Kummer Institute
Bringing circular economy to construction projects
Missouri S&T Ph.D. student Radwa Eissa is looking to bring the circular economy to construction by studying ways to use reusable, modular components and materials that could be recycled at the end of the building’s useful life.
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The future of automobile travel may be low-temperature combustion
Ph.D. student Adrian Batista is motivated to learn from different fields of science and combine them to solve problems, because he believes that connecting them is the path to solving for new technological applications. That is why he chose to attend graduate school in chemistry after earning an undergraduate degree in physics.
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Missouri S&T starts school year with record percentage of women students, new college
Missouri S&T began classes on Monday, Aug. 22, with the highest percentage of women students in history. The percentage of female students on the first day of classes is 24.2%, which surpasses the previous record percentage of 23.9%, set in 2016 and 2021.
Read More »Kummer Foundation Board of Directors and university donors raise $1 million for bridge scholarships
A new program to support undergraduate students between their first and second year at Missouri University of Science and Technology recently reached its goal of $1 million, thanks to a $500,000 investment from the Kummer Institute Foundation.
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The rise of renewable energy means utility companies must change business models
With the rise of individual households producing surplus power via solar panels and selling energy back to power companies, the profitability of electric companies could drop and lead to acquisitions and mergers. The electric industry has also seen changes in renewable energy integration and regulatory changes that could lead to shrinking profits and firm consolidations.
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Susan Murray named acting vice provost and dean of Missouri S&T’s Kummer College
Susan Murray, chair and professor of psychological science at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been named acting vice provost and dean of the university’s Kummer College of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development.
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Missouri S&T names AI expert Donald Wunsch founding director of Kummer Institute Center for Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems
Dr. Donald C. Wunsch II, the Mary K. Finley Missouri Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been appointed founding director of the university’s Kummer Institute Center for Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems. He begins his duties Dec. 1.
Read More »Melody Lo named Steinmeyer Memorial Endowed Chair of Economics for the Kummer College at S&T
Dr. Melody Lo, a professor of economics at Arkansas State University, has been named the inaugural John and Ruth Steinmeyer Memorial Endowed Chair of Economics for the Kummer College at Missouri University of Science and Technology. She will assume the role of chair in the fall 2022 semester. Lo succeeds Dr. Michael Davis, who has […]
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Missouri S&T to break ground on Innovation Lab
The campus community and the public are invited to a groundbreaking ceremony for the 50,000-square-foot Innovation Lab at Missouri University of Science and Technology. The ceremony will begin at 8 a.m. Thursday, April 21, directly south of the Havener Center on the Missouri S&T campus in Rolla.
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Space pioneer Sandra Magnus goes off script with S&T scholars
When Heath St. Denis applied for a Chancellor’s Scholarship at Missouri S&T, his essay was about former NASA astronaut and S&T alumna Dr. Sandra Magnus, a two-time S&T graduate who served aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and flew on the final space shuttle mission. Astronauts are the finest scientists out there, according to St. […]
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Sports Headlines
- S&T track & field squad nets five CSC Academic All-District selections
- Five Miners land on CSC Academic All-District track & field squad
- S&T’s Hampton earns ABCA/Rawlings All-Midwest Region first team honors
- Swadley takes fifth in shot put, earns fourth career All-America award
- Luebbert breaks hammer throw record to finish third at NCAA Championships