division, and acquisition and analysis of relative per- of World War II. He went on to earn a later worked for the company when meability and capillary pressure data, professional degree in geology from it became Lockheed Martin; there he as well as other customized testing pro- Mines, and returned 20 years later to became the principal friction stir pro- cedures. In 1999, Val and her husband, earn his doctorate in the same field. As cessing investigator. In 2001, Bill was Bob Barree PhD ’84, formed Barree & a student, he was a member of Sigma appointed director of the Advanced Associates. In addition to her role as Alpha Epsilon fraternity, and later, as Materials Processing and Joining managing partner, her primary duties an alumnus, he remained close to the Laboratory at the South Dakota School included well test analysis and software school, serving as a student mentor of Mines. He also became director of development for the Stim Lab Proppant through CSMAA and as a member of the the National Science Foundation’s Consortium and GOHFER. Along with President’s Council for several years. multi-university Industry/University her husband, Val is survived by her During his career, James worked for Cooperative Research Center for daughter, Mikaela; her sisters, Anne and Bakke Oil, where he was instrumental Friction Stir Processing when the center Margaret; and her mother, Madge. in the discovery of the Bakke Field in was established in 2004. He served as Andrews County, Texas. After a year the director of the AMP Lab and CFSP Carl N. Bidinger of teaching geology in Mexico City, he until his death. Bill published more than ’50 of Sun City West, became an independent explorer in 50 papers in national and international Ariz., died August 25, Midland, Texas, and later established journals, held six patents and generated 2011. Born in 1925 in the company Tri-Star Petroleum. In millions of dollars in research funding Denver, Carl lived in 1977, as part of a joint venture with Gulf related to friction stir processing. He the city until beginning Oil, he drilled a well reaching a record is survived by his daughters, Leanne service in the Army depth of 29,622 feet in the Delaware Stover and Kati Patterson; former Air Force as navigator and bombardier Basin. He is survived by his wife of 60 wife and friend Christine Arbegast; during World War II. After the war, he years, Emma; his sons, James and John; close friend Mary Basoco; and four earned a professional degree in petro- and six grandchildren. grandchildren. leum engineering from Mines, where he was a member of the Beta Theta Pi Steven C. Dunn ’84 Valencia L. Barree fraternity; later, as an alumnus, Carl of Anchorage, Alaska, ’86 of Littleton, Colo., supported the school as a member died December 23, died August 6, 2011. of the President’s Council for several 2011. Born in 1962 Born in 1957 into an years. He spent 30 years with Union in Salt Lake City, Air Force family, she Oil, working in California, Texas and Utah, and raised in moved often; homes Oklahoma. Carl was widowed in 1965 Colorado and Japan, included Texas, when his first wife, Elinor, died. He Steve was enrolled in the McBride Greece, Montana, South Dakota and, retired to Arizona in 1984 with his sec- Honors Program at Mines, where he ultimately, Denver. Val studied clas- ond wife, Lillian Ruth Grider. In addi- graduated with a bachelor’s degree in sical cello performance at Colorado tion to Lillian, he is survived by his son, chemical engineering and petroleum

44 MINES Spring 2013 refining. Immediately after graduation, William L. Harvey searched for alternative uses for indus- he embarked on a 25-year career in the ’55 of Parker, Colo., trial waste products bound for the oil and gas industry. Steve is survived died January 16, landfill. He is survived by his wife of 44 by his wife, Laura McArdle; daughters 2012. Born in 1932, years; daughter Jennifer; son Nicholas; Victoria Suhay, Olivia Reep-Dunn and he joined the Marine and five grandchildren. Annaliese; sons Alexander Dunn and Corps Reserve group Preston Reep; his parents, Carol and at Buckley Naval Thomas E. Howard John; brother Andy; and sister Karen Air Station in 1949. A year later, he ’41 of Wheat Ridge, Barnhart. His brother, Mike, preceded enlisted in the Marines and was sent Colo., died September him in death. to study telephone technology in San 29, 2012. Born in Diego. While earning his professional 1919, Thomas ran Jack F. Earl ’53 of degree in geophysical engineering at for the cross-country Georgetown, Texas, Mines, Bill was a member of ROTC, team at Mines, where died July 5, 2012. Jack Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Gamma