Mining Engineering
S&T’s Haunted Mine opens Oct. 18
The nightmarish thrills are back at this year’s Haunted Mine, opening Friday, Oct. 18, at the Experimental Mine at Missouri University of Science and Technology. The 2024 Haunted Mine will be open 6-11 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 18; Saturday, Oct. 19; Friday, Oct. 25; Saturday, Oct. 26; Thursday, Oct. 31, and Friday, Nov. 1.
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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S&T welcomes new faculty
Missouri S&T welcomed more than 30 new faculty members this year. They bring a wide range of expertise that includes artificial intelligence, astrodynamics, energy economics, energy storage, flood prediction, military history, quantum physics and wearable wireless sensors. The new faculty are:
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More Missouri S&T students take FE exam than any school in the nation
More students and recent graduates of Missouri S&T took the Fundamentals of Engineering exam offered by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) last year than any other school in the nation, according to an NCEES report.
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Hidden treasures: S&T researcher aims to recover critical minerals, precious metals from unconventional sources
The United States’ need for critical minerals for manufacturing has reached a crisis level, and researchers at Missouri S&T are leading the charge to develop solutions. Dr. Lana Alagha, an associate professor of mining engineering at Missouri S&T, recently received a $375,000 grant from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to develop and enhance methods for […]
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Registration open for Missouri S&T’s national critical minerals workshop
Registration is now open for the third annual Resilient Supply of Critical Minerals workshop, which will be Wednesday, Aug. 9, and Thursday, Aug. 10, at Missouri S&T.
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Missouri S&T students exhibit research to state legislators
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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S&T co-ed mucking team takes second in international competition, men finish seventh
Missouri S&T students likely did their school mascot, Joe Miner, proud with their final results in the 45th Intercollegiate Mining Competition.
The university’s co-ed team earned second place honors for their division in the competition, which was held in late March at the Western Australia School of Mines (WASM), and the men’s team came in sixth.
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S&T professor receives SME’s Environmental Distinguished Service Award
Dr. Kwame Awuah-Offei, chair of mining and explosives engineering at Missouri S&T, was recently presented with the Environmental Distinguished Service Award from the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME).
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Better than ‘Lassie?’: S&T student studies robotic dog’s potential for mine emergencies
Can a robotic version of man’s best friend help miners in perilous situations escape? That is a question Dustin Peterson, a mining engineering student at Missouri S&T, has been contemplating, and he says the research is promising.
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