Author: Patrick Collins
Cassandra Elrod named chair of Missouri S&T’s business and information technology department
Missouri S&T has appointed Dr. Cassandra C. Elrod chair of its business and information technology (BIT) department, effective immediately. Elrod, who joined the S&T faculty in 2008, is associate professor of business and information technology. She was appointed acting chair of the department in January 2022; she has served as interim chair since May 2022.
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New roles announced for Tim Faley, Susan Murray
Dr. Tim Faley, associate vice chancellor for innovation, entrepreneurship and commercialization, will become interim vice provost and dean of the Kummer College, effective March 1. Dr. Susan Murray, acting vice provost and dean of the Kummer College of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development, will become interim vice provost for online education at Missouri S&T, also effective March 1.
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Missouri S&T’s second annual “trashion” show celebrates creative expression of sustainability
During the second annual “trashion” show, teams of S&T students will model garments they’ve designed and made using materials that are at least 90 percent reused and recycled and are considered neither dangerous nor harmful. The event starts at noon Thursday, April 6, in the atrium of the Havener Center.
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Registration open for this year’s summer camps at Missouri S&T
With the opening of registration for Missouri S&T’s summer camps, the 2023 camp season is officially underway in Rolla with more opportunities to meet growing demand from elementary, middle school and high school students. Details and registration information can be found at summer.mst.edu. Favorites such as explosives and robotics camps return; new offerings include amusement park design and “Is it alive?” camps.
Read More »New media pioneer Jay David Bolter to visit S&T March 2
Author, critic, technologist and new media pioneer Dr. Jay David Bolter will deliver two lectures at Missouri S&T on Thursday, March 2. His visit to S&T is sponsored by the university’s Center for Creativity and Innovation. Both lectures are free and open to the public.
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Missouri S&T students compete to define innovation
The popularity of the word innovation seems nowhere near its peak, but what does the term actually mean? A recent competition challenged Missouri S&T students to address that question with a physical or digital creation. The competition was part of the university’s two-year anniversary celebration in October of the $300 million gift from the late […]
Read More »Kummer Foundation Board of Directors at Missouri University of Science and Technology welcomes new members
The Kummer Foundation Board of Directors at Missouri S&T recently welcomed two new members, Bipin N. Doshi, a retired chemical engineering executive, and Kathy Walker, managing director of a venture capital firm that specializes in early-stage technology.
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Missouri S&T researchers win funding to improve kidney transplant process
With close to 100,000 people in the U.S. waiting for a kidney transplant and up to 20 percent of donated kidneys discarded for various reasons, fine-tuning the matchmaking between donated kidneys and transplant centers is a significant challenge. Researchers at Missouri S&T are investigating the ways artificial intelligence (AI) can support the process.
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Donald Wunsch to receive pioneer award from Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Dr. Donald Wunsch II, will receive the 2023 Computational Intelligence Society Neural Networks Pioneer Award from the IEEE for his fundamental contributions to the neural networks field. Wunsch is also founding director of the Kummer Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems.
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Missouri S&T researcher wins NIH career development award to investigate connection between race and hypertension
Dr. Jinling Liu, assistant professor of engineering management and systems engineering, is the first S&T researcher to receive a K01 award. The highly competitive award from the National Institutes of Health provides support to early career researchers.
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