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Contents 02 Research leadership AT Colorado school of mines
08 R esearch News Fighting fire with fine water mist Too much information Polarization invention can aid in cancer detection, see through clouds Why not a carbon sequestration symposium? Computer models tell watery Martian history Discovering geothermal resources African delegation tours water research facility Tissa Illangasekare receives European Geological Union’s 2012 Darcy Medal Water Politics in the Middle East Consortium offers shale school for regulators and policymakers
16 N ew Faculty
adding to a long line of leadership Cory Ahrens Anne Silverman Eric Toberer Yvette Kuiper
18 l eading the way
18 Venturing into the marketplace 20 From lab to solar leader 22 Ethics, honestly 24 Leadership through initiative
50 A Message from 4
Colorado School of Mines
craig barrett
good fortune will be yours