Geological Sciences and Engineering
S&T faculty members receive UM System President’s Awards
Three members of the Missouri University of Science and Technology faculty have been chosen to receive President’s Awards, the highest honor bestowed by the University of Missouri System, for excellence among the university’s four mission areas of teaching, research, service and economic development. In all, 11 awards will be presented this year.
Read More »Corporate partnership teaches industry standard to S&T students
In a unique industry partnership, 36 undergraduate petroleum engineering students are learning about their discipline from representatives of an oilfield service and technology company.
Read More »S&T students travel to Peru for spring break
Twenty-four students from Missouri University of Science and Technology will spend their spring break exploring Peru.
Read More »Grad student is pumping, cleaning contaminated water at Rolla site
For decades, it was routine for dry-cleaning operations to pour chemicals down the drain. Unfortunately, some of those chemicals ended up contaminating groundwater.
Read More »S&T researchers get grant to study formation of ocean basins
Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology have been awarded $873,880 by the National Science Foundation to study how continental rifts create ocean basins.
Read More »New research aims to improve natural gas production
Natural gas is an abundant energy resource for the United States, but much of it remains trapped in shale or tight-sand formations. Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology hope to develop a way to extract that gas by studying the energy source at the molecular level.
Read More »Idaho energy expert named Laufer Chair at S&T
Dr. Joseph D. Smith, manager of advanced process and decision systems for Idaho National Laboratory, has been named the first Laufer Chair of Energy at Missouri University of Science and Technology. He will join the S&T faculty on July 1.
Read More »Students explore Peru, Machu Picchu over spring break
Twenty-one students from Missouri University of Science and Technology spent spring break exploring the ancient civil and geological engineering marvels of Peru.
S&T water study: Is colloidal silver necessary for bacteria removal?
Nicole Heinley, a graduate student at Missouri University of Science and Technology, traveled to Guatemala twice in the past year to conduct research on ceramic pot filters that are used locally to remove bacteria from water. Now, Heinley’s findings are about to be published in the Journal of Water Science and Technology.
Read More »S&T faculty and students receive University of Missouri System awards
Four of six awards presented by the University of Missouri System during its annual awards ceremony were presented to faculty and students from Missouri University of Science and Technology.
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