OUR TEAM
Center & Site Director
LINDA FIGUEROA, PhD, PE, BCEE, F.ASCE
Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering and Mining Engineering
Colorado School of Mines
lfiguero@mines.edu
Industry Advisory Board Chair
TERRY BRAUN, MSc, PE, SME, ASCE
North American President, Principal Civil Engineer
SRK Consulting
tbraun@srk.com
Industry Liaison & Past Director
MICHAEL HENDERSON
Associate Professor of Civil Engineering
Colorado School of Mines
mhenderson@mines.edu
Site Director
KRAY LUXBACHER PhD, PE
Department Head and Gregory H. and Lisa S. Boyce Leadership Chair, Professor of Mining & Geological Engineering
University of Arizona
kraylux@arizona.edu
Director of E&O
PRISCILLA NELSON, PhD, D. ASCE, DGE, F.ARMA
Professor of Mining Engineering
Colorado School of Mines
pnelson@mines.edu
Site Director
JOSEPH SCALIA IV, PhD
Associate Professor of Civil Engineering
Colorado State University
joseph.scalia@colostate.edu
Associate Site Director
JAEHEON LEE, PhD
Associate Professor of Mining Engineering
Associate Director of Kroll Institute for Extractive Metallurgy
Colorado School of Mines
Jaeheonlee@mines.edu
Graduate Research Assistant & Webmaster
BECCA RASMUSSEN, PhD Student
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Colorado School of Mines
rrrasmussen@mines.edu