Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science
90 researchers affiliated with S&T among top 2% cited scientists in their fields
A total of 88 current and former researchers affiliated with Missouri S&T are among the world’s top 2% most-cited scientists recognized either for their career-long impact or for their 2024 metrics, according to a Stanford University analysis of the Elsevier Data Repository.
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S&T researcher awarded $1 million to test nuclear fuel
A Missouri S&T researcher is partnering with Oak Ridge National Laboratory on a $1 million U.S. Department of Energy project to study how a nuclear fuel with a high enrichment level will perform in small modular and microreactors.
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Powering tomorrow: Q&A with a nuclear engineering expert
The rising demand and new technologies are driving a renewed interest in nuclear power. This could reshape energy production in Missouri and beyond.
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S&T welcomes new faculty
Missouri S&T welcomed over 30 faculty members this year. They bring a wide range of expertise that includes applications for artificial intelligence (AI) in health care, biomedical engineering, concrete sustainability, nuclear reactor safety and semiconductor design. The new faculty are:
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Not your average summer camp: Teens operate nuclear reactor at Missouri S&T
Forty high school students from across the United States and abroad traveled to Missouri S&T and spent part of their summer doing something very few teenagers — or even adults — ever experience: operating a nuclear reactor.
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Mines to Megawatts: S&T event to address small modular reactors in retired mines
Could some of Missouri’s decommissioned mines potentially become secure sites for small modular nuclear reactors and help advance the state’s clean energy future? Researchers at Missouri S&T believe so and have a symposium on the topic planned for Tuesday, Aug. 5.
Read More »Missouri S&T awarded $3 million from state for small modular nuclear reactor initiative
Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe recently approved $3 million for Missouri S&T to establish a small modular nuclear reactor science and development program.
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Missouri S&T symposium in Morocco focuses on sustainable energy for Africa
Energy experts and researchers from around the world gathered in Marrakech, Morocco, this spring for Missouri S&T’s 4th International Laufer Energy Symposium to discuss the future of sustainable energy and the challenges facing Africa and the globe.
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Garner shares key professional decisions with S&T Ph.D. graduates
Dr. Harold “Skip” Garner, chief scientific officer for Orbit Genomics, shared seven professional decisions with Ph.D. graduates of Missouri University of Science and Technology during the Ph.D. commencement ceremony held in the Gale Bullman Building at Missouri S&T on Friday, Dec. 13.
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‘A relentless practicality’
When Dr. Joshua P. Schlegel envisioned what his career would be like during his youth, he says he didn’t anticipate he would one day be an award-winning educator.
But that’s exactly what he is, as he was recently recognized at Missouri S&T’s annual faculty awards banquet as a 2024 recipient of the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.
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