Robert R. Holmes named Civil Engineer of the Year

Posted by on August 21, 2015

Dr. Robert R. Holmes, an adjunct professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology and a U.S. Geological Survey hydrologist, will receive the 2015 Government Civil Engineer of the Year award on Oct. 13 in New York.

Established by the Government Engineers Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the award recognizes distinguished civil engineers employed in public service for significant engineering contributions.

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Professor Michael Schulz featured in physics journal

Posted by on August 19, 2015

1ShareDr. Michael Schulz, Curators’ Professor of physics and director of Missouri S&T’s Laboratory for Atomic, Molecular and Optical Research, was recently featured on the Journal of Physics website for his JPhysB journal article Influence of the post-collision interaction on interference effects in ionization of H2 by proton impact. In this interview, republished here with permission from JPhysB, he answers our questions about his research, what […]

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Missouri S&T’s Free Fall Film Festival starts Sept. 1

Posted by on August 18, 2015

The local community is invited to view new and classic films at no cost during Missouri University of Science and Technology’s 2015 Free Fall Film Festival. The first film in the series will be “Selma,” a 2014 historical drama that follows Martin Luther King Jr.’s march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.

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Visitors’ Nights return this fall to the Missouri S&T Observatory

Posted by on August 17, 2015

The public is invited to view the Saturn and its rings through Missouri University of Science and Technology’s 16-inch telescope on Thursday, Aug. 20.

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Missouri S&T to host Private Pilot Ground School this fall

Posted by on August 17, 2015

Missouri University of Science and Technology’s department of mechanical and aerospace engineering is sponsoring a Private Pilot Ground School this fall through Missouri S&T’s distance and continuing education program.

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Plumbing issues being addressed at residence

Posted by on August 17, 2015

Missouri University of Science and Technology is addressing plumbing issues at the Chancellor’s Residence. As a result, Chancellor Cheryl B. Schrader and her family have temporarily moved into Missouri S&T’s Residential College.

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Campus flora fuels researcher’s imagination

Posted by on August 12, 2015

To improve fuel cell efficiency, Dr. Umit Koylu looks to the trees outside his office.

Koylu, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has received a six-month $50,000 Innovation Corps Teams (I Corps) Program grant from the National Science Foundation to accelerate tech-transfer and explore commercialization of a biology-inspired polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell. And the campus flora is his inspiration.

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Newkirk named American Society for Metals Fellow

Posted by on August 12, 2015

Dr. Joseph Newkirk, associate professor of materials science and engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been named a Fellow of the American Society for Metals (ASM) International, a leading association of metals-centric materials scientists and engineers with over 30,000 worldwide members.

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App helps patients with depression

Posted by on August 11, 2015

97SharesIndividuals who are affected by depression now have a new tool to help them: a smartphone application that lets users log their moods and symptoms and share that data with their psychiatrists.

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Opening Week introduces freshmen to university life at Missouri S&T

Posted by on August 10, 2015

On Saturday, Aug. 15, Missouri University of Science and Technology will welcome over 1,500 freshmen to Rolla to begin their academic careers during Opening Week.

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