South Dakota Mines' Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering has a long-standing interest in the creative use of materials in artistic activities. With the help of a new National Science Foundation Grant, the Department is establishing a new Art+Engineering program. This program will strengthen existing co-curricular activities related to blacksmithing, welding, and metal casting and will establish new programs related to glass and ceramic materials. The program will also integrate materials and minerals found in the Black Hills.

Dr. Michael West and Dr. Katrina Donovan will lead the discussion.

STEAM Café, a series of free informal talks by South Dakota Mines faculty, staff and visiting experts, is a partnership between the university, South Dakota Public Broadcasting and Hay Camp Brewing Company.
An acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics, STEAM Café is held at 6 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month at Hay Camp. A food truck will be available at each STEAM Café for meal purchase, and handcrafted beer will be available for purchase from Hay Camp.