Epsilon he earned a profes- was born in 1927, fraternity. In 2004, he was a member sional degree in mining engineering. attended Glendale of the President’s Council. He had He worked for Anaconda Copper College, and then several careers, including geophysical Mining in Montana prior to serving earned a professional engineer in Montana and quality test in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1946. degree in geology from Mines, where he engineer for Martin Marietta, writing After being discharged, he worked was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and testing specifications for the Titan for St. Louis Smelting Refining, Union fraternity and ROTC. He was also part I Intercontinental Missile Project. Bill Pacific Railroad and the U.S. Army of the local volunteer fire department. also worked on the Viking Lander, Corps of Engineers. In 1951, he began Jack received scholarships to Mines for the Gemini VII/VI Launch and Project a 20-year stint with the U.S. Bureau basketball and football (playing quarter- Dinosaur (a military version of Skylab). of Mines in Spokane, Wash., during back), and he was also on the baseball Bill was predeceased by his first wife which he designed a patented con- team. He served in the U.S. Navy in of nearly 50 years, Marilyn. He is sur- tinuous shovel loader and became World War II and as a first lieutenant in vived by his second wife, Joanne; son the agency’s first director of mining the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the William; daughters Veronica McKay, research. In 1971, Thomas joined Joy Korean War. Colleen Farmer and Teresa Brandon; Manufacturing as director of research Following graduation, Jack worked and six grandchildren, including in Galt, Ontario, and retired five years for Shell Oil as a petroleum engineer; he Connor McKay, currently a student at later to Wheat Ridge. He received was also editor of World Oil Magazine Mines. the Daniel C. Jackling Award from and eventually became an independent AIME (now The American Institute of oil operator. He is survived by his wife David H. Hebb MS Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum of 64 years, Mildred; daughters Susan ’73 of Spokane, Wash., Engineers) in 1975 for his work in rapid Porter, Cynthia Alford, Shelby Riemer died October 13, excavation. Thomas also invented a and Victoria Weil; nine grandchildren; 2012. Dave was born continuous mining machine, for which and six great-grandchildren. in 1942 and grew up Joy Manufacturing received a patent in in Waterbury, Conn., 1982. He was preceded in death by his George H. Fentress where he attended wife of more than 70 years, Betty, and ’49 of Tekamah, Neb., the University of is survived by his son, Michael Howard, died June 15, 2012. Connecticut and earned a bachelor’s and six grandchildren. Born in 1920, George degree in geology in 1964. He worked served as a second for several companies as an explora- Alex R. Jacobs ’62 of Sierra Vista, lieutenant in the U.S. tion geologist before his commission Ariz., died January 5, 2010. Born in Army Air Corps, later as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army 1932, Alex attended the U.S. Military graduating from Mines with a profes- Corps of Engineers in 1968; in this Academy at West Point prior to earn- sional degree in geology. At Mines, capacity, he was sent to Vietnam to ing a professional degree in mining he was a member of Beta Theta Pi research mineral deposits, especially engineering from Mines. During his fraternity, and he became an honorary materials for road surfacing. In 1971, career, he managed a uranium mine in member of the school’s alumni associa- Dave and his wife, Barbara, moved to Wyoming, a molybdenum mine in Idaho tion in 1968. He served for 10 years in Golden. Two years later, he graduated and a potash mine in New Mexico. He the Colorado House of Representatives. with a master’s degree in mineral eco- also had engineering and mining ser- George was also a member of the nomics from Mines. Dave started two vices posts in Charlotte, N.C.; Denver, American Association of Petroleum small businesses in Colorado—a coal Colo.; and Brisbane, Australia. Alex Geologists. He is survived by his three bagging company and an antler buckle, served as chairman of the Arizona children, and 21 grandchildren and button and jewelry business. He also Mining Association. He is survived by great-grandchildren. served as a section coordinator for the his wife of 47 years, Margaret; daughters alumni association. In 1987, he and his Penny Cloonen and Annie Brady; sons family moved to Spokane, where he Paul and Fred; and eight grandchildren.

