Department of Chemistry
Rainer Glaser elected fellow of American Chemical Society
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has elected Dr. Rainer Glaser, chair and professor of chemistry at Missouri S&T, as a fellow of its 2021 class.
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S&T chemist works to recycle fossil fuel emissions
A researcher at Missouri University of Science and Technology is working to reduce greenhouse gases by designing a catalyst to convert the environmental pollutant carbon dioxide into new fuels and chemicals while using as few new resources as possible.
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Taking a positive lead
When Gladwin Bryan Labrague was searching online for colleges as a high school student in the Philippines, he knew he wanted to find a friendly campus that offered a strong educational environment. Now a senior in chemistry, Labrague says he made the right decision.
Read More »S&T announces Undergraduate Research Conference winners
Nineteen students in eight categories received recognition and cash awards as winners of the 16th annual Undergraduate Research Conference at Missouri S&T. The conference featured oral and poster exhibitions that represented work from students in nearly every major at Missouri S&T. First-place winners were awarded a cash prize of $500. Second- and third-place finishers received $250 and $100, respectively.
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Katherine Grote is Missouri S&T’s 2021 Woman of the Year
Missouri S&T celebrated Dr. Katherine Grote, associate professor of geosciences and geological and petroleum engineering, as the 2021 Woman of the Year today (Wednesday, April 21) during a virtual ceremony.
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Terry Wilson named S&T Women’s Advocate of the Year
Terry Wilson, associate teaching professor of biological sciences at Missouri S&T, has been named the 2021 recipient of the Dr. Elizabeth Cummins Women’s Advocate Award. She was honored during a campus ceremony on Wednesday, April 21.
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Chemistry Nobel Laureate to present fifth Stoffer Lecture
Missouri S&T will host a winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry as part of the university’s 150th anniversary celebration events. Dr. M. Stanley Whittingham, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Binghamton University, will deliver the fifth annual Stoffer Lecture virtually at 4 p.m. Friday, April 16.
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Missouri S&T undergraduates to exhibit research to state legislators virtually
Undergraduate students from Missouri S&T will exhibit their latest research projects virtually for the state’s top legislators throughout the week of April 12.
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Labs don’t stop for pandemics
When students returned to classes in the fall 2020, many courses moved to hybrid and remote learning due to social distancing requirements. For hands-on laboratory courses, this posed a question that the chemistry faculty were ready to answer after quickly developing ways to offer labs to all.
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Newly discovered material may ease wear and tear on extraterrestrial vehicles
As NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover continues to explore the surface of Mars, scientists on Earth have developed a new nanoscale metal carbide that could act as a “superlubricant” to reduce wear and tear on future rovers. Researchers in Missouri S&T’s chemistry department and Argonne National Laboratory’s Center for Nanoscale Materials, working with a class of […]
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- S&T cross country teams earn academic honors from USTFCCCA
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