Fast Facts

January 1, 2009, to date

  • 100+ Research Projects
  • 250+ Faculty, staff, students involved in projects
  • 350+ Total Industry Participants
  • 1,300+ Enrollees in professional courses
  • 9,000+ Mining workers trained for safety
  • 20,000+ Students and teachers reached in their classrooms and public reached with talks
  • 15 Lowell Short Courses and Field Courses
  • 12 Companies started
  • Mining Innovation Hub at TechPark
  • New program in mining law and policy (Master in Legal Studies / Master of Law)
  • New entrepreneurship program
  • Western Mining Safety and Health Resource Center (NIOSH funded)
  • Center for Environmentally Sustainable Mining (leverage NIEHS funding)
  • Lowell Program in Economic Geology (industry and NSF funding)
  • Pan American Hub for Compatible Mining
  • Certificate in International Sustainable Resource Development (undergraduate study abroad)
  • Mine Intelligence Research Group
  • Henry G. "Hank" Grundstedt San Xavier Underground Mining Laboratory
  • Teams in geomechanics, water, energy
  • Executive leadership training (Eller College of Management)
  • Collaboration with career technical education at high schools (Sahuarita)
  • Education and econimc development collaborations in Bullhead City and Bisbee
  • Collaborations throughout Latin America