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Ph.D. in explosives engineering offered this fall at Missouri S&T

Posted by on August 28, 2014

Missouri University of Science and Technology will offer the nation’s first Ph.D. in explosives engineering beginning this fall. The new doctorate will help the university fill critical shortfalls in government and industry. In the mining industry alone, more than 5,000 engineers will retire in the next decade.

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Missouri S&T Engineering Education Center turns 50

Posted by on August 27, 2014

Fifty years ago this September, Missouri University of Science and Technology’s Engineering Education Center in St. Louis, known then as the Graduate Engineering Center, opened with nothing but a borrowed desk in an office above a drug store across the street from the newly established University of Missouri-St. Louis campus.

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Missouri S&T prepares for another record enrollment

Posted by on August 20, 2014

For the second year in a row, Missouri University of Science and Technology expects to break its all-time record enrollment when classes start on Monday, Aug. 25.

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Missouri S&T’s community orchestra seeks members

Posted by on August 18, 2014

University students and community members who are musicians are invited to join the University and Community Symphony Orchestra at Missouri University of Science and Technology.

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Ph.D. student from India headed to international Toastmasters speech contest

Posted by on August 15, 2014

Update, Friday, Aug. 22, 2014: Sudharshan Anandan finished third in the semi-final round of the international competition. When Sudharshan Anandan first arrived in Rolla, Missouri, from his native India in 2012, the Ph.D. student at Missouri University of Science and Technology struggled with the English language. “When I first got here, it took more than […]

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Missouri S&T assists Phelps County Bank with solar panel installation

Posted by on August 15, 2014

Phelps County Bank’s downtown Rolla location will be drawing some of its power from the sun next spring, thanks to a partnership between the bank and Missouri University of Science and Technology. The historic four-story building at 718 N. Pine was once the Edwin Long Hotel and has been the home of Phelps County Bank […]

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Missouri S&T’s Ghasr named Outstanding Young Engineer

Posted by on August 12, 2014

Dr. Mohammad Tayeb Ghasr, assistant research professor in electrical and computer engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, was named Young Engineer of the Year by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Instrumentation and Measurement Society.

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Missouri S&T’s mine rescue team earns second at national competition

Posted by on August 8, 2014

The mine rescue team from Missouri University of Science and Technology earned second place in the novice division of a national simulated mine emergency competition. The novice category is for teams competing at a national event for the first time. The team also earned fifth place in the first aid division.

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Missouri S&T’s Engineers Without Borders heads to Guatemala

Posted by on August 6, 2014

The student chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) at Missouri University of Science and Technology is heading to Nahualate, Guatemala, before the start of the fall semester to complete the installation of a water tower that will provide access to safe drinking water for more than 500 people.

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Missouri S&T receives NSF funding to study climate variability

Posted by on August 5, 2014

Missouri University of Science and Technology is one of nine institutions in a research consortium that received a $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant will fund a five-year multi-institutional project to study climate variability and its potential agricultural, ecological and social impacts in Missouri.

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