Mt. SAC Relays 2014
Members of the Mines track and field squad departed for Mt. San Antonio College this past weekend for the Mt. SAC Relays, one of the larger events the Orediggers have competed in this season.
Daily Archives: April 20, 2014
Softball drops three of four vs Metro
The Colorado School of Mines softball team squared off against RMAC rival Metro State (25-11, 19-8 RMAC) in a four game set this weekend (two Friday and two Saturday) and after dominating the first game of the series, dropped the next three to fall to 16-21 on the season and 12-20 in conference.
JV Gets Their Chance to Shine
Colorado School of Mines golf sent their JV team to CSU-Pueblo to compete in the Wolf Pack Invitational. With a storm rolling through on Monday, the event was postponed until Tuesday and shortened to just 36 holes.
Bryan Clay Invitational
The Colorado School of Mines men’s and women’s track teams had a busy week competing in three different events over the past week on a west coast swing. While some of the team was at the Mt. SAC Relays, a few runners headed to Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, California to compete in the Bryan Clay invitational.
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Baseball Sets Records with Sweep of Regis
With Saturday afternoon’s 6-4 win over the Regis Rangers at Jim Darden Field, the Oredigger baseball team set a program record for conference wins at 18. The Diggers are on a streak of success and have now won 15 of their last 20 games. The sweep of Regis brings their record to 20-17 overall and 18-12 in the RMAC. Mines took Thursday’s game 7-6, Friday’s 15-4, and Saturday’s doubleheader 6-2 and 6-4.
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Minds at Mines: What are you doing this summer?
With summer less than three weeks away, school becomes more difficult yet more important to focus on. Yet, the plans for the summer months can be a motivator to get through the last few midterms, projects, and homework assignments. Whether going on their departmental Field Camps, gaining experience on the job, or doing things for fun, Mines kids know how to have a great summer. This week Minds at Mines asked, “What are you doing this summer?”
Correction to “Opinion from GSG Representative”
This correction is intended to clarify some editing issues with my previous article from last week. The tittle “Opinion from GSG Representative” and subtitle of “GSG on SA Fee” was done last minute by the Oredigger Staff from my original title which can be found at oredigger.net. This was purely an opinion piece written by myself and it reflected my views. It was not nor has ever been my intention to represent all of GSG through this article. Unfortunately, this was not made clear in the new title and arrangement selected by the Oredigger and could be misconstrued as an official position when seen next to the opinion written by a USG voting member. Additionally, I would like to note between the transition from page 1 to page 3 the content of “The document “Institutional Plan for Student Fees”, amended by the Board in May of 2013″ was left out and I feel this reference is important for students to have.
Gas Hydrates, Methanogenesis, and Carbon Cycling at Continental Margins
Dr. Alberto Malinverno, an expert in quantitative marine geology, came from Columbia University to deliver a talk on a unique substance from the bottom of the ocean which could someday be an energy source for humanity… but which could also drastically worsen the effects of anthropogenic climate change. The substance is a clathrate, or gas hydrate – methane molecules trapped within the crystal structure of ice. Clathrates are unstable at surface pressure and temperature conditions, preferring low temperatures and high pressures. Because of these unique stability conditions, clathrates are found at depth in places where the temperatures are cold: in permafrost, and at the ocean floor near continental margins, where organic carbon in the sediments provides the methane.
Design of vascular-targeted carriers for optimal performance in humans: bringing blood cells and hemorheology into the game
On March 7, Mines hosted Dr. Omolola Eniola-Adefeso, the director of chemical engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She spoke on vascular-targeted drug delivery – that is, the transport of medical drugs directly to the wall of the blood vessels at a specific point in the body, using a man-made carrier with a built-in drug-release trigger. The carriers are modelled after white blood cells.
Scientific discoveries this week: 4/21/14
Evanston, Illinois – Northwestern University scientists have discovered the material that is the best at converting waste heat into electricity. An interdisciplinary team, led by inorganic chemist Dr. Mercouri Kanatzidis, has found that the crystal form of tin selenide conducts heat so poorly that it is the most efficient thermoelectric material discovered. Tin selenide has a ZT metric (a ratio of electrical conductivity and thermoelectric power to thermal conductivity) 2.6. The group responsible for the discovery point to countless commercial uses for the information due to two third of energy input being lost to waste heat on average.