Missouri S&T awards professional degrees

Posted by on June 2, 2012

Missouri University of Science and Technology recently awarded four honorary professional degrees during spring commencement ceremonies. The following were recipients:

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Missouri S&T students receive Grainger Power Engineering Awards

Posted by on June 2, 2012

Thirteen electrical engineering seniors and recent graduates each received a $5,000 Grainger Power Engineering Award from the electrical engineering department at Missouri University of Science and Technology this spring. The awards are presented as a reward for academic excellence.

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Watch Venus transit the sun at Missouri S&T Observatory June 5

Posted by on May 29, 2012

On Tuesday, June 5, the planet Venus will pass across the face of the sun, a rare event that will only be visible in its entirety in the western Pacific Ocean regions. During the transit, observers will see a small dot, Venus’ silhouette, move across the disk of the sun. This alignment of the Earth, Venus and the sun happened in 2004, but will not occur again until 2117.

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Explosives Camp is a blast

Posted by on May 29, 2012

This June, high school students from California to Maine will experience a unique summer camp hosted by Missouri University of Science and Technology. The main draw for the students, apparently, is that they get to blow stuff up.

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S&T prof authors step-by-step Six Sigma text

Posted by on May 24, 2012

Design for Six Sigma is an emerging field that focuses on building the quality management methods of Six Sigma into a business process for the development of products and services. It is also the subject of a new book co-edited by a Missouri University of Science and Technology author.

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Deanne Jackson named registrar for Missouri S&T

Posted by on May 24, 2012

Deanne Jackson has been named registrar for Missouri University of Science and Technology effective June 1.

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Mining engineers to get virtual hands-on experience in new lab

Posted by on May 24, 2012

Students in the mining and nuclear engineering department at Missouri University of Science and Technology will soon gain valuable hands-on training in heavy mining machinery, surface mining methods and materials handling systems in Missouri S&T’s new Virtual Surface Mining Facility.

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Ten honored at S&T staff excellence awards ceremony

Posted by on May 23, 2012

Ten full-time employees at Missouri University of Science and Technology were honored Wednesday, May 23, for their contributions to the campus during Missouri S&T Staff Recognition Day ceremonies on campus.

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S&T’s Kent Peaslee named AIST president

Posted by on May 22, 2012

Peaslee-150px.jpgDr. Kent D. Peaslee, the F. Kenneth Iverson Chair of Steelmaking Technology and Curators’ Teaching Professor of metallurgical engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been appointed president of the Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST) for 2012-2013. He succeeds past president R. Joseph Stratman, executive vice president of Nucor Corp. in Charlotte, N.C.

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Call for papers for ASEE conference at S&T Sept. 19-21

Posted by on May 22, 2012

Authors are invited to submit their papers now for the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Midwest Section 2012 Annual Conference. Attendees will learn the latest research and development activities in engineering and technology at the three-day conference, which will be hosted by Missouri University of Science and Technology Sept. 19-21, in the Havener Center on the school’s campus.

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