College of Engineering and Computing

’60s S&T rock band reunites for golden performance

Posted by on October 8, 2018

When students on the Missouri S&T campus in the 1960s weren’t listening to class lectures or lab recitations, their thoughts turned to music, and part of their soundtrack came from a student band called the Jaguars.

Formed in 1964, the Jaguars were a group of students from S&T, Rolla High School and Dixon High School. After winning the “Campus Talent 1966” competition the group went on to provide party music for a decade’s worth of Miners.

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Missouri S&T to break ground on Clayco Advanced Construction and Materials Laboratory

Posted by on October 8, 2018

Construction of a new $6.5 million lab that is expected to strengthen Missouri University of Science and Technology’s position as a national leader in addressing the challenges of aging public infrastructure officially begins Friday with a ceremonial groundbreaking.

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Missouri S&T researcher to test low-cost method of strengthening concrete with nanoparticles

Posted by on September 25, 2018

It’s long been proven that adding nanoparticles to concrete improves the materials’ strength and durability, but the cost of such processes has outweighed the benefits. A Missouri S&T researcher is working on a safer, simpler and potentially more affordable method of combining nanoparticles with concrete.

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Fall enrollment at Missouri S&T tops 8,600

Posted by on September 19, 2018

The fall 2018 enrollment at Missouri University of Science and Technology, officially recorded at the end of the semester’s fourth week, is 8,607. This is a 3.1 percent decrease over last year’s fall enrollment of 8,884, says Deanne Jackson, Missouri S&T registrar.

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18 S&T faculty receive tenure, promotions

Posted by on September 10, 2018

Eighteen faculty members at Missouri University of Science and Technology received promotions and/or tenure effective Sept. 1.

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Biomaterials expert Convertine joins Missouri S&T

Posted by on August 27, 2018

Dr. Anthony J. Convertine, a biomedical engineer whose research seeks to tap polymer science to unlock the next steps in advancing drug delivery systems, has been named a Roberta and G. Robert Couch Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Missouri S&T. Convertine joins S&T from the University of Washington, where he rose to the position of research associate professor of bioengineering after starting there as a senior postdoctoral fellow in 2006.

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Missouri S&T welcomes 29 new faculty members

Posted by on August 22, 2018

With expertise ranging from American folklore to organic chemistry, 29 new faculty members joined Missouri S&T this fall.

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Hilmas named chair of materials science and engineering at Missouri S&T

Posted by on August 21, 2018

Dr. Gregory E. Hilmas, a ceramic engineer and leading expert in methods to create more durable, next-generation materials, has been named chair of materials science and engineering at Missouri S&T.
The Curators’ Distinguished Professor of ceramic engineering has served as interim department chair since July 2017. He succeeds Dr. Matthew J. O’Keefe, executive director of the Haley Barbour Center for Manufacturing Excellence at the University of Mississippi

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Missouri S&T, Missouri State partner to expand cooperative engineering degree programs

Posted by on August 14, 2018

For the past decade, Missouri State University has offered courses in civil engineering and electrical engineering on its Springfield campus taught by faculty from Missouri University of Science and Technology and Missouri State. Starting this fall, Missouri State students can apply to a third Missouri S&T engineering program — this one in mechanical engineering —that will begin in fall 2019.

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Missouri S&T Ph.D. student named student representative to Board of Curators

Posted by on August 2, 2018

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has appointed Avery Welker of Perryville, Missouri, a Ph.D. student in petroleum engineering at Missouri S&T, to serve as the student representative to the University of Missouri Board of Curators, the governing board for the four-campus university system.

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