Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science
Missouri S&T researchers awarded seed grants from Taylor Geospatial Institute
Researchers from Missouri S&T were recently awarded funding from the Geospatial Institute Seed Grant Program to Stimulate Collaborative Research. This program is administered by the Taylor Geospatial Institute, which awarded a total of $1.7 million for projects throughout the TGI consortium.
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NATIONAL ENGINEERS WEEK: S&T student Baylor Dickinson has a positive reaction to university’s nuclear reactor
Baylor Dickinson, a first-year student at Missouri S&T, envisions he will be “creating the future” as a nuclear engineer after he graduates. “Creating the Future” is the theme for National Engineers Week 2023, which celebrates the difference engineers make throughout the world. Dickinson, of Webb City, Missouri, says he has long known that Missouri S&T […]
Read More »S&T nuclear engineering student awarded international Curie fellowship
Narrie Loftus, a senior nuclear engineering major at Missouri S&T, hopes to do her part to help with the gender gap in her field. That is one reason she was recently excited to learn she was accepted for the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme sponsored by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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Updated: Missouri S&T to celebrate National Engineers Week with multiple speakers, events
Missouri S&T will celebrate its engineering education heritage during National Engineers Week 2023, which runs from Feb. 19-25. Events include a talk by one of S&T’s three alumni to become a NASA astronaut, presentations on artificial intelligence and bioengineering, and outreach by student design team members at the Saint Louis Science Center.
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Wagner receives honorary degree from Missouri S&T
Dr. John C. Wagner of Idaho Falls, Idaho, director of Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and a graduate of Missouri S&T, received the doctor of engineering, honoris causa, from Missouri S&T during the university’s morning commencement ceremony Saturday, Dec. 17.
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Newkirk named chair of nuclear engineering and radiation science at Missouri S&T
Dr. Joseph Newkirk, professor of materials science and engineering, has accepted the role of chair in nuclear engineering and radiation science at Missouri S&T. He begins his new role Oct. 1.
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Riding the wave of nuclear fusion
Jack Fletcher, a senior in nuclear engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, plans to graduate in May and has already made his mark in the field. Fletcher, from St. Louis, spent the summer of 2021 working at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee as part of the U. S. Department of Energy’s Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) program.
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S&T’s Renaissance Student Award goes to Pamela Petterchak
Pamela Petterchak, a senior in computer science and computer engineering from St. Louis, has been named Missouri S&T’s Renaissance Student for 2022. She received the award, which includes a $1,000 prize, on May 3, at a ceremony hosted by the arts, languages and philosophy department.
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U.S. Department of Energy funds nuclear engineering scholarships at Missouri S&T
Nuclear engineering students at Missouri University of Science and Technology have new support in finding new ways to cut carbon emissions and help meet global climate goals through scholarship funding from the U.S. Department of Energy, which is providing $30,000 for three nuclear engineering scholarships at S&T.
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Saluting S&T engineering alumnae
March 8 is International Women’s Day, a time to appreciate the contributions of women and girls around the world. We salute Missouri S&T alumnae for the difference they continue to make in Rolla and for their influence in their professions and communities. Here are a few of the thousands of women we’re proud to call S&T graduates.
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