‘MacGyver’ Miner: From maintenance worker to middle school math teacher to mechanical engineer
In 2004, Chad Abernathy graduated from high school in Newtown, Missouri, and began his collegiate studies at Missouri S&T. Not long after, he started working as a part-time maintenance worker for S&T’s student affairs and auxiliary services.
Four years later, he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences and earned magna cum laude honors.
Fast-forward another 15 years, and Abernathy is now in the final days of his second bachelor’s degree from S&T, and this time, it is in mechanical engineering.
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S&T researchers aim to educate Missouri farmers on drone technology
Farmers in Missouri might currently hop on a tractor or utility vehicle to check on their livestock and crops, but thanks to researchers at Missouri S&T, they may soon be able to have drones assist with this work.
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Maryland lieutenant governor, an S&T alumna, inducted into university’s Academy of Civil Engineers
Aruna Miller, a 1989 civil engineering graduate of Missouri S&T, has been a “first” several times in her life. Most recently, on January 18, 2023, Miller was sworn in as lieutenant governor of Maryland — and as the first South Asian female to be elected to this role in the United States. On April 13, […]
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Missouri S&T’s Engineers Without Borders to visit South America for first time since pandemic
Missouri S&T’s Engineers Without Borders team will soon be on the move and traveling to both Bolivia and Ecuador in May.
“These will be our team’s first international trips since before the COVID-19 pandemic,” says Anna Stephenson, a senior in chemical engineering who is the team’s project lead for the trip to Atahuallani, Bolivia. “It’s something we are all excited about. Our group has volunteered for our projects remotely, and now we will have the opportunity to be in the field.”
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Time-traveling concrete: S&T researcher looks to ancient Rome to transform modern industry
A researcher at Missouri S&T is looking to solve the problems of tomorrow by using chemistry from the distant past.
Dr. Monday Uchenna Okoronkwo, assistant professor of chemical and biochemical engineering at S&T, is researching how to mimic the chemistry and composition of ancient Roman concrete while also applying modern technology to make it even better.
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S&T Steel Bridge Design team wins fifth consecutive regional competition
The Missouri S&T Steel Bridge Design Team won first place at the American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) Mid-America Student Symposium for the fifth consecutive time. The competition was held at Kansas State University April 13-15.
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S&T lab partners with top electronics companies, military agencies for EMC research
Missouri S&T has a longstanding reputation as a top-tier STEM school, but anyone unfamiliar with the university’s Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Laboratory would likely be shocked by the level of influence the university has globally on consumer and military electronics.
Read More »S&T alumna emphasizes how ‘little bits’ of effort can help with climate change
A vice president of Chevron with a petroleum engineering degree from Missouri S&T is highly involved with her alma mater, as well as the nonprofit organization she founded, to help instill sustainable practices into daily life. It’s possible some people may find her work with Chevron and petroleum engineering to contradict her environmental efforts, but […]
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Missouri S&T graduate engineering programs on the rise in U.S. News & World Report rankings
Missouri S&T is again one of the nation’s top-ranked institutions for pursuing a graduate degree in engineering, and several specific degree programs are on the rise, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings.
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Colin Mochrie talks science, improv, and his upcoming Rolla show
Colin Mochrie, star of the television program “Whose Line it is Anyway?,” will appear on the Leach Theatre stage with hypnotist Asad Mecci at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 5, to present their new show “HYPROV: Improv Under Hypnosis” at Missouri S&T.
If Mochrie’s life had gone slightly different, he may have been known as one of the world’s best dolphin trainers, instead of one of the world’s best improvisational comedians.
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