Colorado School of Mines honors Taylor on retirement

The Colorado School of Mines recently celebrated the career of Professor P. Craig Taylor, who established the school’s Renewable Energy Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, as it marked his retirement.
 
“What I really want to emphasize and thank Craig for is that, speaking as an alum, we are a better place than we were when I was a student here,” Physics Department Head Jeff Squier, who cited Taylor as a mentor, said. “It is because of people like Craig, who aren’t just a part of it — they really are institutional-minded … I really look forward to working with Craig in a whole different aspect moving forward — we’ve definitely got him around for the next several years, and we’ve got a lot of exciting projects that Craig is going to help us with.”
 
Taylor’s academic career spans 23 years at the University of Utah and 11 years at Mines, throughout which he established himself as a father of the amorphous materials and amorphous semiconductors field, according to fellow professor Reuben Collins.

Taylor has published more than 400 papers throughout his career, some of which are instrumental in his field and are still cited dozens of years after publication.
 
“I never expected this, to be honest with you,” he said. “It’s just been wonderful … As you form the process of making the culture here at Mines more understanding and all of that, don’t lose sight of this — the camaraderie. It is just fantastic. I can’t tell you how much it means to me."