Year: 2011
Wine-tasting fundraiser to benefit S&T’s Engineers Without Borders
Engineers Without Borders, a student organization at Missouri University of Science and Technology, invites the community to spend an evening learning about and sampling a selection of red and white wines at the Meramec Vineyards in St. James, Mo., on Saturday, Dec. 3.
Read More »3 from campus among S&T’s most influential alumni
Three current and former university faculty members – Col. Tom Akers, Professor Jerry Bayless and Dr. Delbert E. Day – are among 28 “Alumni of Influence” selected by a panel of Missouri University of Science and Technology alumni and faculty. The alumni were honored during a special event on the Missouri S&T campus Saturday, Nov. 12.
Read More »EPA administrator talks shop
Karl Brooks, Region 7 administrator for the United States Environmental Protection Agency, will be on campus at Missouri University of Science and Technology to discuss research and education in protecting human health and the environment. The lecture will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, in the Missouri-Ozark Room of the Havener Center. The event is free and open to the public.
Read More »Alternative jet fuels cut particulate matter emissions
Conventional jet fuel mixed with alternative fuels has been shown to cut particulate matter emissions from a plane’s engine by nearly 40 percent, according to a recent study by researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology.
Read More »Professor’s book explores Irish-American culture
A new book by Jack Morgan, research professor emeritus of English at Missouri University of Science and Technology, offers new insight into the Irish presence in the United States since the Famine.
Enke named chair of engineering management at S&T
Dr. David Enke, chair and associate professor of finance and operations management and H. Michael and Laurie Krimbill Faculty Fellow of Finance at the University of Tulsa, has been named chair of engineering management and systems engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology. His appointment takes effect Jan. 1, 2012.
Read More »S&T researcher takes on Fight Club
The first rule of Fight Club, according to Dr. Olivia Burgess, is that we are driven by our own personal utopian ideas, regardless if they end up creating dystopia.
Read More »Alumni to discuss hydraulic fracking, electric cars at S&T
Two Missouri University of Science and Technology alumni will be on campus Saturday, Nov. 12, to present “Tomorrow’s Energy on Earth and Beyond.” Sidney Green, an expert in geomechanics, the geological study of soil and rocks, will discuss the controversial use of hydraulic fracturing to recover natural gas. Jon Bereisa, recognized in 2011 by Automotive News magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world to the electrification of the automobile, will give an insider’s look at the car of the future.
Read More »S&T shines at ASEM annual conference
Two faculty members and one student from the engineering management and systems engineering department at Missouri University of Science and Technology were honored at the American Society of Engineering Management international annual conference held Oct. 19-22 in Lubbock, Texas.
Read More »S&T’s Symphonic Band and Wind Symphony to perform fall concert
The Missouri University of Science and Technology Symphonic Band and Wind Symphony will perform their fall concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13, in Leach Theater of Castleman Hall, 10th and Main streets in Rolla.
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