CMI alumni panel offers advice during the CMI Winter Meeting

CMI researchers at Colorado School of Mines conducted the research for this highlight

Achievement
The 2026 CMI Winter Meeting featured a “Life after CMI” panel discussion moderated by Celeste Stroup, CMI Education and Workforce Development Program Manager at Colorado School of Mines (shown right). The panelists (shown from left):

  • Arturo Hirata-Miyasaki, USA Rare Earth, former CMI graduate student at Colorado School of Mines
  • Kinjal Gandha, Principal Mineral, former CMI postdoc at Ames National Laboratory
  • Max Brown, Colorado School of Mines, former CMI graduate student at Colorado School of Mines

Details
The panelists shared insights on the skills they developed during their time with CMI and shared words of encouragement with the audience.

Hub Targets Addressed 

  • Training the critical materials workforce of the future. 
  • Providing the leaders, technical experts and skilled professionals needed by U.S. industry to assure supply chains.
     
From left, panelists Arturo Hirata-Miyasaki, Kinjal Gandha, Max Brown, and moderator Celeste Stroup.
From left, panelists Arturo Hirata-Miyasaki, Kinjal Gandha, Max Brown, and moderator Celeste Stroup.