Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

For manufacturing simulation, Wii devices might be a perfect fit

Posted by on February 2, 2010

Ready to give up on that new year’s resolution to get in shape? If so, don’t sell your Wii Fit on eBay just yet. Dr. Ming Leu might have a use for it – or for the remote, anyway.

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Drallmeier named Curators’ Teaching Professor

Posted by on December 10, 2009

Dr. James Drallmeier, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been named Curators’ Teaching Professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering. The new title will be conferred during Missouri S&T commencement ceremonies Saturday, Dec. 19.

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Liou receives SME distinguished paper award

Posted by on July 2, 2009

Dr. Frank Liou, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Missouri S&T, recently received an award from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) for a paper he co-authored.

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Missouri S&T student Laura Confer appointed to UM Board of Curators

Posted by on June 5, 2009

LauraConfer-web-sm.jpgLaura A. Confer of Fenton, Mo., a mechanical engineering student at Missouri University of Science and Technology, began her first full day on Friday, June 5, as the student representative to the University of Missouri Board of Curators.

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Engineers Without Borders to leave S&T on May 17

Posted by on May 13, 2009

A dozen students representing nine majors from Missouri University of Science and Technology will leave Rolla on May 17 and spend the next two weeks constructing a sustainable water supply in Erquis Sud, Bolivia, near the city of Tarija.

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S&T student picked as EWB state representative

Posted by on May 7, 2009

Katie Fritts of Kansas City, Mo., a senior in mechanical engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, was recently selected to serve as a state representative for Engineers Without Borders-USA (EWB). She is one of three state representatives for the Midwest region.

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S&T wins formula car competition at Virginia International Raceway

Posted by on April 27, 2009

The racing team from Missouri University of Science and Technology took first place over the weekend in season-opening formula car action at Virginia International Raceway.

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Missouri S&T team hopes to launch satellites

Posted by on February 25, 2009

The Missouri Satellite (M-SAT) team at Missouri University of Science and Technology has been chosen as one of 11 teams nationwide to compete in the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Nanosat 6 competition. The winning team will eventually see its spacecraft launched into orbit.

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Students to re-engineer GM car with fuel cell powertrain

Posted by on January 26, 2009

General Motors Corp. and the U.S. Department of Energy recently announced that Missouri University of Science and Technology will be the only U.S. university to receive GM’s new fuel cell powertrain as part of North America’s premier collegiate automotive engineering competition.

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S&T Miners in Space to weld in micro-gravity

Posted by on January 6, 2009

Michelle Rader

A team of students from Missouri University of Science and Technology is flying high this week, ready to defy gravity while welding.

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