The Wattenberg gas & Oil field is located north east of Denver and is one of the most important fields in the U.S. The production strata is low permeability sand (Codell) situated approximately 7000 feet below the surface.

This project helps a client understand the quality of Wattenberg well data by spatially analyzing the data for anomalies that could potentially degrade it's value.

Students at the Colorado School of Mines have been tracing water in the San Luis Valley as a project in their EPICS class for the last few months. The students have been utilizing the latest water tracing software, ArcGIS, to locate the possible source, or sources, of various contaminants in the well water in the Alamosa area.

During the Fall 2005 Semester a group of six students worked with Boulder based @Last Software and ESRI to create a three-dimensional model of the School of Mines campus. In the past, all three dimensional models have been built on a flat base that does not reflect the topography of the area. These students have created the first three-dimensional model incorporating a digital elevation model (DEM) which accurately shows the topography of the area.

Solar Augmented Geothermal Energy (SAGE) converts depleting hydrocarbon fields and comparable reservoir strata, to "synthetic geothermal" reservoirs. Project Goal: To create a composite map displaying solar insolation data, regional topography, sediments below 15,000 ft and well locations

In the interest of increasing community partisipation, the university's planning department, under the direction of the campus archetect, Paul Leef, partnered with the EPICS Program to design and build a three dimentional model of the campus to be used to distribute highly visual planning content to the CSM community.

Using data collected by 6 groups of students working over more than 4 years, students at the Colorado School of Mines have successfully completed the first comprehensive computer model of Berthoud Pass.

A team of sophomore students at the Colorado School of Mines have worked to improve Mount Vernon Country Club (MVCC) Water District knowledge of its water system.