Author: Greg Edwards

Missouri S&T researcher combines lessons from ants and birds to improve AI

Posted by on June 17, 2026

Combining ideas inspired by ant colonies and flocks of birds may hold the key to unlocking more effective artificial intelligence, according to a researcher at Missouri S&T.

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Oh baby! S&T grad crosses stage with 2-month-old daughter 

Posted by on May 27, 2026

When Milena Lynn Gessert crossed the commencement stage at Missouri S&T earlier this month, she was likely one of the youngest participants in university history. 

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S&T researcher awarded $2 million to develop AI for concrete supply chain security 

Posted by on May 27, 2026

A Missouri S&T researcher has been awarded $2 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation to develop artificial intelligence tools aimed at strengthening the nation’s construction materials supply chains by expanding the use of alternative materials in concrete production. 

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Missouri S&T professor elected to American Concrete Institute board

Posted by on May 26, 2026

Dr. John J. Myers, a professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at Missouri S&T, has been elected to a three-year term as a director on the American Concrete Institute’s (ACI) Board of Direction.

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S&T College of Engineering and Computing honors 9 high-achieving Ph.D. students

Posted by on May 26, 2026

Nine Missouri S&T graduate students received dean’s honors from the College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) during a ceremony held earlier this month.

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Missouri governor to host artificial intelligence and data center forum at Missouri S&T

Posted by on May 18, 2026

Gov. Mike Kehoe convenes state leaders, industry experts and researchers to chart Missouri’s technological future.

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Missouri S&T researchers identify carbon release risk tied to rising seas

Posted by on May 1, 2026

Rising sea levels could do more than flood coastlines. Research from Missouri S&T shows they may also trigger the release of large amounts of carbon stored in coastal ecosystems into the atmosphere. 

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Supersonic success: S&T scholars sharpen wind tunnel simulations

Posted by on May 1, 2026

Researchers at Missouri S&T have developed a more accurate way to predict conditions inside wind tunnels that are used to study how air behaves at speeds up to four times faster than the speed of sound, or over 3,000 miles per hour. 

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Missouri S&T professor receives Wound Healing Society’s Early-Career faculty award  

Posted by on April 30, 2026

Dr. Fateme Fayyazbakhsh, an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Missouri S&T, was awarded the Wound Healing Society’s 2026 Early-Career Faculty Award during the organization’s annual meeting held earlier this month in Charlotte, North Carolina. 

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Missouri S&T alumnus Lister Florence takes the reins as Rolla mayor

Posted by on April 30, 2026

In 1986, Lister B. Florence Jr. began taking classes as a first-year civil engineering student at Missouri University of Science and Technology. Nearly 40 years later, Florence is now a three-time graduate of S&T and the newly elected mayor of Rolla, Missouri.

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