College of Engineering and Computing
Updated: Missouri S&T to celebrate National Engineers Week with multiple speakers, events
Missouri S&T will celebrate its engineering education heritage during National Engineers Week 2023, which runs from Feb. 19-25. Events include a talk by one of S&T’s three alumni to become a NASA astronaut, presentations on artificial intelligence and bioengineering, and outreach by student design team members at the Saint Louis Science Center.
Read More »S&T professor named executive director of American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists
Dr. Daniel Oerther, a professor of environmental engineering at Missouri S&T, was recently named executive director of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AAEES).
Read More »Missouri S&T research team awarded pollution prevention grant from EPA
A Missouri S&T research group was recently awarded a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that is aimed at preventing pollution in the mining industry.
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S&T researcher receives $1.5 million Department of Defense grant to increase robustness of hypersonic vehicles
The development of hypersonic weapons and advancement of hypersonic technologies has become a critical research focus for the national defense of the United States, and researchers from Missouri S&T are directly involved in these efforts working with a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense. Dr. Serhat Hosder, a professor of aerospace engineering […]
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Missouri S&T alumnus named vice provost, dean of the College of Engineering and Computing
Dr. David Borrok, an alumnus of Missouri S&T, has accepted the position of vice provost and dean of his alma mater’s College of Engineering and Computing effective Feb. 1. Since August 2022, Borrok has served in this role in an interim capacity, but he is now set to begin the job on a permanent basis. […]
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‘Steeling the show’: S&T metallurgists awarded second $2 million grant
A Missouri S&T research team was recently awarded a $2 million grant from the United States Department of Energy to research technologies to improve the operating efficiency of electric arc furnaces (EAFs) used for steelmaking. “It takes a tremendous amount of power to run an EAF, and we are looking for new ways to lower […]
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S&T spacecraft design expert discusses the viability of interstellar travel
Researchers at NASA recently announced the discovery of another planet about 95% the size of Earth that is 100 light-years away and could potentially sustain life. Could this new discovery lead to humans one day traveling to planet TOI 700 e and enjoying its resources, such as the potential for liquid water? This is a […]
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Missouri S&T graduate appears on ABC’s ‘Shark Tank,’ receives offer
M-T Strickland, an alumnus of S&T’s electrical engineering program, represented the Metric Mate company on the episode, along with his business partners, Braxton Davis and Ecleamus Ricks Jr.
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Missouri S&T group tours Nucor sites, learns about career opportunities
Missouri S&T faculty members and administrators seem to always be working to learn new ways to support their students, and that continued to be true over the holiday season as a group toured several of Nucor Corporation’s steel plants. “At Missouri S&T, we value the relationships we have with industry partners, and we were happy […]
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Missouri S&T researchers take second in Department of Energy hydropower contest
A Missouri S&T team of researchers led by Dr. Rui Bo, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, recently took second place in the Hydropower Operations Optimization (H2Os) Prize challenge sponsored by the United States Department of Energy (DOE). The purpose of this challenge was to develop methods to improve how hydropower is used […]
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