Colorado School of Mines Magazine 45 INMEMORIAM

James C. Laughry Edward J. Robert W. Pearson ’76 of Bartlesville, McDonald IV ’99 ’59 of Golden, Colo., Okla., died August 23, of Littleton, Colo., died October 3, 2012. 2012. Jim was born died December 11, Born in 1933, Bob in 1953. At Mines, he 2011. Born in 1970, could see the “M” from played football and Ed earned a degree in his childhood home participated in track geological engineer- in Wheat Ridge, and and field while earning a degree in geo- ing from Mines, where he played for his connection to the school remained physics. As an alumnus he was a member the Men’s Rugby Club. At the time of close his entire life, particularly in of the President’s Council in 2001. During his death, he was owner and operator sports. While earning his professional his 33-year career in the petroleum of McDonald Engineering Services. Ed degree in petroleum engineering, he industry as an exploration geophysicist, was a member of the American Society participated in varsity track, basket- he became a specialist in seismic inter- of Civil Engineers, the Association ball and football, as well as numerous pretation software. Jim was member of of Environmental and Engineering intramural sports. After graduating, he the Society for Exploration Geophysics Geologists, and the Society for Mining, served as an assistant basketball coach and wrote articles for its publications. He Metallurgy and Exploration. He is from 1965 to 1992 (during his tenure also volunteered as a youth mentor for survived by his wife, Beth McDonald Mines won two conference champion- the Tulsa school district. Jim is survived ’98; four children, Maisri (9), Angus ships), tennis coach from 1965 to 1977, by his wife, Shirley; son Nelson; daughter (6), Elsie (1) and Warren, who was soccer coach from 1980 to 1998, and Cheryl Essex; stepdaughter Sinda; grand- born four months after his father’s softball coach from 1992 to 1995. In daughter Katelyn Bisacky; his father, death; parents Pam Nolan and Edward the years 1993–1996, the men’s soccer Arthur; brothers David and Richard; and McDonald; and brother Joshua. team captured four conference titles sister Janet Parrett. and had a record of 39-26-2. Bob also F.H. Merelli ’59 of served as director of intramural sports Philip L. Lawrence ’49 Conifer, Colo., died for 18 years and was on the staff of of Richardson, Texas, August 12, 2012. Mick, the Colorado School of Mines Alumni died July 9, 2012. Born as he was called, was Association for seven years. in 1923, Phil served born in 1936. His pro- At CSMAA he created the sections in World War II in the fessional degree in program, recruiting more than 40 vol- 759th Field Artillery petroleum engineering unteer section leaders from as far away Battalion. He earned from Mines initiated as Lima, Peru, who organized events a professional degree in geological a long career in the oil industry. He and kept in touch with alumni in their engineering from Mines and went on worked his way from field engineer to regions. Bob also organized the first to work for Mobil Oil as a geophysicist president of Tulsa, Okla.-based Terra E-Days ’Round the World event, involv- from 1949 until his retirement. A mem- Resources in 1979, where he remained ing celebratory alumni gatherings in ber of the American Geophysical Union until 1988, when he was named presi- 40 locations around the world on the during his career, he remained involved dent of Apache in Denver. In 1992, he same day. After retiring from Mines, in many organizations throughout his became chairman, president and CEO Bob coached two senior women’s life; his favorites were Zane Grey’s West of Key Production, an Apache spin- basketball teams that made it to the Society and Numismatics International. off, and in 2002, he began in the same national championships in June 2005, He was also a member of the Mines capacity for newly formed Cimarex with the 55–59 age group finishing sixth Century Society, Copper level. Phil was Energy, where he remained until 2011. in the nation. He also coached a 70+ predeceased by his wife of 62 years, Mick received the Distinguished women’s team. Jacqueline; he is survived by daughters Achievement Medal from Mines in Active in the Golden community, Sheryle Hodapp and Debra Taylor. 2001, was a member of the Century Bob served on the Colorado School of Society, Silver level, and was named Mines Credit Union Board of Directors, James W. Lemm ’69 of Sugar Land, Western Energy Alliance’s Wildcatter of and the CSMAA Board of Directors Texas, died August 8, 2011. Born in the Year in 2002 for his contributions to 1997–1999. He was awarded a Mines 1947, Jim earned a professional degree the industry. Mick was predeceased by Medal in 2001, named an honorary in petroleum engineering from Mines. his wife, Ginger. He is survived by his member of CSMAA in 2003, and in 2005 After spending 36 years with Union Oil daughter, Cara Adams; sons Michael he received the CSMAA Outstanding in California, he retired as general man- and Tighe; 11 grandchildren (includ- Alumnus Award. He is also a mem- ager and later served as a consultant ing current Mines students Jonathon ber of the Colorado School of Mines for IHS in Houston. He was a member and Tessa Cummins); and three Athletics Hall of Fame. Bob is survived of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. great-grandchildren. by his wife, Becky, and daughters Jim is survived by his wife of 42 years, Alyson and Emily. Gail; daughter Wendy Rives; son William; grandson Phillip Rives; and brother Thomas.

