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Missouri S&T’s Opening Week starts Aug. 13

Posted by on August 12, 2016

Missouri University of Science and Technology will welcome approximately 1,500 new students to Rolla on Saturday, Aug. 13, for move-in day. Students will begin a week of activities geared to help them transition to university life. A variety of academic workshops will be offered throughout the week, including problem-solving, lab safety, communications and leadership.

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S&T Solar Car team earns fourth in 1,975-mile race

Posted by on August 9, 2016

Missouri University of Science and Technology’s Solar Car Design Team earned fourth place at the American Solar Challenge. The worldwide collegiate race challenged teams to design and build solar-powered vehicles and race them 1,975 miles from Ohio to South Dakota.

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Missouri S&T to launch first MOOC in July

Posted by on July 20, 2016

Missouri University of Science and Technology will enter the world of massive open online courses when it launches its first MOOC later this month. The course, “Effective Strategies for Group Work,” is designed to give educators strategies for incorporating group work into their own classes.

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Missouri S&T Solar Car team to race across the country

Posted by on July 18, 2016

A group of students from Missouri University of Science and Technology will race a solar-powered car approximately 1,800 miles against teams from around the nation in the American Solar Challenge, a competition for collegiate design teams.

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Richard Brow named interim vice provost and dean for College of Engineering and Computing

Posted by on July 13, 2016

Dr. Richard Brow, Curators’ Professor of materials science and engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been named interim vice provost and dean for the College of Engineering and Computing at Missouri S&T effective July 15.

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Summer solutions

Posted by on July 12, 2016

High school students experience intensity of lab life in six-week research academy Jessica Slavick and Daniel Yoon could be spending their summer idly soaking in the sun at the neighborhood pool, or earning extra cash as a coffee barista or movie theater usher.

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Missouri S&T increases funding for Ph.D., master’s students

Posted by on June 28, 2016

Missouri University of Science and Technology will significantly increase funding for qualified Ph.D. and graduate students as part of a strategy to attract more students and strengthen its research programs.

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ASEE video promotes engineering management and systems engineering

Posted by on June 27, 2016

A new video produced for ASEE TV profiles Missouri S&T’s engineering management and systems engineering department and highlights the upcoming 50th anniversary of engineering management as a discipline. The video is being shown during the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) annual conference, which is being held June 26-29 in New Orleans. This fall, Missouri S&T will […]

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Student’s essay illustrates how women can succeed at Missouri S&T

Posted by on June 24, 2016

More women are studying at Missouri S&T than ever before, but the percentage of women enrolled remains at around 23 percent as total enrollment continues to grow. That low percentage may lead some women to question whether S&T is the right choice for them. If you’re one of those women who are wondering, Elizabeth Mulina has […]

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ASM awards Missouri S&T toolkit licenses

Posted by on June 23, 2016

Undergraduate materials science and engineering students at Missouri University of Science and Technology will gain design skills they can use for research in industry or federally funded projects thanks to the American Society for Metals (ASM) Materials Genome Toolkit.

Missouri S&T was one of three colleges this year to receive the kit. Each of the selected undergraduate engineering programs received materials design software and database packages in the Materials Genome Toolkit consisting of a three-year, multi-user license to a package of from Thermo-Calc Software. The software contains 99 seat licenses that will be installed in the Materials Science Computer Learning Center and on faculty computers, where requested, for teaching purposes.

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