Missouri S&T announces 2016 Honorary Knights of St. Pat
The St. Pat’s Celebration Committee at Missouri University of Science and Technology has announced its 2016 list of Honorary Knights of St. Patrick. The eight Honorary Knights are Ted Day, Mike Greenway, Rolla Mayor Louis Magdits, Joan Nesbitt, Gov. Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Perrin Roller, Jeff Schrader and Robert Schwartz.
Read More »Missouri S&T Hispanic Film Series to feature ‘After Lucia’
The third film in the Hispanic Film Series offered by the Missouri University of Science and Technology arts, languages, and philosophy department is After Lucia, a Spanish film with English subtitles.
Read More »International Student Club to host celebration
Students from around the world will share their cultures during International Students Day at Missouri University of Science and Technology.
The celebration will be held 3-8 p.m. Sunday, March 13, in the Havener Center on the Missouri S&T campus. It will include a cultural exhibition, performances and a dinner of international foods. This event is open to the public.
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Missouri Project Lead the Way reaches milestone with 500th program
With the addition of Cor Jesu Academy of St. Louis, Missouri’s Project Lead the Way initiative has reached 500 programs in elementary and secondary schools across the state.
Read More »Climate change thought leader gives Stueck Lecture
A leading voice in the climate change discussion, Dr. G. Wayne Clough, will present the 2016 Stueck Lecture at Missouri University of Science and Technology on Friday, April 22.
Clough, president emeritus of the Georgia Institute of Technology and the immediate past secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, will give a talk titled “Climate Change — An Engineering Grand Challenge for Our Age” at 2:15 p.m., April 22 in Room 125 Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Hall, 1401 N. Pine St. The event is free and open to the public.
Read More »Missouri S&T professor aims to improve self-consolidating concrete
A Missouri University of Science and Technology researcher is studying how to make concrete that can be placed without a lot of human intervention, and that can be poured in hard-to-reach places where people can’t easily manipulate it.
Dr. Dimitri Feys, assistant professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at Missouri S&T, is working with self-consolidating concrete to produce beams that can be used to construct bridges, parking garages or other construction. Self-consolidating concrete is a type that flows easily in concrete forms or molds.
“The main use of this concrete is in Japan and Europe — 100 percent of the pre-cast industry in Denmark uses this type — and it slowly is making its way in the U.S. market,” he says.
But there are challenges, Feys says.
Read More »O’Keefe named chair of materials science and engineering department
Dr. Matt O’Keefe, professor of materials science and engineering and director of the Materials Research Center at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been named chair of the materials science and engineering department at Missouri S&T. His appointment took effect March 1.
O’Keefe takes over from Dr. Dick Brow, Curators’ Professor of ceramic engineering, who will remain on the faculty in a teaching and research capacity.
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New Politics to perform during St. Pat’s celebration at S&T
Alternative rock group New Politics will perform in Rolla as a part of Missouri University of Science and Technology’s 108th annual St. Pat’s celebration. The band will conclude the university’s weeklong celebration with a free concert.
Read More »Missouri S&T faculty and staff honored for service, experiential learning
The office of undergraduate studies at Missouri University of Science and Technology recently recognized two faculty members and a staff member for their roles in campus service and experiential learning. The awards were presented during a ceremony held on the Missouri S&T campus on Feb. 22.
Read More »Running his own race
188SharesWhen 400-meter hurdler Chayce Boyce steps up to the starting line during a track meet, he’s not thinking about the spectators in the stands or even the runners he is competing against. He’s focused only on running his own race. His mental mantra ‘Just run your race; don’t focus on anyone else’ has gotten him […]
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