S&T names director of new Kummer Center for STEM Education
Courtney Jones, a former high school principal in Arkansas and most recently an educator in Jefferson City, Missouri, has been appointed as the founding director of the Kummer Center for STEM Education at Missouri S&T.
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Missouri S&T hosts first in series of national critical minerals workshops
What are critical minerals, where do we find them, and why are they considered critical? Leading critical-minerals experts from across the country discussed these questions and more during a virtual workshop hosted by Missouri S&T Aug. 2-3. The workshop provided insight and answers to issues surrounding materials such as cobalt for lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles, germanium for transistors, tellurium for solar cells and rare earth elements for magnets and electronics.
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Missouri S&T alumni mentor students in soft skills to help careers
Engineering graduates enter the workforce with essential academic knowledge, technical skills and problem-solving ability. But employers say they need more than academic prowess and technical know-how. Soft skills like effective communications, leadership, networking, negotiating, conflict resolution and cultural aptitude play a critical role in employees’ success. Students at Missouri University of Science and Technology are getting help in those areas from alumni mentors through a program housed in the Doshi Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (ChBE).
Read More »Missouri S&T student nominated to education advisory board
Missouri S&T student Thuraia Ibrahim has been appointed to the Missouri Advisory Board for Educator Preparation (MABEP) as a student advisor. Ibrahim is a junior in biological sciences with an emphasis in secondary education from Rolla, Missouri.
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Green energy increases the need for mining and metals production
Clean energy may mean less mining for coal, but it also means opening or expanding mines to unearth minerals such as cobalt for use in alloys and batteries, tellurium for solar cells and semiconductors, and germanium for transistors in electronic devices. That’s according to Dr. Michael Moats, professor and interim chair of materials science and engineering at Missouri S&T, who says reducing carbon emissions from energy systems in the United States will increase the need for metal production by two to six times per kilowatt of energy production.
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S&T’s Formula SAE team finishes third overall in international competition
The Formula SAE Design Team at Missouri S&T earned third place among 51 university contestants worldwide at Formula SAE Michigan, an international competition of formula-style race cars designed, built and raced by college students.
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Missouri S&T developing first user-friendly software platform to update dynamic networks
Researchers at Missouri S&T are developing a new approach for updating dynamic networks – like those used to track viruses, connect people on social media and coordinate transportation systems – that they say is the first scalable, expandable and user-friendly solution to analyze who is using the network, where they are, and what information and […]
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Missouri S&T best in state for value, starting salaries, report shows
A new report from the financial technology firm SmartAsset ranks Missouri S&T as the best value among Missouri universities and best in the state when it comes to graduates’ average starting salaries. The average starting salary of $69,200 for Missouri S&T graduates was the highest of all universities in the state, according to the report. […]
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Missouri S&T offers resume guidance to community members
Even amid talk of a labor shortage, employers are still paying close attention to job applicants’ resumes in their search for the most qualified candidates for their open positions. The career advisors at Missouri University of Science and Technology will help community members polish their resumes through an upcoming “Resume Blitz.” During the Resume Blitz, […]
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Sheppard named first Christensen Fellow at S&T
Dr. Kathleen Sheppard has been named Missouri S&T’s first Christensen Fellow of history and political science. The fellowship provides funding for faculty to travel to find and study original source materials to support their research, as well as to provide funding for research assistants, memberships in professional organizations, summer salaries and publishing costs.
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