Available Projects 2026-2027
Projects* are listed by mentor department. Click on the a department category below, then select the project by clicking on the title.
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- All MURF Projects 2026-2027
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- Interdisciplinary MURF 2026-2027
- Mechanical Engineering
- Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
- Mining Engineering
- Petroleum Engineering
- Physics
Additive combinatorics, harmonic analysis, and dynamical systems
Primary Mentor:John Griesmer, griesmer@mines.edu
read moreAdvanced Magic Number Calculation for Major League Baseball
Primary Mentor:Alexandra Newman, anewman@mines.edu
read moreAdvanced Protective Composite Materials
Primary Mentor:Leslie Lamberson, les@mines.edu Hillary Cunliffe-Owen, hillary_cunliffe-owen@mines.edu Allison Arrington, aarrington@mines.edu
read moreAI-assisted development of metal-organic frameworks for water harvesting
Primary Mentor:Diego A Gomez-Gualdron, dgomezgualdron@mines.edu
read moreAssessing the age of an offshore freshened groundwater system through radiocarbon analyses
Primary Mentor:Ryan Venturelli, venturelli@mines.edu
read moreAssessing the impact of LLM Linguistic Tendencies on Trust Building, Loss, and Repair
Primary Mentor:Tom Williams, twilliams@mines.edu
read moreAutomated Soil Sample Processing System for Mineral Exploration
Primary Mentor:Kaveh Fathian. kaveh.fathian@mines.edu
read moreCompilation of structural data for the Avalon terrane, southeastern New England, USA
Primary Mentor:Yvette Kuiper, ykuiper@mines.edu
read moreComputational development of metal-organic framework building blocks for separation of rare earths
Primary Mentor:Diego A. Gomez-Gualdron dgomezgualdron@mines.edu
read moreComputational Models of Mycelial Cognition
Primary Mentor:Tom Williams twilliams@mines.edu
read moreConstructed Wetlands: Next Generation Applications for Sustainable Water Treatment
Primary Mentor:Josh Sharp, jsharp@mines.edu
read moreCoupling Structural, Ionic, and Electronic Phenomena in Ternary Metal Chalcogenides
Primary Mentor:Annalise Maughan, amaughan@mines.edu | Alex Hughes, alexander_hughes@mines.edu
read moreData Science for Spiritual Care Across Online Social Platforms
Primary Mentor:Estelle Smith, estellesmith@mines.edu | Shadi Nourriz, shadinourriz@mines.edu | Jesan Ahammed Ovi, jesanahammed_ovi@mines.edu
read moreData-driven and visualization tools for improving the quality of oceanographic data
Primary Mentor:Guilherme Castelão, guilherme.pimentacastelao@mines.edu
read moreDesalination using a clathrate hydrate technology
Primary Mentor:Carolyn Koh, ckoh@mines.edu
read moreDesigning dynamics in new argyrodite solid-state ion conductors
Primary Mentor:Annalise Maughan, amaughan@mines.edu | Austin Shotwell, austinshotwell@mines.edu | Shelby Galinat, shelbygalinat@mines.edu | Manon Lutz, manon_lutz@mines.edu
read moreDesigning layered crystals for sustainable energy and quantum information
Primary Mentor:Matthew Crane, matthewcrane@mines.edu | Connor Harvey, cdharvey@mines.edu
read moreDevelopment of a Low-Power Smart Monitoring System for Stormwater Filtration Infrastructure
Primary Mentor:Sihua Shao, sihua.shao@mines.edu
read moreDevelopment of a targeted drug delivery strategy to treat type 1 diabetes
Primary Mentor:Nikki Farnsworth, nfarnsworth@mines.edu | Ashton Fremin, afremin@mines.edu
read moreDevelopment of an Agentic AI framework for mineral and energy resources exploration
Primary Mentor:Sebnem duzgun duzgun@mines.edu
read moreDevelopment of real-time techniques for high-fidelity isotopes yield and target irradiation evaluations
Primary Mentor:Valerio Mascolino, valerio.mascolino@mines.edu
read moreDo Extreme Floods Matter More Than We Think?
