Yang named 2016 ONR Young Investigator for metasurfaces research
Dr. Xiaodong Yang, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, received the 2016 Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award for his optical metasurfaces research.
Yang’s work has applications in areas such as optical wireless communication, car acceleration sensors, cell phone displays, disease diagnostics and mechanical energy harvesting.
“The ONR YIP is one of the oldest and most selective scientific research advancement programs in the country,” according to the Office of Naval Research. “Its purpose is to fund early career academic researchers — called investigators — whose scientific pursuits show outstanding promise for supporting the Department of Defense while also promoting their professional development.”
Read More »Missouri S&T hosts GenCyber security camp for K-12 teachers
For the second consecutive year, an interactive summer workshop to promote cybersecurity awareness and educate Missouri K-12 teachers takes place next month at Missouri University of Science and Technology.
The “GenCyber” camp is sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Security Agency (NSA). It’s part of an NSF/NSA program to educate K-12 teachers about the need for more cybersecurity experts, and Missouri S&T is the only university in the state to host the camp. There are 73 camps sponsored throughout the country this year after 43 in last year’s pilot program.
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Missouri S&T professor teaching architecture course in Chicago
Dr. Jeffrey Schramm, associate professor of history and political science at Missouri University of Science and Technology, is teaching a group of Missouri S&T students about the architectural and socioeconomic history of Chicago while in the city itself.
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Missouri S&T Formula SAE team earns seventh
Missouri University of Science and Technology’s Formula SAE team earned seventh place out of 117 teams this past weekend at Formula-SAE Michigan.
Read More »Master mentor
487SharesWhen he wasn’t studying for his own classes, Juan Remolina, a 2016 Missouri S&T graduate in economics, mathematics and physics, spent much of his academic career at S&T mentoring others. Instead of sleeping in, he got up early to open the Burns and McDonnell Student Success Center or the student ID office. Twelve-hour days on […]
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Faculty recognized for raising Missouri S&T’s visibility
Missouri University of Science and Technology Provost Robert Marley recently presented 16 faculty members with the Faculty External Award for their efforts to raise the university’s visibility nationally and internationally.
Read More »Middleton, Nixon congratulate graduates at S&T commencement
Two Missouri leaders offered words of advice and congratulations to just over 1,200 graduates as part of commencement ceremonies at Missouri University of Science and Technology on Saturday, May 14.
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S&T’s Engineers Without Borders heads to Honduras
A group of students from Missouri University of Science and Technology’s student chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) will travel to Santiago, Honduras, to continue its multi-year project to provide the town with fresh drinking water. The group will be in Honduras May 15-23.
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S&T’s Human Powered Vehicle Team ready to compete
A team of students from Missouri University of Science and Technology will travel to Ohio this month to race aerodynamically constructed bicycles as part of the Human Powered Vehicle Challenge (HPVC) East Coast Competition.
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