Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

The Foam Warriors win S&T’s first Miner Creativity Challenge

Posted by on May 17, 2023

On May 2, the Foam Warriors team was awarded the $5,000 first-place prize in the Miner Creativity Challenge for the STEM learning experience it created, the Quick Draw Cannon. The team was one of 11 to enter a toy designed and created for middle school students in the competition, which was open to teams of three to five S&T undergraduate or graduate students.

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S&T’s College of Engineering and Computing honors high-achieving Ph.D. students

Posted by on May 11, 2023

Eight Ph.D. students at Missouri University of Science and Technology were awarded dean’s honors from the university’s College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) during a May 11 ceremony at the Havener Center.

Two of the students received the Dean’s Graduate Educator Award in recognition of excellence in teaching, and six were honored with the Dean’s Ph.D. Scholar Award, which recognizes research contributions to the college.

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Cleared for takeoff: Weber’s flight path includes two S&T degrees, position with Boeing

Posted by on May 8, 2023

For Joseph Weber, the aviation industry is a family business.

Weber, of St. Louis, finished a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in December 2022 from Missouri S&T, and he will finish his MBA from S&T in the coming days.

Right after graduation, he will start working for Boeing as a systems engineer in a position he’s had lined up since November of last year.

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‘MacGyver’ Miner: From maintenance worker to middle school math teacher to mechanical engineer

Posted by on May 3, 2023

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 announces Undergraduate Research Conference winners

Posted by on May 1, 2023

Dozens of students presented their research projects to the public during the 18th annual Undergraduate Research Conference at Missouri S&T this April.

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Princeton Review rates S&T high for ROI, career placement, internships

Posted by on April 28, 2023

Missouri S&T is one of the nation’s best public universities when it comes to career placement for its graduates and student internships, according to the Princeton Review’s latest “Best Value Colleges” ranking, released April 25.

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Missouri S&T graduate engineering programs on the rise in U.S. News & World Report rankings

Posted by on April 24, 2023

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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S&T researcher revives university’s supersonic wind tunnel

Posted by on April 17, 2023

Researchers at Missouri S&T will soon be able to conduct experimental research at supersonic speeds, thanks to the efforts of Dr. Davide Viganò, an assistant professor of aerospace engineering, and his team of students.

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Racing for 24 hours: S&T Makerspace students place 6th in mini dirt bike race

Posted by on April 5, 2023

Racing mini dirt bikes for 24 hours on a muddy figure-eight track that has its layout changed every four hours may sound punishing or extreme to some, but to students involved with Missouri University of Science and Technology’s Makerspace group, it just sounded fun.

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First class of mechanical engineers to graduate from MSU, S&T cooperative program

Posted by on March 20, 2023

In the 15 years since Dr. Douglas Carroll became the founding director of Missouri S&T’s cooperative engineering program with Missouri State University, he has seen hundreds of civil and electrical engineering students graduate with bachelor’s degrees. In May, he will see the first group of mechanical engineering students taking courses in Springfield graduate with degrees from Missouri S&T.

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