Thirty-one new faculty members began teaching and research at Missouri University of Science and Technology since January 2011. The new faculty are:

• Ayodeji Alajo, assistant professor, mining and nuclear engineering
• Shadab Anwar, assistant professor, geological sciences and engineering
• Bate Bate, assistant professor, civil, architectural and environmental engineering
• Olivia Burgess, assistant teaching professor, English and technical communication
• Chien-Chung Chen, assistant teaching professor, civil, architectural and environmental engineering
• Amitava Choudhury, assistant professor, chemistry
• Joel Dittmer, assistant professor, arts, languages and philosophy
• Aaron Eckstein, lecturer, arts, languages and philosophy
• Mahelet Fikru, assistant professor, economics
• Chen Hou, assistant professor, biological science
• Kamal Khayat, professor and Vernon and Maralee Jones Endowed Chair in civil engineering
• Victor Khilkevich, associate research professor, electrical and computer engineering
• Nicholas Lockwood, assistant professor, business and information technology
• Surender Maddela, assistant research professor, materials research center
• Theresa Odun-Ayo, assistant teaching professor, electrical and computer engineering
• Gayla Olbricht, assistant professor, mathematics and statistics
• Ian Prowell, assistant professor, civil, architectural and environmental engineering
• Daniel Reardon, assistant professor, English and technical communication
• Paul Runnion, assistant teaching professor, mathematics and statistics
• Emmalou Satterfield, lecturer, chemistry
• Joan Schuman, assistant teaching professor, engineering management and systems engineering
• Kathleen Sheppard, assistant professor, history and political science
• Honglan Shi, assistant research professor, chemistry
• Joseph Smith, professor and Wayne and Gayle Laufer Endowed Chair in Energy, chemical and biological engineering
• Sarah Stanley, assistant professor, business and information technology
• Matthew Thimgan, assistant professor, biological science
• Jeremy Watts, assistant research professor, materials science and engineering
• Mingzhen Wei, assistant research professor, geological sciences and engineering
• Xiaodong Yang, assistant professor, mechanical and aerospace engineering
• ZhaoZheng Yin, assistant professor, computer science
• Yaojiang Zhang, associate research professor, electrical and computer engineering.