Author: Peter Ehrhard

One Book program at Missouri S&T to focus on community and social acceptance

Posted by on July 21, 2015

The national bestseller “Outcasts United” has been selected for Missouri University of Science and Technology’s 2015 One Book program. Approximately 1,200 freshman students will be expected to read the book during the summer before they arrive on campus. It will then be taught in all sections of English 1120, a required course for most Missouri S&T students.

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Productive maintenance needs highlighted in new book by S&T researcher

Posted by on June 25, 2015

A new book authored by a Missouri University of Science and Technology researcher discusses best practices on how to be an effective, results-oriented engineer by looking at real-world case studies of productive maintenance.

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Missouri S&T racecar teams earn high finishes

Posted by on June 24, 2015

Missouri University of Science and Technology’s Formula SAE-Electric team earned fifth place at Formula SAE-Lincoln, an international student design competition for Formula One-style racecars sponsored by the SAE International. This was the first time the team competed at an event. Missouri S&T’s Formula SAE team earned 25th in a separate competition for combustion-based cars at the same event.

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Rolla Town Band to perform three times in July

Posted by on June 24, 2015

The local musicians of the Rolla Town Band are ready to perform the first of three concerts this summer. The group will perform a variety of pieces from different genres, including a selection of military-themed marches.

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Missouri S&T students to participate in rocket competition

Posted by on June 19, 2015

A team of students from Missouri University of Science and Technology will launch its hand-built rocket 23,000 feet into the air as part of the Experimental Sounding Rocket Association’s 10th Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Challenge (IREC).

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Missouri S&T racecar design teams to race in international competition

Posted by on June 12, 2015

Two teams of students from Missouri University of Science and Technology will demonstrate their Formula One-style racecars at Formula SAE-Lincoln, an international student design competition sponsored by the SAE International.

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Missouri S&T hosts Project Lead The Way teacher training

Posted by on June 11, 2015

Over 500 elementary school, middle school and high school teachers from throughout the United States are spending part of their summer at Missouri University of Science and Technology and three other Missouri communities to learn how to teach engineering, computer science and biomedical science courses to their students this fall.

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First Renaissance Student Award granted at Missouri S&T

Posted by on June 8, 2015

Kailea Tildon, a 2015 graduate of Missouri University of Science and Technology, has earned the university’s first Renaissance Student Award. The award, which includes a $1,000 prize, was presented by the school’s arts, languages, and philosophy department.

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Missouri S&T named state’s only Center of Academic Excellence in cybersecurity

Posted by on June 8, 2015

Missouri University of Science and Technology has once again been accredited as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance and Cyber Defense Research. Missouri S&T is the only university in the state with this active designation and is one of 56 schools in the nation.

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S&T Mars Rover team earns fifth in worldwide competition

Posted by on June 3, 2015

Missouri University of Science and Technology’s Mars Rover Design Team earned fifth place among 22 teams in an international competition that challenged students to design, build and operate the next generation of Mars rovers.

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