This month, Nathan Weaver and four other writers published a collaborative crime novel through Lulu.com, titled Fatal Flaws. Besides Weaver, a videographer, the eclectic group includes a British accountant and published author, a professor from Chicago, a high school senior from Indiana and a soldier.

Uttam Chowdhury, a PhD student in physics at Missouri University of Science and Technology, won the Gaseous Electronics Conference (GEC) Student Award for Excellence at the 64th annual GEC held in Salt Lake City in November. The title of his winning presentation was “Fully Differential Cross Sections for Four-Body Charge Exchange Processes.”

The Missouri University of Science and Technology Alumna and Woman Student of the Year Committee recently announced its 2011 award winners. The awards are given to alumna and female students who are dedicated to enhancing the lives of women and committed to diversity.

Dr. Joshua Rovey, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, received the 2011 Young Professional Engineer Award from the St. Louis Section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. The award, presented to individuals who have made a significant impact to the aerospace community early in their career, was presented at an Oct. 12 banquet in St. Louis.