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Missouri S&T awarded $1.45 million grant for energy research

Posted by on April 1, 2019

The power plant of the future could be smaller, highly efficient and even portable, and researchers at Missouri S&T could play a key role in making this transformation happen.

Missouri S&T recently received a $1.45 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to develop more efficient heat exchangers for energy production. Heat exchangers are devices used to transfer heat between two or more fluids and are commonly used in systems such as chemical plants, petroleum refineries, and refrigeration and air-conditioning systems.

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Missouri S&T to celebrate Philanthropy Month in April

Posted by on March 29, 2019

Missouri S&T students, faculty and staff are celebrating more than the coming of spring in April. They’re also spotlighting the spirit of giving by celebrating Philanthropy Month.

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S&T’s Human Powered Vehicle Team to compete in April

Posted by on March 28, 2019

A team of students from Missouri S&T will travel to Michigan this April to race an aerodynamically constructed bicycle as part of the Human Powered Vehicle Challenge (HPVC) North Competition.

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A conversation with international students

Posted by on March 26, 2019

They leave their families and home countries and travel long hours to arrive in the small town of Rolla, Missouri, to attend Missouri S&T. Once here, international students face challenges unfamiliar to most native-born U.S. citizens: language barriers, housing, making new connections, and adjusting to different food, weather and customs.

But with support from their fellow international students, their new community and Missouri S&T, many of them overcome each of these challenges, build new networks of friends and succeed academically.

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S&T students to serve at five locations during spring break

Posted by on March 20, 2019

For many college students, spring break is a week to take it easy. But approximately 40 students from Missouri S&T will instead spend an eye-opening week learning how others struggle and discovering ways they can help.

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National security agencies renew Missouri S&T cybersecurity accreditation

Posted by on March 19, 2019

Missouri S&T has once again received accreditation as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance and Cyber Defense Research (CAE-R), putting S&T in an elite group of universities that meet the federal government’s criteria for providing educational and research opportunities in cybersecurity.

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Missouri S&T disc golf team places fourth in national championship

Posted by on March 13, 2019

UPDATE: Over spring break, the Missouri S&T Miner Disc Golf Team placed fourth out of 36 teams at the National Collegiate Disc Golf Championship in Georgia. Team member Mark Anderson finished No. 1 overall as the individual national champion.

PREVIOUS STORY: Members of Missouri S&T’s disc golf team are headed to Georgia over spring break to compete in the National Collegiate Disc Golf Championship.

The Miner Disc Golf Club will take three teams and 12 players to the event in Appling, Georgia, March 27-30.

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College celebrates rise in graduate engineering rankings

Posted by on March 13, 2019

Missouri S&T’s place in U.S. News & World Report’s ranking of the nation’s best engineering programs leapfrogged from 106 last spring to 82 this year, Dr. Richard W. Wlezien, vice provost and dean of the College of Engineering and Computing, announced during his spring open forum on Wednesday, March 13.

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Missouri S&T secures $2 million contract to develop engineering program in Kuwait

Posted by on March 12, 2019

Missouri S&T faculty will help a university in Kuwait develop its own undergraduate engineering program through a nearly $2 million contract.

The Gulf University of Science and Technology (GUST), a private university near Kuwait City on the Persian Gulf, signed a $1.9 million, five-year agreement with Missouri S&T to establish new engineering programs and monitor the programs’ quality.

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S&T’s Human Powered Vehicle Team to compete in March

Posted by on March 11, 2019

A team of students from Missouri S&T will travel to California this month to race an aerodynamically constructed bicycle as part of the Human Powered Vehicle Challenge (HPVC) West Competition.

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