Missouri University of Science and Technology

Missouri S&T commencement speakers announced

Posted by on May 4, 2023

More than 1,000 Missouri S&T graduates will be awarded degrees during three upcoming commencement ceremonies. Dr. Oscar Barton will speak at the May 12 ceremony for Ph.D. graduates. Susan M. Simmons will speak at both May 13 ceremonies.

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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 researchers aim to educate Missouri farmers on drone technology

Posted by on May 1, 2023

Farmers in Missouri might currently hop on a tractor or utility vehicle to check on their livestock and crops, but thanks to researchers at Missouri S&T, they may soon be able to have drones assist with this work.

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Missouri S&T’s Engineers Without Borders to visit South America for first time since pandemic

Posted by on April 27, 2023

Missouri S&T’s Engineers Without Borders team will soon be on the move and traveling to both Bolivia and Ecuador in May.

“These will be our team’s first international trips since before the COVID-19 pandemic,” says Anna Stephenson, a senior in chemical engineering who is the team’s project lead for the trip to Atahuallani, Bolivia. “It’s something we are all excited about. Our group has volunteered for our projects remotely, and now we will have the opportunity to be in the field.”

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S&T lab partners with top electronics companies, military agencies for EMC research

Posted by on April 25, 2023

Missouri S&T has a longstanding reputation as a top-tier STEM school, but anyone unfamiliar with the university’s Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Laboratory would likely be shocked by the level of influence the university has globally on consumer and military electronics.

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S&T alumna emphasizes how ‘little bits’ of effort can help with climate change

Posted by on April 25, 2023

A vice president of Chevron with a petroleum engineering degree from Missouri S&T is highly involved with her alma mater, as well as the nonprofit organization she founded, to help instill sustainable practices into daily life. It’s possible some people may find her work with Chevron and petroleum engineering to contradict her environmental efforts, but […]

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Colin Mochrie talks science, improv, and his upcoming Rolla show

Posted by on April 21, 2023

Colin Mochrie, star of the television program “Whose Line it is Anyway?,” will appear on the Leach Theatre stage with hypnotist Asad Mecci at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 5, to present their new show “HYPROV: Improv Under Hypnosis” at Missouri S&T.

If Mochrie’s life had gone slightly different, he may have been known as one of the world’s best dolphin trainers, instead of one of the world’s best improvisational comedians.

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Missouri S&T to host free screening of ‘Nuclear Now’ May 1

Posted by on April 18, 2023

Missouri S&T will host a free screening of Nuclear Now, a documentary by Academy Award-winning director Oliver Stone, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Monday, May 1. The screening will be in St. Pat’s Ballrooms A and B of the Havener Center.

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Catherine Johnson is Missouri S&T’s 2023 Woman of the Year

Posted by on April 12, 2023

Missouri S&T honored Dr. Catherine Johnson, the Robert H. Quenon Associate Professor of Mining Engineering, as the 2023 Woman of the Year today (Wednesday, April 12) during a reception at Hasselmann Alumni House. 

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S&T professor emeritus inducted into Missouri Asphalt Pavement Association Hall of Fame

Posted by on April 6, 2023

When Dr. David Richardson began his bachelor’s degree studies in civil engineering at Missouri S&T in the late 1960s, he says he never could have dreamed how exactly his career would progress — and how many high-profile awards and accolades he would earn along the way.

Now, Richardson, who also earned his master’s and Ph.D. degrees in civil engineering from S&T, has one more award he can add to his mantle, as he was recently inducted into the Missouri Asphalt Pavement Association (MAPA) Hall of Fame.

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