Faculty and Staff
Leadership
Scott Houser
Department Head and
Teaching Professor
303-384-2045
shouser@mines.edu
Crystal Dobratz
Teaching Associate Professor
Program Director of Engineering & Technology Management & ETM Online Programs
303-273-3481
cldobratz@mines.edu
Becky Lafrancois
Teaching Professor
Program Director of Undergraduate Programs
303-384-2063
blafranc@mines.edu
Steven M. Smith
Associate Department Head
Associate Professor
303-273-3150
ssmith1@mines.edu
Faculty
Morgan D. Bazilian
Professor of Public Policy
Director of Payne Institute
303-384-2156
mbazilian@mines.edu
Tom Brady
Professor of Practice
303-273-3481
thomas.brady@mines.edu
Maxwell Brown
Assistant Professor
303-273-3167
maxbrown@mines.edu
Hojun Choi
Assistant Professor
hojun.choi@mines.edu
David N. Culbreth “Cully”
Professor of Practice
303-273-3492
dculbreth@mines.edu
Roderick G. Eggert
Research Professor
Deputy Director of Critical Materials Innovation Hub
303-273-3981
reggert@mines.edu
Ben Gilbert
Associate Professor
303-384-2359
bgilbert@mines.edu
Dan Jerrett
Professor of Practice
djerrett@mines.edu
Ian Lange
Professor
303-384-2430
ilange@mines.edu
Sheron Lawson
Teaching Associate Professor
303-273-3531
sheron.lawson@mines.edu
Patrick Leach
Professor of Practice
peleach@mines.edu
Andrew Pederson
Teaching Associate Professor
303-273-3426
apederso@mines.edu
Jeremy Suiter
Teaching Associate Professor
303-384-2001
jeremy.suiter@mines.edu
Paul Zink
Professor of Practice
pzink@mines.edu
Research
Staff
Lynn Lundebrek
Department Manager
Engineering Hall 315
303-273-3482
llundebrek@mines.edu
Julia Nienhaus
Administrative Assistant
Engineering Hall
303-273-3979
julia.nienhaus@mines.edu
Adjuncts
Summer 2025:
Leocadio Barroso Bravo – EBGN 201 Principles of Economics
Fall 2025:
Andrew Aikman – EBGN 527 Business Optimization Models
Leocadio Barroso Bravo – EBGN 201 Principles of Economics, EBGN 302 Intermediate Macroeconomics
Greg Hill – EBGN 540 Accounting and Finance
Danny Travis – EBGN 453 Project Management
Chris Worley – EGBN330 Energy Economics
Emeritus
Carol A. Dahl
Research Professor
Professor Emeritus
303-273-3921
cadahl@mines.edu
Graham Davis
Professor Emeritus
gdavis@mines.edu
John Tilton
Research Professor
Professor Emeritus
jtilton@mines.edu
Michael R. Walls
Professor Emeritus
303-521-6801
mwalls@mines.edu