Kummer Institute

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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Missouri S&T students advance to Global Health Innovation Grand Challenge semi-finals 

Posted by on February 18, 2025

Two teams of Missouri S&T students and alumni have advanced to the semi-finals of the Global Health Innovation Grand Challenge hosted by the Carle Illinois College of Medicine. 

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S&T student’s 3D printed violin to shine at Joshua Bell event  

Posted by on January 8, 2025

Since opening last year, the Makers Studio in the Innovation Lab has created new opportunities for students to showcase their creative work across campus.   

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Missouri S&T summer camp registration now open 

Posted by on December 19, 2024

From robotics to rockets, movies to history or biology to mining — Missouri S&T has a summer camp for any interest, and registration is open now. There are 29 camps for K-12 students to choose from this year, including six new camps.  

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Kummer Vanguard Scholars reflect on their experiences

Posted by on October 25, 2024

Now in its fourth year, the Kummer Vanguard Scholars program boasts 1,300 students at Missouri S&T. The program, established by a generous gift in 2020 from Fred and June Kummer, goes beyond a traditional scholarship program. We asked five first-generation college students about how their experience through the Kummer Vanguard Scholars program and Missouri S&T are helping them fulfill their dreams. Here’s what they said:

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State of Missouri awards $9.1 million for higher ed collaboration to boost manufacturing

Posted by on September 30, 2024

Three Missouri higher education institutions are working together to modernize the state’s manufacturing industry and develop its workforce, with $9.1 million in Missouri’s fiscal year 2025 budget being awarded to support their efforts.

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Kummer Institute Foundation Board of Directors at Missouri S&T welcomes new member

Posted by on September 5, 2024

The Kummer Institute Foundation Board of Directors at Missouri S&T recently welcomed a new member to its team: Susan Simmons, retired senior resident engineer at Anheuser-Busch in St. Louis.

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