Mining Seminar Series
The Mining Seminar Series at Mines engages a diverse variety of experts to introduce stimulating ideas connecting natural resources, nature, society, science, engineering and technology with mining.
Every Wednesday, from 4:00-5:00 p.m. MT, selected authorities in their respective fields join us for a 45-minute presentation followed by a 15-minute open discussion. The Mining Seminar Series provides an accessible, inclusive and diverse virtual venue for the interested public, students, professionals, and accomplished experts for connecting and sharing exciting findings, case studies, and recent developments in a broad range of topics that relate to mineral resources and mining.
Upcoming Seminar
Welcome to the Spring Semester of the Mining Engineering Seminar Series. Please see the current flier to the right for more information about this week’s speaker.
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Past Seminars
Spring 2024 Seminar Series
April 10, 2024: Dr. Priscilla P. Nelson
Professor, Colorado School of Mines
March 27, 2024: Jason Bowsher
Manager, Life-Cycle & Decarbonization
Sustainable Mining, Freeport -McMoRan Company
March 6, 2024: Bijan Peik and Anna Kate Miller
Project Rock Mechanics Engineer, Geotechnical Engineer, Equilibrium Mining
February 21, 2024: Michael Kendrick
President , Climax Molybdenum Company
Freeport -McMoRan Company
February 14, 2024: Liz Dennett
CEO-Endolith | Harnessing Microbes to Fuel Sustainable Mining
January 24, 2024: Kun Zhang
Project Manager, CEng, PMP China Design Group/R&D Center of the
Ministry of Transport.
January 17, 2024: Katy Armstrong
Associate Director Career & Professional Development Advisor
Colorado School of Mines.
Fall 2023 Seminar Series
November 30, 2023: Akash Chaurasia
PhD candidate in the Mining Engineering Department.
November 30, 2023: Manso Deen Sesay
Masters student in the Mining Engineering Department.
November 16, 2023: Prof. Piotr Cheluszka
Professor at the Department of Mining Mechanization
and Robotization – Silesian University of Technology
November 9, 2023: Neal Stanton
Bid Proposal Manager North America — Thiess Mining USA Inc.
November 2, 2023: Paul Zink
Professor of Practice between the Mining Engineering
and Economics and Business Departments – CSM
October 19, 2023: Dr. Kadri Dagdelen
Professor at Mining Department- CSM
October 12, 2023: Bruce Yoshioka
Lab Coordinator- CSM
October 5, 2023: Priscilla P. Nelson
Professor, Department of Mining Engineering Colorado School of Mines and Director for E&O, the Tailings Center
September 28, 2023: Lee J. Zamalloa
September 20, 2023: Arnold Dix
President of the International Tunneling and Underground Space
September 14, 2023: Harrison Ingham
Global Technical Manager, Hexagon Mining 2022-Present
September 8, 2023: Mark Moseley Williams
Senior Director Strategic Development, Agnico Eagle Mines Limited
August 31, 2023: Jamal Rostami
Chair of Hadden/Alacer Gold Endowed, Director of the Excavation Engineering and Earth Mechanics Institute (EMI), and professor of the dept. of Mining Engineering at Colorado School of Mines.
