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Engineers Week Q&A: Markus Baur energized by nuclear power

Posted by on February 24, 2026

Markus Baur, of Rolla, earned a bachelor’s degree in nuclear engineering at Missouri S&T in May 2025 and will complete his master’s degree at an accelerated pace this spring. Here is a Q&A with Baur in commemoration of National Engineers Week 2026.

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Engineers Week Q&A: Dr. Mariam Al-Lami and the power of plants

Posted by on February 23, 2026

Dr. Mariam Al-Lami earned a Ph.D. in environmental engineering at Missouri S&T in 2022 and is now an S&T postdoctoral fellow. Here is a Q&A with Al-Lami in commemoration of National Engineers Week 2026.

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What’s in a name? For Chase Stem, leader of S&T’s world-champ Mars rover team — a lot

Posted by on February 23, 2026

In Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare asks, “What’s in a name?” suggesting that a name alone does not define who someone will become.

But for one Missouri S&T student who has spent years chasing opportunities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), his name may have been more fitting than anyone could have predicted.

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Missouri S&T and community members unite through Rolla LOOP

Posted by on February 16, 2026

A Missouri S&T leader and a partner of the Rolla community once shared a dream: to create a space where entrepreneurs and community members could connect, collaborate and grow Rolla together. 

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Once-hidden gems now sparkling at Missouri S&T Mineral Museum

Posted by on February 16, 2026

A quiet hallway on the first floor of Missouri S&T’s McNutt Hall is home to what could once have been considered thousands of hidden gems — but after recent updates to the Missouri S&T Mineral Museum, many have emerged from hiding and are now sparkling.

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MacArthur ‘genius grant’ recipient to speak at Missouri S&T Feb. 17

Posted by on February 11, 2026

Dr. William Tarpeh, a MacArthur Fellowship awardee — often referred to as a “genius grant” — will deliver Missouri S&T’s 2026 Mathes Distinguished Lecture at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, in the Innovation Lab Forum on the S&T campus.

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Physician engineers: Missouri S&T, Mizzou partner for pre-admission program 

Posted by on February 5, 2026

Missouri S&T students in the College of Engineering and Computing who aspire to become physicians will now have a direct pathway to the University of Missouri School of Medicine after graduating from S&T. 

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The frontier of AI benchmarks: Q&A with an expert

Posted by on February 4, 2026

In this Q&A session, Kummer College Dean Jim Sterling chats with the Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Chair and Professor Amaury Lendasse, an expert in machine learning and AI. 

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30 Missouri S&T researchers rank among world’s top 0.05% of scholars

Posted by on February 3, 2026

Researchers affiliated with Missouri S&T are among the top 0.05% cited scholars in the world, recognized either for their lifetime of work or for research over the past five years, according to the 2025 Highly Ranked Scholars list developed by ScholarGPS. 

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Missouri S&T awarded MoDOT grant to test low-salt diets for winter roads 

Posted by on January 20, 2026

A Missouri S&T research team has been awarded $450,000 from the Missouri Department of Transportation for a two-year study evaluating new materials for treating roadways during winter weather that could reduce or replace traditional salt-based treatments. 

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