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)