Spring 2023 Seminar Series
April12th, 2023: Jamie Brainard
Physical Scientist at U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
April 5th, 2023: Lukas Fahle
Colorado School of Mines Graduate Student
March 29th, 2023: Steven Hoerger
Peak View Mine Planning
March 15, 2023: Rob Reeves
Adjunct Professor Colorado School of Mines
March 8, 2023: Alejandro Delgado Jimenez, Fatih Aranoglu, Burc Yaman
Graduate Students at Colorado School of Mines
February 22, 2023: Douglas Silver
CEO Balfour Holdings LLC
February 15, 2023: Dave Kanagy & Marc Levier
Executive Director & CEO of SME and 2023 SME President Elect
February 9, 2023: Elizabeth Holly
Associate Professor Mining Engineering Department
February 1, 2023: Jaeheon Lee
Associate Professor | Associate Director of Kroll Institute for Extractive Metallurgy
January 25, 2023: Mines Career & Counseling Centers
Fall 2022 Seminar Series
December 5, 2022: Dr. Douglas Wicks
Program Director, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, US Department of Energy
December 1, 2022: Bill Zisch
November 17, 2022: Heather Lammers
PhD Candidate, Colorado School of Mines, Mining Engineering
November 10, 2022: Nick Gow
Director Technical Services, Forte Analytics
November 3, 2022: Jay Hemenway
Ocean Partners, Senior Trader
October 27, 2022: Joseph Scalia
Associate Professor, Colorado State University, Site director, Tailings Center
October 20, 2022: Emma Bishop
Graduate Student, Research Assistant, Colorado School of Mines
October 13, 2022: Justin Anderson
McGriff, Senior Vice President
October 6, 2022: Carrie Hartford
Jenike & Johanson Science Engineering Design
September 29, 2022: Sarah Jones
Previous Newmont Marketing & Sales Manager
September 22, 2022: Michael Caplan
Kroll Institute of Extractive Metallurgy
September 15, 2022: Mathew Deutsch
Graduate Student CSM Mining Engineering Department
September 1, 2022: Hugh Miller
Associate Professor Mining Department CSM
August 24, 2022: Kickoff Meet and Greet
Spring 2022 Seminar Series
April 27, 2022: Joe Trouba
PhD Candidate, Kroll Institute for Extractive Metallurgy
April 20, 2022: Orlando Erickson
Senior Director, Infrastructure at Newmont
April 13, 2022: Daniel Naupari
Technical Manager at Mine & Flows Mining and Tunnel Ventilation
April 6, 2022: Priscilla P. Nelson
Professor at Colorado School of Mines
March 16, 2022: Kirk Yeager
Chief Explosives Scientist, FBI, A Look Back to the Road Ahead
March 9, 2022: Mining Engineering Graduate Students
Grad Students Rapid Presentations
February 9, 2022: Nolan Seles
Regional Sales Engineer, GEOKON, Geotechnical Instrumentation & Data Collection for Monitoring Mining Applications
January 26, 2022: Alejandro Delgado
ERDE PhD Student, Application of the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework to Artisanal & Small-Scale Mining
January 26, 2022: Fatih Aranoglu
ERDE PhD Student, System Dynamics Model of an Artisanal & Small-Scale Gold Supply Chain in Peru
January 19, 2022: Dr. Alexandra Guaqueta
Managing Director, of Business & Social Impact “ESG Trends in Global Mining”
Fall 2021 Seminar Series
September 8, 2021: Dr. Abani R. Samal
Owner and Principal of GeoGlobal LLC, Utah
“Assessment of Risks and Opportunities in Mineral Resource Estimates”
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September 15, 2021: Ray Ballantyne
Principal Consultant in RAK Developments
“‘Challenging the Norms’ Time Usage Model for Mobile Underground Mining Equipment”
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September 22, 2021: Brad Gyngell
Chief Operations Officer at Strayos
“The Key to Digitizing Mining Operations”
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September 29, 2021: Richard Bailey
The Start Group Pty Ltd
“Leveraging Digital Platforms for Inventory Management for Mining”
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October 6, 2021: Dr. Pouya Zangeneh
Risk Analytics Specialist at Hatch
“Knowledge Representation and Artificial Intelligence for Management of Socio-Technical Risks in Megaprojects”
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October 13, 2021: Dr. Kadri Dagdelen
Professor, Mining Engineering Department at Colorado School of Mines
Managing Large Scale Data for Mine Planning at Nevada Gold Mines JV
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October 20, 2021: Professor Ian Lange
Director of the Mineral and Energy Economics Program at Mines
“Mining Policy from and Insiders Perspective”
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October 27, 2021: Dr. Sebnem Duzgun
Professor and Fred Banfield Distinguished Endowed Chair, Mining Engineering Department at Colorado School of Mines
“Big Data and AI in Mine Safety”
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November 4, 2021: Aaron Malone
Post-Doctoral research associate, Center for Mining Sustainability and Mining Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
“Artisanal Mining and Rural Livelihoods: Coexistence and Conflict”
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November 10, 2021: Dr. Ian Loomis
Technical Director-Ventilation, Worley
“Holistic View of Costs in the Diesel Versus Battery Electric Equipment Trade-Off”
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Spring 2021 Seminar Series
January 13, 2021: Ms. Rachel Jensen
Senior Process Engineer, Paterson & Cooke – North America
“Tailings Dewatering Technology”
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January 27, 2021: Mr. Matthew Lengerich
General Manager Digital Transformation Delivery, Rio Tinto
“Digital and Mining – The Reality”
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February 3, 2021: Mr. Jess Kindler
President – Parts, Services and Supply Chain, Epiroc AB
“From Colorado to Congo, and Tashkent to Tembagapura: A Mines Journey”
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February 10, 2021: Mr. Andrew Witte
Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Klohn Cripped Berger
“Tailings Management for Engineers”
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February 17, 2021: Chris Johnson and Henry Wang
President & Principal Mining Engineer, Underground Mining Solutions, LLC | Mining Engineer, Newmont Corporation
“Strategic Optimization of the Underground Mine Plan”
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February 24, 2021: Matt Mackinnon and Alexandre Meldem
Founder and President, Unmanned Aerial Services, Inc. | VP Sales, Flyability Inc.
