Author: Andrew Careaga
Researchers predict sinking land due to groundwater extraction
A Missouri S&T researcher, working with colleagues at Stanford University, has developed a new model that could help water managers map precisely where groundwater recharge is most needed to replenish aquifers in California’s Central Valley, the state’s most productive farming region.
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S&T, Phelps Health receive $5.1 million to help military address traumatic brain injury
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Armed with more than $5.1 million in federal funds, researchers at Missouri S&T and Phelps Health are helping the U.S. Army tackle the persistent problem of traumatic brain injury (TBI) among soldiers and recruits.
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Researchers use artificial intelligence to design flood evacuation plans
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Artificial intelligence may soon help transportation agencies and first responders determine the best evacuation routes during floods such as those affecting portions of Missouri and the Midwest, thanks to the work of Missouri S&T researchers.
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National security agencies renew Missouri S&T cybersecurity accreditation
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Missouri S&T has once again received accreditation as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance and Cyber Defense Research (CAE-R), putting S&T in an elite group of universities that meet the federal government’s criteria for providing educational and research opportunities in cybersecurity.
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College celebrates rise in graduate engineering rankings
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Missouri S&T’s place in U.S. News & World Report’s ranking of the nation’s best engineering programs leapfrogged from 106 last spring to 82 this year, Dr. Richard W. Wlezien, vice provost and dean of the College of Engineering and Computing, announced during his spring open forum on Wednesday, March 13.
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Heng Pan receives NSF CAREER award to advance nanomanufacturing research
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Dr. Heng Pan, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Missouri S&T, has received a big boost from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support his efforts to create large-scale nanostructures from very small nanocrystals. He received a five-year, $500,000 NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award in support of research to develop a new approach for direct fabrication of functional nanostructures from multiple materials.
Read More »High-strength “superalloy” expert to deliver Golick Lecture at Missouri S&T
Dr. David Seidman, the Walter P. Murphy Professor of materials science and engineering at Northwestern University and an expert on high-strength materials known as “superalloys,” will deliver the 26th A. Frank Golick Lecture in Materials Science and Engineering at Missouri S&T at noon Wednesday, March 20. Seidman’s presentation will be held in Room 125 Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Hall on the Missouri S&T campus. The lecture is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served from 11:30 a.m.-noon.
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Missouri S&T students test their metal in bladesmithing competition
A group of Missouri S&T students will put their bladesmithing skills on display next week by presenting a hand-forged sword at an international competition sponsored by The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS).
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St. Louis entrepreneur, Square co-founder Jim McKelvey to visit Missouri S&T for “rapid fire” discussion
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St. Louis entrepreneur and philanthropist Jim McKelvey, co-founder of the mobile payment platform Square, is coming to Missouri S&T next month to lead what he calls a “rapid fire” discussion about technology, startups, glassblowing and other topics.
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In new book, researchers address challenges of adopting additive manufacturing
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A new book by a Missouri S&T researcher, her former doctoral student and the vice president of an additive manufacturing startup offer guidance for executives uncertain of whether to join the additive manufacturing revolution or wait until its adoption becomes more widespread.
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