Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Missouri S&T alumni shoot for the moon
In the 1960s, Donald Beinart, a Missouri S&T alumnus, helped create flight simulation systems for NASA’s Project Gemini, which was a precursor to the Apollo program’s manned lunar landings. Almost six decades later, his grandson, Matt Klosterman, who is also a Missouri S&T alumnus, played a role in the country’s first lunar landing since the Apollo program came to an end.
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Missouri S&T alumnus part of India’s lunar landing
Twenty-seven years ago, when Radhakant Padhi was in the early stages of his career and working as a national defense scientist in India, he aspired to one day earn a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering in the United States.
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Freddy Ray Dugard: From S&T’s football field to Ford’s front office
When Freddy Ray Dugard was a senior in 2009 at St. Francis Preparatory School in Queens, New York, he says he wouldn’t have been able to point out Missouri on a map.
Fast-forward about 15 years, and Dugard now says that state — and more specifically Missouri S&T — has helped shape his career and set him on a path for success.
S&T grows presence in St. Louis with graduate engineering programs
Engineering and computing professionals in St. Louis will soon have local access to several Missouri S&T master’s degree programs, certificates and quick courses.
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Satellite designed by Missouri S&T students launches into space
A Missouri S&T student-designed satellite is now in space and revolving around the Earth — thanks to some help from a SpaceX rocket.
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Engineers Week: S&T professor says flying cars à la ‘The Jetsons’ will soon be a reality
Remember the flying cars made famous in Hanna-Barbera’s futuristic cartoon, The Jetsons, that first aired in the early 1960s?
According to Dr. Xiaosong Du, an assistant professor of aerospace engineering at Missouri S&T, a similar mode of transportation will be an option for people needing a ride across larger cities in the next 5-10 years.
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Missouri S&T’s student-designed satellite ready for launch
A satellite developed by Missouri S&T’s student-run Satellite Research Team will soon be launched into space on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket during the upcoming Transporter-10 mission.
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Missouri S&T consortium wins grant to modernize state’s defense manufacturing
Using technology to strengthen the global competitiveness of Missouri manufacturers while supporting the defense industry is one of the primary goals of a three-year project recently awarded $5 million by the U.S. Department of Defense’s Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation. The grant establishes the Missouri Defense Manufacturing Consortium, a partnership of colleges and universities, companies, and manufacturing organizations led by Missouri S&T.
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Could blue-green algae lead to humans’ sustained presence on the moon?
Will blue-green algae growing on a window screen that cycles water eventually play a major role in humans having a sustained presence on the moon?
A group of student researchers from Missouri S&T thinks so, and their Lunar Biotech team’s project was recognized for having one of the top innovations at the Lunar Life Odyssey 2 challenge.
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Missouri S&T students conducting research for NASA
Seventeen students from Missouri S&T are conducting NASA-funded research that may directly affect the space agency’s work.
These students are interns and fellows as part of the Missouri Space Grant Consortium, which is administered by Missouri S&T.
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