Mining and Explosives Engineering
Missouri S&T professors elected SME Fellows
Two Missouri S&T professors, Drs. Kwame Awuah-Offei and Samuel Frimpong, have been elected to the 2026 class of Fellows of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME).
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The future of mining engineering: Sam Steele is more than ready
By the time Sam Steele graduates from Missouri S&T, the mining engineering junior who is also a Kummer Vanguard Scholar, will already have experience working in underground salt mines in New York, surface phosphate operations in Florida and a blasting company in Herman, Missouri.
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Engineers Week Q&A: Maryam Osali aims to transform waste into opportunity
Maryam Osali is a Ph.D. student in mining engineering at Missouri S&T. Here is a Q&A with Osali in commemoration of National Engineers Week 2026.
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S&T’s College of Engineering and Computing honors staff, faculty members
Missouri S&T’s College of Engineering and Computing recently held its fall 2025 awards ceremony, and several staff and faculty members were presented with honors.
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S&T student aims for faster ballistics prototyping, lands on world stage
Bullets move fast. Prototyping them? Not so much. But a Ph.D. student in mechanical engineering at Missouri S&T is researching an accelerated process for producing and testing 3D-printed ballistics, and she has already earned international recognition.
Read More »90 researchers affiliated with S&T among top 2% cited scientists in their fields
A total of 88 current and former researchers affiliated with Missouri S&T are among the world’s top 2% most-cited scientists recognized either for their career-long impact or for their 2024 metrics, according to a Stanford University analysis of the Elsevier Data Repository.
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S&T linebacker channels explosiveness on the gridiron and in the classroom
Cameron Sturgell, a linebacker on Missouri S&T’s football team, aims to be explosive when he’s on the field.
But Sturgell’s passion for explosions goes beyond when he’s wearing his Miners jersey.
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S&T student’s experiences involve blasts and the past
Caleb Schwenk says he has always been passionate about United States history, explosions and the natural resources found in the earth. At Missouri S&T, he’s found ways to explore all three.
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Mines to Megawatts: S&T event to address small modular reactors in retired mines
Could some of Missouri’s decommissioned mines potentially become secure sites for small modular nuclear reactors and help advance the state’s clean energy future? Researchers at Missouri S&T believe so and have a symposium on the topic planned for Tuesday, Aug. 5.
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Missouri S&T to host fifth annual critical minerals national workshop Aug. 6-7
Missouri S&T will host the fifth annual Resilient Supply of Critical Minerals national workshop supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Wednesday, Aug. 6, and Thursday, Aug. 7.
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Sports Headlines
- Miners Hosting Jamestown for GLVC Pair; Senior Day on Saturday
- Retired Administrator Debbie Hickey to be Inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame
- Baseball Set for Road Tilt at Truman
- Edmonds Continues Dominant Season with Fifth GLVC Weekly Honor
- Miners Open Outdoor Season Hosting 2026 Miner Invitational