Year: 2011
33 faculty to receive teaching awards from Missouri S&T
Thirty-three Missouri University of Science and Technology faculty members will receive the Outstanding Teaching Award for 2010-2011. The winners will be recognized at a ceremony scheduled from 3-4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, in the Missouri-Ozark Room of the Havener Center. The Outstanding Teaching Award is given each year to faculty members by the Outstanding Teaching […]
Read More »Growing smarter engineers with FarmVille
There are no agriculture majors at Missouri University of Science and Technology, but some engineering students on the campus have taken up virtual planting and harvesting through the social networking game FarmVille on Facebook. Unlike millions of other Facebook users, however, they’re playing to earn a grade and learn new ways to approach complex engineering problems.
Read More »Lockheed VP to discuss STEM challenges at S&T-led conference
Responding to continuous global change in systems needs will be covered during the 2011 Complex Adaptive Systems Conference to be held Oct. 31-Nov. 2 at the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel in Chicago.
Read More »Liou named Bytnar professor at Missouri S&T
Dr. Frank Liou, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been named the Michael and Joyce Bytnar Professor of Product Innovation and Creativity thanks to a gift from a 1968 mechanical engineering graduate of Missouri S&T. The appointment began on Sept. 1.
Read More »Midha to direct Missouri S&T’s Product Innovation and Creativity Center
Dr. Ashok Midha, professor and former chair of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, is now director of the Missouri S&T Product Innovation and Creativity Center (PICC). The appointment began on Sept. 1.
Read More »Rolla residents and international students get-together
Local residents are invited and encouraged to connect with international students at Missouri University of Science and Technology through the university’s International Friends Program. Missouri S&T’s office of international affairs sponsors this program, which allows community members to share American culture and customs with S&T students from other cultures.
Read More »Veterans get free admission to S&T’s jazz concert Nov. 11
The Missouri University of Science and Technology Jazz Ensemble will perform a “Red, White and Blues” concert this Veteran’s Day. All veterans with proof of military affiliation will get free admission to the concert scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11, in Leach Theater of Castleman Hall, 10th and Main streets in Rolla.
Read More »S&T students recognized at national AIChE conference
Students from Missouri University of Science and Technology were recognized at the American Institute of Chemical Engineering’s Annual Meeting held Oct. 16-21 in Minneapolis, Minn.
Read More »TIME’s most influential to discuss world’s water needs
Gary White, executive director and co-founder of water.org and a graduate of Missouri University of Science and Technology, will visit Missouri S&T to discuss his life’s inspiration and work — bringing safe drinking water to people living without it.
Read More »Wise-cracking llama stars in Disney comedy at S&T
A self-centered emperor-turned-llama teams with a friendly peasant in Disney’s animated The Emperor’s New Groove at Missouri University of Science and Technology. The film will be shown at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, in Leach Theatre of Missouri S&T’s Castleman Hall, 10th and Main streets in Rolla, Mo., as part of the Leach Theatre Family Film Series.
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