“Flying Beneath the Surface: How specialized UAS make mining operations safer and more efficient”
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March 10, 2021: Dr. Ali Soofastaei
Global AI Program Leader, Vale
“Artificial Intelligence Application in Mining”
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March 17, 2021: Stefan Schwank and Ulrich Schopf
Bauer Mining Solutions
“The Vertical Attack: Cross-Over Technology from Civil Engineering to Mining”
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March 24, 2021: Bill Warfield
Warfield Consulting
“Technical Sales as a Career Path”
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April 7, 2021: Allison Coppel
Director, Value Assurance at Newmont Corporation
“How Early Social Performance Adds Value to Capital Investment Projects”
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April 14, 2021: Patsy Moran, Ph.D
Practical Geochemistry, LLC
“Path to Restart of the Mt. Todd Gold Mine – Batman Pit”
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April 21, 2021: Volker Krumpel
Co-Founder, Minespider AG
“Transparency and Traceability in Mining”
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April 28, 2021: Dr. Shimin Liu
Associate Professor, Penn State University
“Mining and Mineral Engineering Research & High Impact Publishing in IJCS&T”
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May 5, 2021: Max Yates
Director, Credit Suisse Equity Research Department
“Perspectives of Capital Markets on Mining Equipment Companies”
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Fall 2020 Seminar Series
September 2, 2020: Dr. M. Stephen Enders
Mining Engineering Department Head, Colorado School of Mines
“Mining Engineering Department Head – Vision, Goals, and Path Forward”
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September 9, 2020: Dr. Corby Anderson
Harrison-Western Professor, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Associate Director, Kroll Institute for Extractive Metallurgy
“Star Regulus and the Triumphal Chariot of Antimony”
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September 16, 2020: Ms. Carrie Middleton
Physical Scientist, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE)
“Applied Remote Sensing for Mining and Reclamation – Platforms, Sensors, and Analytics”
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September 23, 2020: Mr. Paul Mitchell
Global Mining & Metals Leader, EY
“What Will Mining Look Like in 2040?”
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September 30, 2020: Mr. Satish Penmetsa
CEO, GroundHog
“Use Cases (and Jobs) Being Disrupted with Advances in Technology* in the Mining Industry”
*Such as: digitization, cloud, drones, autonomous vehicles, IIoT and AI/ML
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October 7, 2020: Dr. Veronica Eliasson
Associate Professor, Mines Mechanical Engineering Department/Joint Associate Professor, Mines Mining Engineering Department
“From Shocks to Dynamic Fracture or How to Hit Things Really Hard”
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October 14, 2020: Mr. Brian Yureskes
General Manager of Business Development and Marketing, Komatsu
“Automating Progress – Overview of Komatsu’s Autonomous Haulage System”
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October 21, 2020: Mr. Terry Braun
Practice Leader, SRK Consulting, (U.S.), Inc.
“Rumble in the Jungle”
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October 28, 2020: Mr. Levi Rawlings
Mining Engineer, Maptek
“The Data Behind Blasting”
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November 4, 2020: Dr. Robert Cooke
Director, Paterson & Cooke
“Slurry Pipeline Technology”
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November 11, 2020: Mr. Thomas Struttmann
CEO, Struttmann Consulting
“Planning and Forecasting Alanytics”
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November 18, 2020: Ms. Lia Walker, Mr. Cory Stevens
Ms. Walker is the Manager of Innovation, Freeport-McMoRan
Mr. Stevens is the Vice President of Operational Improvement, Freeport-McMoRan
“Freeport-McMoRan Inc: Advanced Analytics – Our Journey”
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December 2, 2020: Mr. Rajesh Raitani
Senior Research, USG Corporation
“Electrostatic Separation of Heavy Materials”
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Contact Our Team
Sarah Jones
Mining Seminar Series Graduate Student Coordinator
Amid Morshedlou
Mining Seminar Series Graduate Student Coordinator
Santiago Iriarte Aguirre
Mining Seminar Series Graduate Student Coordinator
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