Author: Delia Croessmann
Missouri S&T wins nearly $2 million for supercomputer system to advance statewide computational research and education
Missouri S&T has received a $1.96 million grant from the National Science Foundation to purchase and install a new supercomputing system on its campus in Rolla.
Read More »Missouri S&T graduate to receive 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
Missouri S&T physics graduate Dr. Frederick K. Baganoff will receive the 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics as one member of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration. Baganoff is a research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research. He earned a bachelor of science degree in physics from Missouri S&T in 1985.
Read More »Fall enrollment at Missouri S&T nearly 8,100
The fall 2019 enrollment at Missouri S&T, officially recorded at the end of the semester’s fourth week, is 8,096.
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Ozark Biomedical Initiative to hold Research Symposium Sept. 14
Researchers from Missouri S&T and Phelps Health, as well as other institutions, will present their research at an annual symposium hosted by the Ozark Biomedical Initiative (OBI) on Saturday, Sept. 14. The event is open to the public. The event will be held 9 a.m.– 1 p.m. in the St. Pat’s Ballroom of the Havener […]
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Missouri S&T physics professor celebrates 50 years of teaching excellence
The College of Arts, Sciences, and Business (CASB) at Missouri University of Science and Technology will honor Dr. Jerry L. Peacher, associate chair and professor of physics, who has shared five decades of teaching excellence with Missouri S&T. CASB will host a reception in his honor 3-4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4, in the Carver-Turner Room […]
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Las Vegas’ rise from regional vice destination to glittering hotspot detailed in new book
A Las Vegas historian is telling the behind-the-scenes story of the city’s meteoric rise into becoming the multi-billion-dollar tourist industry it is today in a new book. “The rise in Las Vegas tourism from one million visitors in 1950, to ten million in 1960 was no accident,” says Dr. Larry Gragg, a Curators’ Distinguished Teaching […]
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Researchers to quantify and reduce harmful black carbon emissions from jet fuels in global aviation
Missouri S&T recently received $1.2 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation to determine emissions characteristics of non-volatile particulate matter (nvPM), or black carbon, from burning conventional and sustainable alternative jet fuels (SAJFs) in jet engines at cruise altitudes.
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Employees’ proactive behaviors can be risky business, psychologists find
Organizations often expect their employees to show initiative through proactive behavior, and at the same time, expect them to work well with their co-workers to achieve goals. But proactive approaches may not always be welcome by other team members, according to new psychological research. The research, now published in the European Journal of Work and […]
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Missouri S&T appoints new associate dean
Dr. Melanie Mormile, professor of biological sciences at Missouri S&T, will become associate dean for research and external relations in Missouri S&T’s College of Arts, Sciences, and Business (CASB) effective July 1, 2019. She has served in this role as an interim since July 1, 2018.
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Business and IST: It’s about the journey
Abby Sybert says she appreciates the relevance of the technology and the flexibility of the academics in Missouri S&T’s business program. Sybert is a junior at S&T with a double major in business and management systems and information science and technology (IST).
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