Faculty

Abd Arkadan
Teaching Professor,
Associate Department Head,
Graduate Faculty
Brown Hall 327B
303-273-3742
aaarkadan@mines.edu

Vibhuti Dave
Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Teaching Professor
Alderson Hall 451C
303-273-3670
vdave@mines.edu

Kathryn Johnson
Professor
Ben L. Fryrear Endowed Chair for Innovation and Excellence
Brown Hall 327F
303-273-3914
kjohnson@mines.edu
Our Research
Antenna and Wireless Communications
The Electrical Engineering Department has an internationally recognized faculty (two IEEE and ACES fellows) in the antennas and wireless communications areas with diverse but closely related interests and expertise in computational electromagnetics, electromagnetic radiation and scattering, antennas and antenna arrays, microwave circuits, radar, remote sensing, electromagnetic measurements and more.

Emeriti Faculty
Ravel Ammerman
Emeritus Teaching Professor
rammerma@mines.edu
Jeff Schowalter
Emeritus Teaching Professor
jschowal@mines.edu
PK Sen
Emeritus Professor
psen@mines.edu

Marcelo Simoes
Emeritus Professor
msimoes@mines.edu
Affiliate Faculty
Staff

Martha Sanchez-Hayre
Department Manager
Brown Hall 310C
303-384-2465
marsanch@mines.edu

Darren McSweeney
Electronics and Computing Support Manager
Brown Hall 317
303-384-2064
dmcsweeney@mines.edu

Danielle Boileau
Upperclass Associate Director, CASA
Temporary EE Undergraduate Academic Advising Coordinator
Aspen Hall 208
303-384-2603
dboileau@mines.edu

KELSIE DIAZ
Graduate Program Manager
Brown Hall 312
303-384-2750
kdiaz@mines.edu

From the Department Head
Between our high-caliber faculty, excellent faculty-to-student ratio, cutting-edge labs and equipment and strong ties to research centers and industry, Mines' electrical engineering programs are a great choice for students who want to be leaders in the field today and in the future
Peter Aaen
Professor and Department Head
#4 Top 25 Brainiest Colleges, #1 in Colorado (Lumosity, 2019)
6 faculty fellows of the professional organization IEEE
19:1 student-faculty ratio
#2 in combining scholarly research and classroom instruction (Wall Street Journal, 2016)
#1 for career return on investment (Georgetown University, 2019), #2 best college value (Money Magazine, 2018)