46 MINES Spring 2013 Gordon M. Quick Steven; uncle Brian Smith ’85; and a professional degree in petroleum ’65 of Punta Gorda, cousin Erik Smith ’03. Her grandfather, engineering. He worked as a licensed Fla., died September William R. Smith ’48, died in February petroleum engineer for Shell Oil for 2, 2012. Gordon was 2012 (see Mines’ fall 2012 issue, p. 46). more than 30 years, during which time born in 1942. He he lived in five states and The Hague, earned a professional Joe T. Taylor ’52 of Netherlands. After retiring at age 56, degree in metallurgy Alamo, Calif., died John spent the next three decades trav- from Mines, where he was a member August 30, 2012. Born eling with his wife, Dolores, throughout of Kappa Sigma fraternity and the golf in 1926, Joe enlisted the United States and internationally, team. After serving in Vietnam with the in the U.S. Army including golf vacations in Ireland U.S. Army as a combat engineer officer, upon his graduation and Scotland. A member of Mines’ he attended the University of Kansas from high school in President’s Council for more than a for one semester before leaving due to 1944. He briefly attended Alabama and decade, he also belonged to the Society war protests on campus. He went on Auburn Universities until he turned 18, of Petroleum Engineers. In June 2012, to spend 37 years with Pratt & Whitney when he attended Officers Candidate Joe was predeceased by his wife of 60 in East Hartford, Conn., as a metal- School. Commissioned as a second years. He is survived by his son, John; lurgical engineer. In 2004, he retired lieutenant, Joe served in Germany until daughters Donna Holt and Joy Stroud; to Punta Gorda, where he played golf 1946. At Mines, he was a member of and six grandchildren. regularly, and served as a director of the 1951 football team (inducted into the Burnt Store Lakes Property Owners the Athletics Hall of Fame in 1999), and John H. Wyatt ’50 Association from 2009 to 2012. Gordon graduated with a professional degree in of Denver, Colo., died was a 1999 member of the Mines mining engineering. He graduated from November 4, 2012. Born President’s Council. He is survived by the Stanford Sloan Program in 1969, and in 1925, Jack earned his wife of 42 years, Linda; son David; was a member of Mines’ Resource Fund a professional degree and two grandsons. International Development Committee in mining engineering from 1975 to 1985. For 32 years, Joe from Mines. In addi- William S. Ransom worked for Kaiser Steel in Utah, New tion to his career as a mining engineer ’60 of Oro Valley, Ariz., Mexico, Australia and California, retir- with Phelps Dodge, he served in the died August 29, 2012. ing as VP of coal mining operations U.S. Army Reserve, retiring with the Born in 1931, Bill in 1984. He is survived by his wife rank of captain. He was avidly devoted joined the U.S. Navy of 59 years, Hannoria; son Thomas; to music, and as a key organizer of the after high school. After daughters Terry and Leslie; and four CSMAA Centennial celebration in 1995, earning his profes- grandchildren. he led the alumni band. A member of sional degree in mining engineering the Mines President’s Council for three from Mines, he traveled the world as a John E. Tuttle ’49 of Brenham, Texas, years, he was also a lifelong Mason. mining engineer for 40 years. In 1973, died August 11, 2012. Born in 1926, He is survived by his children, John he moved to the Tucson area, where John attended Stanford University and Karen; two grandchildren; and two he served as section vice president for while in the U.S. Army during World great-grandchildren. CSMAA. Bill is survived by his wife War II. At Mines, he was a member of —Compiled and edited by Amie Chitwood and of almost 50 years, Emily; daughters Tau Beta Pi honor fraternity and earned Nancy Webb Susan, Pat, Barbara, Debbie, Becky and Joan; sons Eric and Howard; 21 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren. ALSOREMEMBERED ewton nderson MS ’55...... January 4, 2005 Jennifer M. N M. A J. Thomas Bernard ’66...... January 13, 2011 Ronhovde ’08 of arl ieniewski ’52...... April 4, 2010 Broomfield, Colo., C L. B W. Jefferson Frost Jr. ’64...... February 3, 2012 died October 20, 2012. John H.W. Haig ’59...... February 3, 2009 Born in 1986, Jennifer Frank G. Horino ’44, MS ’51...... February 8, 2009 earned a degree in Burt R. Kramer ’42...... March 25, 1994 petroleum engineer- Walter B. Levy ’48...... March 14, 2008 ing from Mines. She married Logan Delwyn J. Low ’45...... June 13, 2008 Ronhovde ’11 five days after being diag- Galen L. Meyer ’62...... August 20, 2008 nosed with leukemia (see story at mines Elmer T. Musselman ’48, MS ’49...... January 27, 2007 magazine.com/2881/). Jennifer was a Douglas L. Pearce ’42...... May 19, 2010 reservoir engineer and then operations Robert L. Purswell ’73...... January 4, 2009 engineer for Pioneer Natural Resources. Harold A. Rogers ’42...... October 17, 1989 She is survived by her husband; parents James H. Williams ’48...... October 6, 2006 Ken and Shelley Rotramel; brother Shamsuz Zaman MS ’55, MS ’56...... May 15, 2011

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CAUGHT IN THE ACT Our feature about the missing CU Boulder bell in the fall 2012 issue prompted one alumnus to email us these photos (see Inbox, p. 4), taken the night before the bell reappeared in 1950. His father and two uncles were in on the original heist, and two of the three are shown here helping to engrave the M. (No, we’re still not naming names.)

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