Materials Science and Engineering

Recent Missouri S&T graduate develops potential treatment for traumatic brain injuries 

Posted by on March 24, 2025

When people experience traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), immediate damage occurs from the blows to the brain, but the harm can continue in the weeks and months that follow. Researchers from Missouri University of Science and Technology are studying how an antioxidant material could potentially stop this ongoing damage.  “A person’s life can change in the blink […]

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Missouri S&T metallurgical engineering student awarded national industry scholarship 

Posted by on March 18, 2025

Abigail Rosendahl, a junior in metallurgical engineering at Missouri S&T, has been announced as a 2025 recipient of the Ellwood Metallurgy Scholarship — a $15,000 scholarship awarded to college juniors studying metallurgy that also comes with a paid summer internship. 

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S&T professor wins medal from international steel manufacturing association

Posted by on February 28, 2025

Dr. Ronald J. O’Malley, Missouri S&T’s F. Kenneth Iverson Endowed Chair of Steelmaking Technologies, has been selected to receive the 2025 Tadeusz Sendzimir Memorial Medal for Innovation in Steel Manufacturing Technology from the Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST). 

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Students invited to attend event focused on semiconductor careers March 17

Posted by on February 28, 2025

On March 17, students from the Rolla area will have an opportunity to learn more about careers in the semiconductor industry at the SEMI Professional Development Seminar organized by the SEMI Midwest Chapter in collaboration with Missouri S&T.

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Engineers Week: Q&A with Dr. Yijia Gu, assistant professor of materials science and engineering  

Posted by on February 20, 2025

Dr. Yijia Gu joined Missouri S&T in 2019 as an assistant professor of materials science and engineering. Here is a Q&A with Gu in commemoration of National Engineers Week 2025.  

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Curators approve Missouri S&T semiconductor engineering program 

Posted by on February 6, 2025

The University of Missouri Board of Curators unanimously voted today (Feb. 6) to approve a new bachelor’s degree program in semiconductor engineering at Missouri S&T.

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First Solar supports Missouri S&T efforts to secure critical materials supply chains

Posted by on January 21, 2025

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

Posted by on January 15, 2025

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  

Posted by on January 7, 2025

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

Posted by on December 11, 2024

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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