Primary Mentor:Piret Plink-Bjorklund, pplink@mines.edu Nathan Lenssen, lenssen@mines.edu
read moreElectron Microscopy Characterization of Materials and Components for Low-Temperature Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers
Primary Mentor:Svitlana Pylypenko, spylypen@mines.edu. Lonneke van Eijk, lvaneijk@mines.edu
read moreEngineering green algae to produce growth factors for cultivated meat production
Primary Mentor:Nanette Boyle nboyle@mines.edu
read moreEngineering polymeric surfaces to mimic apoptotic cell membranes and drive macrophage response
Primary Mentor:Ramya Kumar, ramyakumar@mines.edu
read moreEngineering the Pancreas Microenvironment to Treat Type 1 Diabetes
Primary Mentor:
Nikki Farnsworth, nfarnsworth@mines.edu
Christine El Dirani, celdirani@mines.edu
Enhancing Knowledge Management in Universities Through Soft-Skills Development for Faculty
Primary Mentor:Sheron Lawson, sheron.lawson@mines.edu
read moreEvaluating metal/polymer electrolyte composite materials in electrochemical devices
Primary Mentor:Prof Herring aherring@mines.edu Mary Pat Nicodemus mpnicodemus@mines.edu
read moreExploring the relationship between functional movement performance and muscular capacity
Primary Mentor:Anne Silverman, asilverm@mines.edu | William Feldman, william_feldman@mines.edu | Katie Knaus, katherine.knaus@mines.edu
read moreFormulation & Characterization of Nanofluids for Carbon Capture Applications
Primary Mentor:Carolyn Koh, ckoh@mines.edu | Zoe Adkins, ztadkins@mines.edu | Joshua Worley, jworley@mines.edu
read moreFrom electrolytes to cathodes: Tuning ionic and electronic conduction in lithium metal halides
Primary Mentor:Annalise Maughan, amaughan@mines.edu | Sinclair Combs, sinclaircombs@mines.edu | Abby Cardoza, abby_cardoza@mines.edu
read moreGeothermal Energy Extraction: Quantification of Proppant Setting Dynamics
Primary Mentor:pbazazi@mines.edu
read moreGlider pitch control with multiple bioinspired airfoils
Primary Mentor:Gary Nave, garynave@mines.edu
read moreHalogen and Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Frameworks
Primary Mentor:Michael McGuirk, cmmcguirk@mines.edu
read moreHigh-throughput polymer synthesis, purification and characterization for data-driven polymer design
Primary Mentor:Ramya Kumar, ramyakumar@mines.edu
read moreHigh-Throughput Synthesis of Photo-Catalyzed Polymers for Direct Delivery of CRISPR-Cas9
Primary Mentor:Ramya Kumar, ramyakumar@mines.edu
read moreHow do Sea Surface Temperature Patterns Influence North American Hydroclimate?
Primary Mentor:Nathan Lenssen, lenssen@mines.edu
read moreHow ocean storms shake the Earth: new approaches in seafloor seismology
Primary Mentor:Aaron Girard, agirard@mines.edu | Bia Villas Boas, villasboas@mines.edu | Guilherme Castelao, guilherme.pimentacastelao@mines.edu
read moreHow uncertain are future heat waves in Colorado?
Primary Mentor:Nathan Lenssen, lenssen@gmail.com
read moreHow Volcanoes Work: Understanding How Subvolcanic Magmas Evolve and Ascend Using Computational Tools
Primary Mentor:Wendy Bohrson, bohrson@mines.edu
read moreHybrid Closed Circuit Reverse Osmosis and Adsorption Systems for High-Efficiency Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Removal from Water Resources
Primary Mentor:
Hybrid Muscle-Machine Interface for Intuitive Control of a Body-Powered Prosthetic Hand
Primary Mentor:George Kontoudis, george.kontoudis@mines.edu
read moreImpact of climate change on natural ventilation
Primary Mentor:Janelle Domantay: janelle_domantay@mines.edu
read moreImpact of course coordination model on student outcomes
Primary Mentor:Debra Carney, dcarney@mines.edu Chris Rasmussen, crassmusen@sdsu.edu Naneh Apkarian, napkarian2@sdsu.edu
read moreImplementation of Fission Matrix Calculation Capabilities into the Open Source Monte Carlo Neutron Transport Software OpenMC
Primary Mentor:Valerio Mascolino, valerio.mascolino@mines.edu
read moreIncreasing photosynthetic yields in marine microbes
Primary Mentor:Matthew Posewitz mposewit@mines.edu
read moreIntegrating analog (old) and digital (new) data for 3D outcrops
Primary Mentor:
IoT Security and Privacy Protection
Primary Mentor:Dr. Chuan Yue (chuanyue@mines.edu) and his PhD students (TBD).
