Department of Economics
Powering the future: America’s perception on critical minerals
Critical minerals such as lithium, cobalt and copper are essential for an energy transition away from fossil fuels — but America’s perception of their importance isn’t fully understood, which can slow progress.
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DLC – Answering the call
Missouri S&T’s College of Arts, Sciences, and Education has an active alumni group in the Dean’s Leadership Council (DLC). The DLC is made up of a small group of university alumni and friends dedicated to helping the vice provost and dean strengthen CASE growth, transform the student experience, and increase the impact of faculty involvement. […]
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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.
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Curators approve master’s degree program in economics and innovation at S&T
The University of Missouri Board of Curators unanimously voted today (Nov. 20) to approve a new master’s degree program at Missouri University of Science and Technology. Graduates of this program will earn a master of science degree in economics and innovation, or MEI. It is designed to address the need for a technically trained workforce […]
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19 S&T faculty members receive tenure, promotions
Nineteen faculty members at Missouri S&T received promotions and/or tenure, effective Sept. 1. Those faculty members are:
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Missouri S&T receives NSF funding for 4th annual critical minerals workshop
Missouri S&T has been awarded funding from the National Science Foundation to host the fourth annual Resilient Supply of Critical Minerals workshop, which will be Wednesday, Aug. 7, and Thursday, Aug. 8.
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Missouri S&T faculty collaborate to teach value-driven engineering design
Two components critical to innovation that are often taught and practiced separately were recently integrated in an introductory engineering design course that’s required for all first-year engineering and computer science students at Missouri S&T. The third week of the course was taught by economics faculty, who introduced value-driven engineering design and economic integration.
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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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Missouri S&T hosts national discussion on critical minerals crisis
For over 150 years, Missouri S&T has been a leader in the field of mineral recovery, and that continued to be the case last week when the university hosted the third annual Resilient Supply of Critical Minerals national workshop.
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S&T to host forum April 18 on Silicon Valley Bank collapse
What causes bank failures and what can universities do to help prevent them in the future? Focusing on the recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, those are among the questions that will be addressed during “The Silicon Valley Bank Collapse – Integrated Learning and Economic Resiliency,” a forum at 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 18, in the Missouri Room of the Havener Center on the S&T campus in Rolla.
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