Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

S&T student team creates spinach-based skin graft

Posted by on May 10, 2023

A team of three undergraduate students from Missouri S&T recently won a $15,000 first place award at the Regnier Venture Creation Challenge in Kansas City for their project titled “Foliagraft.” Foliagraft is a new way to use spinach leaves and stem cells to help burn patients and others with wounds and conditions that require a skin graft.

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Time-traveling concrete: S&T researcher looks to ancient Rome to transform modern industry

Posted by on April 27, 2023

A researcher at Missouri S&T is looking to solve the problems of tomorrow by using chemistry from the distant past.

Dr. Monday Uchenna Okoronkwo, assistant professor of chemical and biochemical engineering at S&T, is researching how to mimic the chemistry and composition of ancient Roman concrete while also applying modern technology to make it even better.

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Missouri S&T graduate engineering programs on the rise in U.S. News & World Report rankings

Posted by on April 24, 2023

Missouri S&T is again one of the nation’s top-ranked institutions for pursuing a graduate degree in engineering, and several specific degree programs are on the rise, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings.

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S&T Academy of Chemical Engineers inducts five new members

Posted by on April 20, 2023

Five professionals with ties to chemical and biochemical engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology were inducted into the Academy of Chemical Engineers at Missouri S&T during a ceremony held on April 13.  The academy honors chemical engineers for contributions to their profession, leadership and involvement with Missouri S&T. It serves as an advisory […]

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Missouri S&T to host free screening of ‘Nuclear Now’ May 1

Posted by on April 18, 2023

Missouri S&T will host a free screening of Nuclear Now, a documentary by Academy Award-winning director Oliver Stone, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Monday, May 1. The screening will be in St. Pat’s Ballrooms A and B of the Havener Center.

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Missouri S&T students exhibit research to state legislators

Posted by on April 6, 2023

Thirteen undergraduate students from Missouri University of Science and Technology traveled to Jefferson City, Missouri on Thursday, April 6, to participate in the annual Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol.

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Locally grown fuel: S&T student presents biodiesel research in Jefferson City

Posted by on April 5, 2023

Chemical engineering senior Caleb Moellenhoff of Ballwin, Missouri, will present research that he says “could disrupt and transform the biodiesel industry” to lawmakers in Jefferson City this week, as part of the University of Missouri System Undergraduate Research Day.

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2023 Laufer Energy Symposium to highlight life-changing new energy technologies

Posted by on March 1, 2023

The 2023 Laufer Energy Symposium, co-sponsored by several Missouri S&T departments, will open at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, March 30, at the Marriot St. Louis Airport in St. Louis. In addition, the symposium will be streamed via Zoom and presentations will be recorded for future viewing.

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S&T professor to speak Thursday about importance of bioengineering

Posted by on February 21, 2023

When many people hear the term “bioengineering,” they may not understand exactly what that entails. Dr. Hu Yang, the Doshi Endowed Department Chair of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at Missouri S&T, hopes to help with this and explain the importance and future implications of this discipline.

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Updated: Missouri S&T to celebrate National Engineers Week with multiple speakers, events

Posted by on February 8, 2023

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.

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