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Spotlight Theatre creation shines in Miner Creativity Challenge 

Posted by on May 27, 2025

Spotlight Theatre, an interactive toy that teaches young learners how a spotlight works on stage, took home first-place as the judge’s choice in the Miner Creativity Challenge held in April at Missouri S&T. The winning design was created by three seniors at Missouri S&T: Josie Schnelten, an engineering management major from Auburn, Illinois; Colby DaVolt, […]

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Legendary records, unbreakable focus: Owen Fraser 

Posted by on May 20, 2025

Owen Fraser doesn’t chase awards as a member of the Missouri S&T men’s track and field team, but they keep finding him.

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Engineering for impact: Ph.D. student tackles energy resilience in island nations  

Posted by on May 2, 2025

Born and raised in Jamaica, Ashley Ann Davis brings a firsthand perspective on infrastructure challenges faced by small island nations.  

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Missouri Protoplex partners with Solvus Global 

Posted by on April 3, 2025

Solvus Global, a leader in advanced manufacturing headquartered in Massachusetts, has become the first major company to partner with the Missouri Protoplex at Missouri S&T. The company signed a lease Wednesday, April 2, at the S&T campus to establish an additional facility in Rolla. 

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Ivy league bound: S&T alumnus advances sustainable energy at Princeton

Posted by on March 25, 2025

Even as a kindergartener, Caleb Moellenhoff said he wanted to become an engineer — a dream sparked by the inspiration of his father, an electrical engineer. That early curiosity didn’t fade and led him to Missouri University of Science and Technology, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering last year.  

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Engineering meets business: S&T alumnus lands ideal career 

Posted by on March 25, 2025

Duncan Bannon always had a business-oriented mindset, and sought a career with a mix of business and STEM. A tour of the Missouri S&T campus sealed the deal as he saw the Engineering Management Building. Then it clicked: that was the next step in his path to success.

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S&T event challenges students to innovate carbon capture solutions 

Posted by on March 18, 2025

Two students won first place at Missouri S&T’s Micro Grand Challenge on March 9.  

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Abigail Richner’s path to entrepreneurial excellence 

Posted by on March 18, 2025

Abigail Richner, a senior engineering management major with an emphasis in aerospace engineering, has big plans for her future as a project manager. Helping lead her to that career path is S&T’s Badges of Entrepreneurial Excellence program. 

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An opportunity to contribute knowledge to the scientific community

Posted by on March 14, 2025

After completing his Ph.D. in industrial chemistry in Nigeria, his home country, Dr. Ugochukwu Ewuzie worked as a laboratory scientist for a global energy company. Spending his days working on synthetic fuels and waste created by various refining processes, Ewuzie began to wonder not just how to reuse those waste byproducts but how to reuse them in a way that’s good for the environment. That’s where the road to Missouri S&T and his second Ph.D., this one in chemical engineering, began to pave itself in concrete—literally.

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The freedom to explore

Posted by on March 13, 2025

Conleigh Hardin, a senior in civil engineering from Austin, Texas, attended a large high school but was in a program with fewer than 200 students. She liked the scaled down, personal feeling of it, and when it was time to decide on a college, she chose Missouri S&T for its size relative to the huge engineering colleges closer to home.

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