Earth Sciences and Engineering
Engineers Week: Q&A with David Carpenter, associate teaching professor of petroleum engineering
David Carpenter joined the Missouri S&T faculty in January 2024 as an associate teaching professor of petroleum engineering. Here is a Q&A with Carpenter in commemoration of National Engineers Week 2025.
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Introducing ‘Batiacasphaera obohikuenobeae’: A species named to honor S&T professor
When paleontologists say the name “Oboh-Ikuenobe,” they may now need to clarify whether they mean their colleague, Dr. Francisca Oboh-Ikuenobe, or Batiacasphaera obohikuenobeae, an ancient microscopic fossil species from the Arctic Ocean recently named in her honor.
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Missouri S&T-led critical minerals Tech Hub awarded $28.5 million in federal funds
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’s College of Engineering and Computing staff, faculty receive awards
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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S&T researchers listed as most prolific authors for their topics in Scopus
Fourteen researchers associated with Missouri S&T are listed as the most prolific contributors in their topics from 2019 to 2023 in Scopus — a multidisciplinary abstract and citation database and website, scopus.com, maintained by the Elsevier publishing company.
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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U.S. News: Missouri S&T is the state’s top public engineering school
U.S. News & World Report released its 2025 rankings for public engineering programs today (Tuesday, Sept. 24) and has again listed Missouri S&T as first in the state and among the best in the nation.
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Experts converge at S&T to discuss solutions for nation’s critical minerals crisis
Experts from across the United States came together earlier this month at Missouri S&T’s campus for the fourth annual Resilient Supply of Critical Minerals workshop funded by the National Science Foundation.
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Missouri S&T professor elected Fellow of Geological Society of America
Dr. Wan Yang, a professor of geology and geophysics at Missouri S&T, has been elected a Fellow of the Geological Society of America (GSA).
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New name for Missouri S&T’s geosciences, geological and petroleum engineering department
The programs and faculty members are staying the same, but the name of Missouri S&T’s geosciences and geological and petroleum engineering department has now changed. The department’s name was recently rebranded to earth sciences and engineering.
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