Materials Science and Engineering
First Solar supports Missouri S&T efforts to secure critical materials supply chains
First Solar, Inc. has established the Endowed Professorship in Critical Energy Materials in the materials science and engineering department at Missouri S&T. The decision to endow a professorship reflects the strategic alignment between the two organizations, which have collaborated on critical minerals, particularly tellurium, for the past decade.
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Missouri S&T-led critical minerals Tech Hub awarded $28.5 million in federal funds
A Regional Innovation and Technology Hub (Tech Hub) led by Missouri S&T has secured $28.5 million in implementation funds from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) for its efforts focused on critical minerals processing.
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S&T professor, alumnus elected Fellow of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration
Dr. Michael Moats, professor and chair of materials science and engineering at Missouri S&T, has been elected to the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) 2025 class of Fellows.
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S&T’s College of Engineering and Computing staff, faculty receive awards
Missouri S&T’s College of Engineering and Computing held its Fall 2024 awards ceremony last week at the Havener Center, and several staff and faculty members were presented with honors.
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S&T professor elected Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
Dr. Richard K. Brow, a Curators’ Distinguished Professor of materials science and engineering at Missouri S&T, has been elected to the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) 2024 class of Fellows.
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S&T researchers listed as most prolific authors for their topics in Scopus
Fourteen researchers associated with Missouri S&T are listed as the most prolific contributors in their topics from 2019 to 2023 in Scopus — a multidisciplinary abstract and citation database and website, scopus.com, maintained by the Elsevier publishing company.
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Curators approve Missouri S&T construction plans for Bioplex
Plans to build a new facility for scientific research at Missouri S&T were unanimously approved today (Wednesday, Nov. 20) by the University of Missouri Board of Curators during the board’s meeting at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
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S&T study on heat-resistant materials receives Air Force funding
Researchers at Missouri S&T are studying advanced materials and welding techniques for use in extreme conditions that could lead to more durable hypersonic vehicles or safer nuclear reactors with funding from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
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S&T students keep ironmaking traditions alive at Maramec Spring Park
Maramec Iron Works in St. James, Missouri, may have officially ceased operations in 1878, but iron has still been produced at least the past couple years at the location, which is now home to Maramec Spring Park.
Read More »78 researchers affiliated with Missouri S&T among top 2% cited scientists in their fields
A total of 67 current and former faculty of Missouri S&T are among the top researchers in their field as measured by their career research records, and 54 current or former Missouri S&T researchers were among the best in their fields in 2023, according to a recent analysis of standardized citation indicators of the Elsevier Data Repository published by Stanford University.
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