Author: Greg Edwards

Missouri S&T professor to serve as AIChE president 

Posted by on November 13, 2024

Dr. Joseph Smith, a professor in Missouri S&T’s Linda and Bipin Doshi Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, is set to take the reins as president of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) beginning in 2025, the organization recently announced. 

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Missouri S&T electrical engineering celebrates its centennial

Posted by on October 31, 2024

In 1924, Missouri S&T was called the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy, its student newspaper had advertisements for 35-cent haircuts, there were 353 students enrolled in fall classes, with 111 of them being freshmen — and the electrical engineering department was officially created. 

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Missouri S&T researchers set to work in lunar gravity for NASA project

Posted by on October 30, 2024

A team of researchers from Missouri S&T examining how to enrich materials needed for construction on the Moon will soon experience what gravity is like on Earth’s closest celestial companion while testing their technology. 

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Keeping the lights on when the grid fails

Posted by on October 25, 2024

A researcher from Missouri S&T is developing technology that could enable homes and small communities to more easily access electrical power in the event a natural disaster strikes and the electric power grid goes down.

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S&T students keep ironmaking traditions alive at Maramec Spring Park 

Posted by on October 16, 2024

Maramec Iron Works in St. James, Missouri, may have officially ceased operations in 1878, but iron has still been produced at least the past couple years at the location, which is now home to Maramec Spring Park. 

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State of Missouri awards $9.1 million for higher ed collaboration to boost manufacturing

Posted by on September 30, 2024

Three Missouri higher education institutions are working together to modernize the state’s manufacturing industry and develop its workforce, with $9.1 million in Missouri’s fiscal year 2025 budget being awarded to support their efforts.

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Missouri S&T launches free after-school STEM program for local students 

Posted by on September 24, 2024

Missouri S&T recently launched a free after-school program for three Phelps County school districts thanks in part to a grant totaling almost $2 million over the next several years. 

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U.S. News: Missouri S&T is the state’s top public engineering school 

Posted by on September 24, 2024

U.S. News & World Report released its 2025 rankings for public engineering programs today (Tuesday, Sept. 24) and has again listed Missouri S&T as first in the state and among the best in the nation.  

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Register for Missouri S&T’s Oct. 4 Manufacturing Day events 

Posted by on September 23, 2024

Missouri S&T will celebrate Manufacturing Day on Friday, Oct. 4, with several events scheduled throughout the day. 

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Missouri S&T to launch semiconductor engineering program in fall 2025

Posted by on September 23, 2024

Missouri S&T anticipates the launch of a new bachelor’s degree program in semiconductor engineering in fall 2025. The program will help address the profession’s workforce gap, which federal and industry employment projections show could soar to the tens of thousands over the next several years. 

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