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Pernicka develops microsatellite for Air Force
A Missouri University of Science and Technology aerospace engineering professor is developing a microsatellite imager that could be used to check satellites, do small repairs or refuel spacecraft — and keep astronauts from making risky exploratory missions when something goes wrong.
Dr. Hank Pernicka, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Missouri S&T, and his students won the final round of an Air Force competition to develop the spacecraft. Dr. Kyle DeMars, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, Dr. Joshua Rovey, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, and Dr. Jonathan Kimball, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, also are working on the project at Missouri S&T.
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Chancellor brings Show Me Value Tour to Houston
Missouri S&T Chancellor Cheryl B. Schrader will discuss the importance of a college education with students from Houston Middle School in Houston, Missouri, on Friday, Nov. 6, as part of the Show Me Value Tour, a statewide initiative by University of Missouri System leaders. Schrader will visit Houston Middle School at 10:20 a.m. to speak with […]
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S&T student wins NSF fellowship
Matthew Horst, a graduate student pursuing a master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology has been awarded a 2015 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program award.
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Missouri S&T crowns Homecoming royalty
Missouri University of Science and Technology crowned the 2015 Homecoming Queen and King at halftime of the Oct. 24 football game between Missouri S&T and McKendree University.
Haley Witcher, a senior in chemical engineering from Sedalia, Missouri, was named Missouri S&T’s 2015 Homecoming Queen. She was nominated by Chi Omega. Stanley “Charlie” Brown, a senior in mechanical engineering from Springfield, Illinois, was named Missouri S&T’s 2015 Homecoming King. He was nominated by Kappa Delta.
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Missouri S&T theatre to stage play about sexual assault
The Miner League Theatre Players at Missouri University of Science and Technology will examine attitudes and misconceptions about sexual assault with four performances of “Good Kids.” “Good Kids” takes place after a high school party, when a girl is raped by a gang of football players. It focuses on the repercussions of the event and […]
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Missouri S&T’s Air Force ROTC to present U.S. flag for St. Louis Rams Nov. 1
Students from the U.S. Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Detachment 442 at Missouri University of Science and Technology will serve as Color Guard at the St. Louis Rams football game at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis on Sunday, Nov. 1.
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Missouri S&T’s Nest Home earns fifth
Missouri University of Science and Technology’s Solar House Design Team has earned fifth place at the 2015 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon, its highest-ever finish at the competition. The Solar Decathlon was held Oct. 8-18 in Irvine, California. The team’s house, named the Nest Home, was one of fourteen entries in the competition.
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Trick-or-treat at Missouri S&T on Oct. 30
The Chancellor’s Leadership Academy at Missouri University of Science and Technology will host its annual Trunk-or-Treat event to give area kids a safe and fun place to trick-or-treat.
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Dr. George Mueller, a 1939 electrical engineering graduate who was credited with helping ensure NASA met President John F. Kennedy’s manned moon landing timetable, died Monday, Oct. 12, at age 97, NASA announced.
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New book tells the stories of U.S. soldiers who liberated concentration camps
On April 4, 1945, American soldiers from the 89th Infantry Division and the 4th Armored Division seized Ohrdruf, the first Nazi concentration camp liberated in Germany during World War II. Military historian Dr. John C. McManus sheds new light on the experiences of the American soldiers who liberated and witnessed Ohrdruf, Buchenwald and Dachau in his new book, “Hell Before Their Very Eyes: American Soldiers Liberate Concentration Camps in Germany, April 1945.”
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