read moreLight-Responsive Hydrogels for Transdermal Drug Delivery
Primary Mentor:Anuj Chauhan, chauhan@mines.edu. Aishee Dey, aishee.dey@mines.edu
read moreMagnetic Field Impacts on Microbial Growth and Metabolism
Primary Mentor:Suzannah Beeler, beeler@mines.edu | Kevin Cash, kcash@mines.edu
read moreMetasurface-Encoded Point-Cloud Illumination for Computational 3D Reconstruction
Primary Mentor:Daniel Adams daadams@mines.edu, Patrice Genevet patrice.genevet@mines.edu
read moreMicroplastic Field Sampling and Analysis in a Global Setting
Primary Mentor:Brian Trewyn, btrewyn@mines.edu | Anne Marie Mozrall, annemarie_mozrall@mines.edu
read moreNonlinear Dimensional Reduction and Machine Learning Algorithms for Biomolecular Coarse-Graining
Primary Mentor:Alex Pak, apak@mines.edu Steve Pankavich, pankavic@mines.edu
read moreObserving Graphene Oxide Particles at Oil-Water Interfaces with Brewster Angle Microscopy
Primary Mentor:Joe Samaniuk, samaniuk@mines.edu
read moreOptimizing Concentrated Solar Power systems for Data Centers
Primary Mentor:Alexandra Newman, anewman@mines.edu | William Hamilton, william.hamilton@nlr.gov
read morePermeability of an offshore freshened groundwater system
Primary Mentor:Brandon Dugan, dugan@mines.edu | Jillian Prescott, jillian_prescott@mines.edu
read morePower grid operation testbed (digital twin)
Primary Mentor:Qiuhua, Huang, qiuhuahuang@mines.edu
read morePressurized Hydrogen Production with Advanced Electrolyzers
Primary Mentor:Neal Sullivan, nsulliva@mines.edu
read moreQuantifying Film Structure with Interference Reflection Microscopy
Primary Mentor:Joe Samaniuk, samaniuk@mines.edu
read moreQuantitative mapping of offshore freshened groundwater with resistivity data and water samples
Primary Mentor:Brandon Dugan, dugan@mines.edu
read moreQuantum Computing of Seismic Wave Simulations
Primary Mentor:Ebru Bozdag bozdag@mines.edu / Steve Pankavich pankavic@mines.edu
read moreQuantum Sensing for Low Background Particle Physics
Primary Mentor:wouter.vandepontseele@mines.edu
read moreRapid estimation of transportation network impacts from earthquakes
Primary Mentor:Kate Allstadt, kate.allstadt@mines.edu
read moreReconfigurable Reflectarray Antennas for Adaptive Beam Control
Primary Mentor:Advisor: Dr. Atef Elsherbeni aelsherb@mines.edu
read moreRobot Sensor Platform for 3D Mapping
Primary Mentor:Kaveh Fathian, kaveh.fathian@mines.edu
read moreRobot Systems for Semantic Search and Inspection
Primary Mentor:Prof. Micah Corah, micah.corah@mines.edu | Tosin Oseni, oluwatosin_oseni@mines.edu (PhD student lead)
read moreRover Mobility Experiments in a Lunar Surface Testbed
Primary Mentor:
Security and Privacy Analysis of Smartphone Apps
Primary Mentor:Dr. Chuan Yue (chuanyue@mines.edu) and his PhD students (TBD).
read moreSimulations of strain in SiGe/Si Quantum Dot Qubits
Primary Mentor:Meenakshi Singh, msingh@mines.edu Bradley Lloyd, blloyd@mines.edu
read moreSingle-atom plasmonic photocatalysts for CO2 reduction
Primary Mentor:Matthew Crane, matthewcrane@mines.edu
read moreSouthern Ocean diatom biogeography and relationships to ocean temperature
Primary Mentor:Dr. Ryan Venturelli, venturelli@mines.edu | Joseph Ruggiero, joseph_ruggiero@mines.edu | Rachel Meyne, rachel_meyne@mines.edu.
read moreStructured Electromagnetic Beams for Advanced Wave–Objects Interaction
Primary Mentor:Dr. Atef Elsherbeni aelsherb@mines.edu
read moreStudies of Aminopolymers for Direct Air Capture of Carbon Dioxide
Primary Mentor:Mike McGuirk, cmmcguirk@mines.edu
read moreSynthesis and characterization of polyplexes formed from cationic copolymers and nucleic acids.
Primary Mentor:Ramya, Kumar, ramyakumar@mines.edu, Andrew Werneth, andrew.werneth@mines.edu
read moreSynthesis of Glycosaminoglycan-Mimetic Polymer Brush-Coated Cell Culture Substrates to Modulate Macrophage Phenotype
Primary Mentor:Ramya Kumar, ramyakumar@mines.edu
read moreSynthesis of Organic and Polymer Materials for Radiation Detection
Primary Mentor:Alan Sellinger, aselli@mines.edu (PI) Dina Liacopoulos, dliacopoulos@mines.edu, (PhD student, MURF mentor)
read moreTAPER: Task-Aware Profiling and Edge Routing
Primary Mentor:Dong Chen, dongchen@mines,edu | Su Wang, suwang@mines.edu
read moreTransmission-Mode Metasurfaces via Complex-Zero Engineering
Primary Mentor:patrice Genevet, Patrice.genevet@mines.edu Jeff Squier, jeff.squier@mines.edu
read moreValidation of a metabolic model for cultivated pork
Primary Mentor:Nanette Boyle nboyle@mines.edu
read moreValidation of ML/AI the nuclear reactor in-core flux reconstruction methodology GRACE
Primary Mentor:Valerio Mascolino, valerio.mascolino@mines.edu
read moreWeb Security Measurement and Analysis
Primary Mentor:Dr. Chuan Yue (chuanyue@mines.edu) and his PhD students (TBD).
read moreWhen do Hydropower Plants Stop Producing? Exploring Water-Energy Vulnerabilities
Primary Mentor:Surabhi Upadhyay, surabhi_upadhyay@mines.edu | Adrienne Marshall, adriennemarshall@mines.edu
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