Research

S&T student aims for faster ballistics prototyping, lands on world stage 

Posted by on December 1, 2025

Bullets move fast. Prototyping them? Not so much. But a Ph.D. student in mechanical engineering at Missouri S&T is researching an accelerated process for producing and testing 3D-printed ballistics, and she has already earned international recognition. 

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Organ-on-a-chip: S&T researchers develop new 3D printing method for tissue engineering 

Posted by on November 18, 2025

A Missouri S&T research team has developed a new light-based 3D-printing method that could speed up and simplify the process of making organs-on-a-chip — small tissue-like devices that are used for medical research and drug testing. 

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Missouri S&T researcher’s robotic bridge inspection system earns ASCE’s 2025 Pankow Award 

Posted by on October 17, 2025

Dr. Genda Chen’s invention, called the Bridge Inspection Robot Deployment System, or BIRDS, was awarded the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2025 Charles Pankow Award for Innovation. 

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90 researchers affiliated with S&T among top 2% cited scientists in their fields

Posted by on October 10, 2025

A total of 88 current and former researchers affiliated with Missouri S&T are among the world’s top 2% most-cited scientists recognized either for their career-long impact or for their 2024 metrics, according to a Stanford University analysis of the Elsevier Data Repository.

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S&T student awarded NASA fellowship to develop method to extract moon metal  

Posted by on September 12, 2025

When some people look at the moon’s dusty, gray surface, they see multiple obstacles standing in the way of humans building permanent structures there. When Jacob Ortega looks at it, he sees an opportunity to turn its surface materials into aluminum for lunar construction. 

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S&T welcomes new faculty 

Posted by on August 25, 2025

Missouri S&T welcomed over 30 faculty members this year. They bring a wide range of expertise that includes applications for artificial intelligence (AI) in health care, biomedical engineering, concrete sustainability, nuclear reactor safety and semiconductor design. The new faculty are: 

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Advances in bioactive materials show promise for healing chronic wounds

Posted by on August 6, 2025

Chronic wound infections are a longstanding issue that affects hospitals and patients, because the bacteria that are associated with these infections often  form complex “biofilms,” in which the microbial organisms persist in the infection.

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Missouri S&T geologist selected as Fulbright Scholar 

Posted by on July 21, 2025

A Missouri S&T researcher who studies the geology of regions affected by ancient earthquakes has been selected as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar. 

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Seeing the ear’s battery: S&T research targets hearing loss diagnosis, treatments 

Posted by on July 21, 2025

It’s a common scene: Someone speaks, but listeners with hearing loss may find themselves asking “What?” or “Huh?” again and again. For millions of people, this happens every day, and it’s something Dr. Parveen Bazard, a Missouri S&T researcher, hopes to improve. 

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S&T English professor co-edits new book about Thoreau

Posted by on June 25, 2025

A new book about author Henry David Thoreau brings together scholars from across the globe who address some of the implications of his explorations of the nature of time, showing how sustained attention to a writer from our not-so-distant past can help us reimagine our future.

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