Note: This page has historical information summarizing previous efforts, and is not being updated.
The Critical Materials Institute offers a variety of educational opportunities through several partners, including the Colorado School of Mines and Iowa State University. In addition, CMI experts are available to speak at research conferences, as well as to students of all ages.
CMI Educational Opportunities:
The following educational opportunities are offered by CMI TEAM members:
- Colorado School of Mines
- CMI at Mines offers webinars about critical materials at no charge. Recordings are available for these webinars.
- For industry, the Mines Catalog of Short Courses and Conferences includes a variety of events. This includes the Recyling Metals for Industrial Waste short course
- For K-12 students: Week-long summer camps for entering grades 3-5, grades 6-8 or high school
- For collegiate students: Colorado School of Mines program for Research Experience for Undergraduates
- Iowa State University
- Vitalij Pecharsky teaches the Iowa State University course "Rare Earth Metals," every other spring as materials engineering 457/materials science and engineering 557.
- The Ames Laboratory
- Graduate Student Research Program
- Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship, link to video "The SULI (Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship) Experience"
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Higher Education Research Experiences (HERE); Meet Shelby Stooksbury
- Oak Ridge Science Semester (ORSS) Program; Meet Lisa Savagian
Other CMI Education and Outreach
The CMI education and outreach staff at Colorado School of Mines created museum exhibit on critical materials and rare earths. To help other people who work with museums, exhibits and outreach, they documented the process and created several reports, which are available online.
The CMI education and outreach staff at Mines reviewed the courses offered by CMI Team Member colleges and universities, and created a course inventory organized by institution and industry segment. This reflects many possible majors for students.
Several CMI partners sponsor regional contests for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Science Bowl, including The Ames Laboratory, Idaho National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
CMI researchers share their expertise with a variety of students, academic experts and industry. A list of recent education and outreach events is available online.
Also, CMI education and outreach recommendations for a variety of activities for elementary, middle school and high school students are available online.
For further information please contact:
Cynthia Howell
Research Faculty, Education, Training and Outreach
Phone: 303-273-3651