Missouri S&T

Bringing the workforce up to speed for hypersonic flight

Posted by on November 5, 2020

Attaining hypersonic flight – the ability to fly and maneuver at more than five times the speed of sound – is a priority for the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) as it works to modernize the military and weapons systems. Materials engineering researchers at Missouri S&T are part of a multi-university team working to develop training programs for the future hypersonic workforce.

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S&T’s first history fellowship honors faculty mentor

Posted by on November 3, 2020

With a gift of $250,000, Missouri S&T history alumnus Cordell Smith has established the university’s first endowment to fund the research efforts of S&T history and political science faculty. The Lawrence O. Christensen Endowed Faculty Fellowship honors late Missouri historian and S&T professor Dr. Lawrence Christensen.

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Mining students in Ecuador

Posted by on November 3, 2020

Missouri S&T will soon welcome mining engineering students from Ecuador in the culmination of an over-five-year effort to bring students to Rolla.  Administrators from Missouri S&T began visiting Ecuador in 2014 and signed a transfer agreement in 2017 with Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) to bring students interested in mining to Rolla. The exchange […]

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Nobel Prize winner to give virtual physics colloquium at Missouri S&T

Posted by on November 3, 2020

Dr. Rainer Weiss, winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in physics, will present a virtual physics colloquium titled “Beginnings of gravitational wave astronomy: current state and future” at 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5.

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Missouri S&T chancellor’s State of the University address rescheduled to Nov. 5

Posted by on October 29, 2020

Missouri S&T Chancellor Mo Dehghani’s second State of the University address to the campus and community has been rescheduled to 11 a.m.-noon Thursday, Nov. 5, on Zoom. The event is free and open to the public. Dehghani plans to discuss how two recent donations to the university will help shape Missouri S&T as a “destination […]

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Teaching in the time of coronavirus

Posted by on October 27, 2020

Teaching looks wholly different this year at universities across the nation as higher education grapples with COVID-19. At Missouri S&T, some faculty are employing their creativity and flexibility to ensure students are learning safely.

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Ballard named 2020 Engineering Manager of the Year

Posted by on October 27, 2020

The American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM) has named retired Army Lt. Gen. Joe Ballard, an alumnus of Missouri S&T, its 2020 Engineering Manager of the Year.

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Nuclear engineering becomes independent department, gets new name

Posted by on October 20, 2020

The nuclear engineering program at Missouri S&T is gaining a higher profile as a new academic department: nuclear engineering and radiation science.

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Community invited to S&T chancellor’s State of the University address Oct. 22

Posted by on October 16, 2020

Missouri S&T Chancellor Mo Dehghani will present his second State of the University address to the campus and community 11 a.m.-noon Thursday, Oct. 22, on Zoom. The event is free and open to the public. Dehghani plans to discuss how two recent donations to the university will help shape Missouri S&T as a “destination of […]

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Missouri S&T alumnus contributes $10 million to the university’s department of chemical and biochemical engineering

Posted by on October 15, 2020

Missouri S&T alumnus Bipin Doshi and his wife, Linda, have made the largest individual contribution to an academic program in university history: a $10 million gift to the department of chemical and biochemical engineering.

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