S&T students are becoming real rocket scientists

Posted by on September 25, 2008

Two years ago, a group of students from Missouri University of Science and Technology were involved in an informal rocketry challenge with some would-be rocket scientists from Iowa State University. The Iowa State program didn’t get off the ground that year, but the Missouri S&T students built a 12-foot-tall rocket that reached speeds approaching 1,000 mph and a height of 19,000 feet.

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Fall 2008 Career Fair: students in high demand

Posted by on September 25, 2008

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Even in a tough economy, the future looks bright for Missouri University of Science and Technology students. A record number of employers visited the Missouri S&T campus Tuesday, Sept. 23, to try to convince some of the most highly sought after college students in the nation to come to work for their companies.

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“Mammoth Follies” to be presented Oct. 8 by Leach Family Series

Posted by on September 24, 2008

Missouri S&T will present the first performance in the 2008-09 Leach Theatre Family Series, “Mammoth Follies,” by Hudson Vagabond Puppets, at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8. The event will be held in Leach Theatre of Castleman Hall, 10th and Main streets in Rolla, Mo. All tickets are $3.50 each.

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KMST fall membership drive to begin Oct. 4

Posted by on September 24, 2008

Public radio station KMST at Missouri S&T begins its Fall Membership Drive at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, with its popular bluegrass program, “Bluegrass for a Saturday Night.” The drive runs through the following Sunday, Oct. 12.

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Team members to display solar car, discuss race experiences

Posted by on September 22, 2008

Members of the solar car team from Missouri University of Science and Technology plan to discuss their experiences in the 2008 North America Solar Challenge during two public events this week on the campus of Missouri S&T. Team members will display their car, Solar Miner VI, outside the entrance to the Havener Center at 3 […]

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Researcher named fellow of international engineering society

Posted by on September 22, 2008

Dr. Ganesh Kumar Venayagamoorthy, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been named fellow of the Institution of Engineering Technology, an international professional society based in Great Britain.

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Missouri S&T building renamed after 35 years

Posted by on September 22, 2008

More than 30 years after its completion, a building on the campus of Missouri S&T has been renamed to its originally intended name of Centennial Hall.

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S&T student group sponsors walk for cystic fibrosis

Posted by on September 18, 2008

A group of Missouri S&T students will sponsor a five-kilometer run/walk to raise funds for cystic fibrosis research next month.

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Fifteen S&T faculty receive tenure, promotions

Posted by on September 17, 2008

Fifteen faculty members at Missouri University of Science and Technology received promotions or tenure effective Sept. 1. Those faculty members are:

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S&T’s nuclear engineering program selected to receive annual gift of $50,000

Posted by on September 17, 2008

Missouri S&T was one of five universities selected by Exelon Nuclear to receive a gift of $50,000 per year from the company. The U.S. Department of Energy will begin matching the gift through the Nuclear Power Engineering Education Matching Grant Program next year.

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