Events
Upcoming events
Mines ISEE chapter meetings usually occur every other week during the academic year. For the most up to date meeting times please email ISEE@mines.edu and jverheyden@mines.edu. Meetings are also announced on the Mines Daily Blast and the Campus Event Calendar (calendar.mines.edu).
Meetings
Spring 2026 meetings will meet every other Thursday from 5:00-6:30 in Brown Hall room BB206.
1/15/26 Welcome back social (lots of food)
1/29/26 Duane Fox – Arapahoe County Sheriffs Office SWAT
2/12/26 Dr Janica Cheney – Lockheed Martin
2/26/26 Nick Kuehl – Institute of Makers of Explosives
3/12/26 Dave Wong – US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command
4/9/26 Matt Hogan & Alexis Huntsinger – Kraemer (I-70 Floyd Hill Blasting)
4/23/26 TBD
Events
10/24/24-10/25/24 IME Research and Recruiting Symposium
9/8/25 Henderson Mine Field Trip
11/12/25 & 11/14/25 Explosives Research Lab Open House
11/20/25 JeffCo Sheriff’s Office Citizens Academy Visit
Past Meetings
2024 Spring
2/29/24 Kickoff meeting
3/14/24 [SNOW DAY – CANCELED]
3/28/24 Mike Cooperstein – Colorado Avalanche Information Center
4/4/24 Will Peterson – Southwest Energy
4/11/24 Dr Dylan Kline – Lawrence Livermore National Lab
4/25/24 Dr Rodger Cornell – Army Research Laboratory
2024 Fall
8/29/24 Kickoff meeting
9/12/24 Dr Alex Gash – Energetic Materials Center, Lawrence Livermore National Lab
9/26/24 Dr Eric Bukovsky – Explosives Safety Office, Lawrence Livermore National Lab
10/10/24 Sabrina DePiero – Explosives Detection & Transportation Security, LLNL
10/24/24 John Banker – Explosives welding, Clad Metal
11/7/24 Will Hunt – OrePro Grade Control, Orica
11/21/24 Meeting canceled to allow students to focus on studying for finals
Spring 2025
1/16/25 Jessie Kelsey – Accurate Energetic Systems
2/13/25 Troy Kinch – Orica
2/27/25 Randall Franklin – Nelson Brothers
4/10/25 Ross Stuart – Austin Powder
Fall 2025
9/4/25 Kickoff Meeting – Discuss details of Henderson Mine Field Trip
9/18/25 Mine Rescue Explosives Safety
10/2/25 Dr Graham Walsh – Explosives Test Center
10/16/25 Eastern Research Group
11/20/25 Dr Kathryn Harke – Lawrence Livermore Nat’l Lab (2:30-3:30pm, MZ 222)