Author: Mary Helen Stoltz
Five inducted into Missouri S&T Academy of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Five electrical engineers with ties to Missouri University of Science and Technology were inducted into the Missouri S&T Academy of Electrical and Computer Engineers during the academy’s induction ceremony held April 22.
Read More »Henthorn named S&T Woman of the Year
Dr. Kim Henthorn, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been named 2010 Woman of the Year by Missouri S&T. Henthorn was honored during a campus ceremony on Wednesday, April 14.
Read More »S&T completes TRIM grant inventory
Missouri University of Science and Technology has 2,247 trees spread across its 236-acre campus. That’s the finding from a recent tree inventory conducted using funds from a $10,000 Tree Resource Improvement and Maintenance (TRIM) grant from the Missouri Department of Conservation.
Read More »Construction to begin on Missouri S&T Innovation Park
Construction is set to begin this month on the first building of a planned research park on the Missouri University of Science and Technology campus. Called Innovation Park, the facility will be located on the campus’ southwest corner. Missouri S&T recently awarded the design-build construction contract for the first building to Brinkmann Constructors.
Read More »Missouri S&T Internet2 network connectivity to be doubled
Missouri University of Science and Technology’s Internet2 network connectivity will soon double. The Great Plains Network (GPN), the Internet2 national research and education network, recently announced it would add a second Gigabit connection.
Read More »Missouri S&T to host Region 8 History Day contest
Missouri University of Science and Technology will host the Missouri Region 8 History Day contest Friday, Feb. 26, at the Havener Center. More than 200 students from five schools in a four-county area of the state will participate. This year’s theme is “Innovation in History, Impact and Change.”
Read More »S&T landscaping is ‘green’ despite the weather
Even on the snowiest winter day, the custodial and landscape services crew at Missouri University of Science and Technology is helping keep the campus “green” thanks to the department’s new Green Truck. The electric service vehicle was purchased to support S&T’s plans for a green campus community.
Read More »Australian lakes may hold clues to life on Mars
By the time Curiosity, the next Mars Rover, launches in 2011, scientists on Earth will know more about the potential for life on Mars because of microorganisms that live in Australian lakes.
Read More »Seven inducted into Missouri Academy of Chemists and Biochemists
Seven scientists with ties to Missouri University of Science and Technology were inducted into the Missouri S&T Academy of Chemistry and Biochemistry during the academy’s induction ceremony held Oct. 23.
The academy was established in 2005 to continue the work of the former Foundation for Chemical Research, which was in existence from 1983 through 2005. The foundation worked with the alumni of the chemistry department to support and enhance the research and teaching goals of the department. Members of the academy are scientists who have made outstanding contributions to their profession.
TRIM grant to help S&T landscape
The custodial and landscape services department at Missouri University of Science and Technology has received a $10,000 Tree Resource Improvement and Maintenance (TRIM) grant from the Missouri Department of Conservation. The grant will help fund an updated inventory and evaluation of campus trees.
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