Author: Andrew Careaga
‘Thinking machines’ will run future power grids
Plans to develop the “smart” grid – a system that uses intelligent computer networks to manage electric power – cannot succeed without the creation of new “thinking machines” that can learn and adapt to new situations, from power outages along the grid to fluctuations in the power supply. So says Dr. Ganesh Kumar Venayagamoorthy, a power engineering expert at Missouri University of Science and Technology, in an article published Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011.
Laura Stoll named vice provost and dean of enrollment management
Laura Stoll has been named vice provost and dean of enrollment management for Missouri University of Science and Technology, effective Oct. 1.
Read More »S&T to help establish new university in China
Education officials from Chengdu, the capital of China’s Sichuan Province, are seeking the assistance of Missouri University of Science and Technology and the University of Missouri-St. Louis to establish a new English-language university in China.
Read More »Statement regarding Carnegie reclassification impact on S&T’s U.S. News rankings
Missouri University of Science and Technology is once again classified as a research university with high research activity by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. U.S. News & World Report has confirmed that Missouri S&T will again be included in the publication’s annual listing of national colleges and universities.
Read More »S&T to test emergency alert system
Missouri University of Science and Technology will conduct a test of its emergency alert system at 12:05 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7.
Read More »Experimental Mine again tops Popular Science’s ‘awesome labs’ rankings
For the second year in a row, the Experimental Mine at Missouri University of Science and Technology – home to a popular summer Explosives Camp for high school juniors and seniors – tops a list of “Awesome College Labs” as determined by Popular Science magazine. The rankings appear in the magazine’s September issue.
Read More »S&T to ‘Show-Me the Green’ at state fair
Students from Missouri University of Science and Technology will demonstrate environmental technology during a day filled with science activities at the Missouri State Fair on Aug. 20.
Read More »Schwartz, Whitefield, Woelk appointed to interim positions
With the recent appointment of Provost Warren K. (Kent) Wray as interim chancellor of Missouri S&T effective Sept. 1, 2011, three other university officials also have been appointed to interim positions.
Read More »Warren K. Wray named interim chancellor
Dr. Warren K. (Kent) Wray, provost at Missouri University of Science and Technology since August 2006, has been named interim chancellor of Missouri S&T effective Sept. 1, 2011, University of Missouri interim President Stephen J. Owens announced today (Monday, Aug. 1, 2011).
Read More »Nature’s expert witnesses: plants tell of environmental pollution
The poet William Blake once wrote that we could “see a world in a grain of sand.” Today, environmental engineers are seeing the world beneath the surface through a greener part of nature: the trunks and branches of trees.
