Alumni Stories
Go Orediggers!
Being an Oredigger is something that sticks with us – starting with the M climb, to the journey from academics to career.
To all our alumni, we hope this page will be a culmination of stories from past, present and future.
If you are interested in being featured on this page as a fellow alumni, please reach out to CBE+Alumni@mines.edu.
Meet Chemical and Biological Engineering Oredigger Alumni
Remembering an Oredigger:
Kathleen Wiltsey ’77
Biotechnology Company Executive
Bryan McCloskey ’03
Professor, University of California, Berkeley
Sara Schuster ’15
Resident in Family Medicine
Ajay Mehta PhD ’96
Leader in Energy
Zach Aman ’09, PhD ’12
Entrepreneur and Professor
Roger Rueff ’78, MS ’83, PhD ’85
Playwright
Alumni Leading the Oredigger Classroom
Remembering an Oredigger
John Golden
Professor, Director of Research Services, Dean of the Graduate School, and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Rachel Morrish ’04
Teaching Professor, Assistant Department Head
Charles Vestal ’62, MS ’69, PhD ’73
Professor Emeritus
Tracy Gardner ’96, ’98
Teaching Professor
Timothy Barbari ’79
Professor, Dean of the Office of Graduate Studies
Bruce Palmer (Metallurgical Engineering ’68)
Adjunct Professor
Amadeu Sum ’95, MS ’96
Professor