Research

Missouri S&T gets funding to develop battlefield sensor technology

Posted by on August 19, 2010

Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology have received $4.465 million to improve methods for sensor work on the battlefield.

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Courses charge up future electric vehicle engineers

Posted by on August 12, 2010

ElecVehicle-web-sm.jpgWhen Dr. Mehdi Ferdowsi and Ph.D. student Andrew Meintz offered the inaugural class on electric and hybrid vehicles last January at Missouri University of Science and Technology, they made an instant connection with students from a variety of engineering disciplines.

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Skin cancer detection made quicker, easier by S&T researchers

Posted by on August 10, 2010

Detection of malignant melanoma, the most serious type of skin cancer, will soon be quicker and easier thanks to the work of researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology.

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New process could improve dental restoration procedures

Posted by on August 10, 2010

Oral surgeons may one day have an easier, less costly approach to one important aspect of dental restoration, thanks to a newly patented process developed by researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology.

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Tapping into innovation: reinvesting patent royalties

Posted by on June 16, 2010

In an effort to move more technology out of the laboratories and into the marketplace, Missouri University of Science and Technology is reinvesting its earnings from patents into research projects that hold promise for commercialization.

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Testing for ‘the right stuff’ at S&T

Posted by on May 5, 2010

A student at Missouri University of Science and Technology has devised a tool for early detection of “leader derailment” – that is the tendency for certain individuals on leadership career paths to suddenly and unexpectedly suffer professional failure.

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Bettis receives NASA graduate fellowship

Posted by on April 30, 2010

Benjamin Bettis, a doctoral student in the mechanical and aerospace engineering department at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been awarded a 2010 NASA Aeronautics Graduate Fellowship.

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Civil engineering students look for faster ways to repair roads damaged by improvised explosive devices

Posted by on April 20, 2010

It’s tough to keep supply routes open in Afghanistan and Iraq when people are intent on exploding improvised explosive devices on the roads.

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Bridge expert from S&T does post-earthquake reconnaissance in Chile

Posted by on April 15, 2010

Dr. Genda Chen, professor of civil engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, was part of a seven-member Transportation Infrastructure Reconnaissance Team that traveled to Chile earlier this month to document the performance of bridges, tunnels and retaining walls in the wake of February’s Chilean earthquake.

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Researcher honored by St. Louis Academy of Science

Posted by on April 7, 2010

Thumbnail image for Venayaga-lab.jpgDr. Ganesh Kumar Venayagamoorthy, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, will be honored later this month by the Academy of Science of St. Louis for his efforts to develop new ways to intelligently control power grids.

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