Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Missouri S&T researcher studies how energy shifts could improve tornado predictions
When the National Weather Service (NWS) issues a tornado warning, it’s based on storm rotation, wind patterns and other conditions suggesting a tornado may be imminent. With a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, a Missouri S&T researcher is studying if a new factor could improve prediction accuracy.
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Missouri S&T listed as a top engineering school in U.S. News rankings
The annual U.S. News & World Report rankings for the best universities for pursuing a graduate degree in engineering were released today (Tuesday, April 8), and Missouri S&T continues to be listed as the top public university in the state and among the nation’s best.
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S&T community helps with recovery after tornado rips through Rolla
It’s not quite 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, March 16, and a large group of Missouri S&T students has congregated at a pavilion in Rolla’s Schuman Park, a short distance from the university’s campus.
Just a couple days ago, a sense of merriment filled the air as many of the same students took part in games and a carnival in this same location as part of S&T’s St. Pat’s celebrations. But today, the feeling is a mix of solemness and determination, as everyone has come together to help clean up their community in the aftermath of what appears to be two different tornadoes that went through Rolla.
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Missouri S&T students exhibit research to state legislators
Twelve undergraduate students traveled to Jefferson City, Missouri, on March 13 to participate in the annual Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol.
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The freedom to explore
Conleigh Hardin, a senior in civil engineering from Austin, Texas, attended a large high school but was in a program with fewer than 200 students. She liked the scaled down, personal feeling of it, and when it was time to decide on a college, she chose Missouri S&T for its size relative to the huge engineering colleges closer to home.
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Missouri S&T researcher’s robotic bridge inspection system earns ASCE’s 2025 Pankow Award
A researcher at Missouri S&T has developed a robotic system to make bridge inspections faster, more comprehensive and safer. Dr. Genda Chen’s invention, called the Bridge Inspection Robot Deployment System, or BIRDS, has been selected for the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2025 Charles Pankow Award for Innovation.
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Engineers Week: How a kindergarten lesson fuels an S&T student’s environmental focus
Jane Yates, a junior in environmental engineering at Missouri S&T, may aspire to one day earn a Ph.D. in her field — but she credits a lesson from kindergarten as the driving force behind her determination.
Read More »Waste containment expert, NAE member to speak at S&T Feb. 12
Dr. Craig Benson, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, will speak at Missouri S&T at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12, as part of S&T’s Shamsher and Sally Prakash Distinguished Lecture Series.
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Did the COVID-19 lockdowns really affect lunar temperatures?
Almost five years ago, much of the world went quiet for several weeks due to the COVID-19 lockdowns. It went so quiet, in fact, that scholars published a 2024 article in a Royal Astronomical Society publication claiming the lack of human activity likely led to the Moon’s surface temperatures cooling down in April and May of 2020.
But researchers from Missouri S&T and the University of West Indies (UWI) in St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, are now challenging those findings in a new article published this year in that same journal.
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S&T’s College of Engineering and Computing staff, faculty receive awards
Missouri S&T’s College of Engineering and Computing held its Fall 2024 awards ceremony last week at the Havener Center, and several staff and faculty members were presented with honors.
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