Author: Greg Edwards

Odun-Ayo named director of Missouri S&T, MSU cooperative engineering program

Posted by on July 10, 2023

For the first time since it was founded in 2008, Missouri University of Science and Technology’s Cooperative Engineering Program with Missouri State University will soon have a new director.

Dr. Theresa Odun-Ayo, who currently serves as an associate teaching professor of electrical and computer engineering for the program, will replace Dr. Douglas Carroll as director on Saturday, July 15. Carroll will continue to serve the program as a professor of mechanical engineering.

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Gao named interim chair of geosciences, geological and petroleum engineering at Missouri S&T

Posted by on June 29, 2023

Dr. Stephen S. Gao, Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor of geosciences and geological and petroleum engineering (GGPE) at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has accepted the role of interim chair of his home department effective Aug. 1.

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Missouri S&T announces new Kummer Endowed Chair of Computer Science

Posted by on June 29, 2023

Dr. Seung-Jong “Jay” Park has been named Kummer Endowed Chair of Computer Science at Missouri S&T effective Aug. 1.

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S&T researchers awarded $2 million to assess public perception of nuclear waste sites

Posted by on June 27, 2023

Researchers from Missouri University of Science and Technology have been awarded a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to assist the agency in finding interim storage sites for the country’s spent nuclear fuel. 

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Missouri S&T drives workforce development with $1.3 million MoDOT agreement

Posted by on June 27, 2023

For the past two-plus decades, Missouri S&T has administered Missouri’s Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP), and the university is set to remain in the driver’s seat moving forward thanks to a new agreement.

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S&T professor wins Civil Engineering History and Heritage Award

Posted by on June 26, 2023

Dr. J. David Rogers, a longtime geological engineering professor at Missouri University of Science and Technology, was recently awarded the Civil Engineering History and Heritage Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers.

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Manufacturing moon metal: Missouri S&T students conduct research for NASA challenge

Posted by on June 15, 2023

An aerospace engineering Ph.D. student at Missouri University of Science and Technology is leading a team of 12 undergraduate students on a research project that is literally out of this world. The group recently received funding to continue its work for NASA’s 2023 Breakthrough, Innovative, and Game-Changing Idea (BIG Idea) Challenge: Lunar Forge.

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The future of bioengineering

Posted by on June 14, 2023

Dr. Mark Towler, Doshi Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at Missouri S&T, shares his thoughts on the importance of bioengineering.

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Missouri S&T student wins top prize in international invention contest

Posted by on June 13, 2023

A student from Missouri S&T was recognized on the world stage last month as a top young inventor at the 34th International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition (ITEX) for his “PlantBot” invention.

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Ply honored with award from American Chemical Society

Posted by on June 8, 2023

Shelby Ply, of Rolla, was recently honored with a 2023 Undergraduate Student Award in Environmental Chemistry from the American Chemical Society.

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