Mining Engineering
Doe Run Co. donates mining equipment to Missouri S&T
The Doe Run Co. (Doe Run) recently donated $37,724 in technical equipment to the mining engineering department at Missouri University of Science and Technology to aid in training the next generation of mining engineers.
Read More »Haunted Mine a Halloween tradition at Missouri S&T
Missouri University of Science and Technology mining engineering students have created things that go bump — and scream! — in the night at this year’s Haunted Mine, which opens Oct. 23 in Missouri S&T’s Experimental Mine.
“Examples of rooms are a Frankenstein room, a clown and carnival room and an exorcism room just to give a taste,” says Katherine Burke, a junior in mining engineering. “This year at the mine, we have acquired new props, and all of the rooms have different themes.”
Read More »Missouri S&T mine rescue teams take on pros
Missouri University of Science and Technology recently hosted a competition designed to simulate a mine emergency. University teams competed alongside teams from industry, including Doe Run, Vulcan Materials Co. and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).
Other collegiate teams competing were the Colorado School of Mines and Penn State University. In all, 21 teams competed.
Read More »Missouri S&T to host national mine rescue competition
Missouri University of Science and Technology will host a competition designed to simulate a mine emergency Monday, Sept. 28 through Thursday, Oct. 1 at the Missouri S&T Experimental Mine and the Rolla National Guard Armory.
Missouri S&T teams will compete with teams from industry, such as Doe Run, Vulcan Materials Co. and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). Other collegiate teams competing are the Colorado School of Mines and Penn State University. In all, 22 teams will compete, necessitating the use of the mine and the armory.
Read More »MEM’s the word for Missouri S&T, Chevron partnership
Mechanical earth modeling (MEM) is the latest wave in petroleum engineering, and Missouri University of Science and Technology is at the forefront of offering this multidisciplinary approach to its students.
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Experimental mine project receives state matching funds
Missouri University of Science and Technology will receive $1.2 million in state capital appropriations for a new research and teaching building at its Experimental Mine – regularly listed as one of Popular Science magazine’s most “awesome labs” and home to the university’s popular summer Explosives Camp for high school juniors and seniors.
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Missouri S&T to defend world champion titles Down Under
A group of Missouri University of Science and Technology students is preparing to travel over 9,000 miles to defend two world championship titles in events based on mining techniques generally known as “mucking.” The students will compete in the 37th Intercollegiate Mining Competition held Wednesday, March 25, through Sunday, March 29, at the Western Australia School of Mines in Kalgoorlie, Australia.
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Missouri S&T mining professor to work with the SEC
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has appointed a Missouri University of Science and Technology mining engineering professor to an academic fellowship in the Division of Corporation Finance in Washington, D.C.
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Visit Missouri S&T’s spooky haunted mine
Mining engineering students at Missouri University of Science and Technology are brewing up a special treat for people who want to visit S&T’s Experimental Mine Facility this Halloween.
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