Tag: Engineering

S&T welcomes new faculty

Posted by on August 16, 2024

Missouri S&T welcomed approximately 40 new faculty members this year. They bring a wide range of expertise that includes topics such as algorithmic fairness, analyzing complex data, earthquake seismology, extraction of metals, infrastructure, machine learning, neuroimaging and user interface and user experience (UI/UX).

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Missouri S&T professor wins Tau Beta Pi-McDonald Mentor award 

Posted by on August 8, 2024

Dr. Steve E. Watkins, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Missouri S&T, has been selected to receive the 2024 Tau Beta Pi-McDonald Mentor award. 

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Saudi Arabia students affected by Crowdstrike outage still able to enjoy summer camps

Posted by on August 7, 2024

Missouri S&T holds a wide variety of STEM-related summer camps that bring in students from around the nation, and even all around the world. In July, a group of four high school students from Saudi Arabia had a difficult journey getting to the Missouri S&T campus to attend the Exploring Materials in Your World Camp. While they were forced to miss most of the actual camp, S&T employees ensured the international students still had a fun and educational time while at Missouri S&T.

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Missouri S&T professor’s micro research project receives major Air Force grant 

Posted by on July 25, 2024

Dr. Zhi Liang from Missouri S&T is researching something so small that it can’t be seen by the naked eye, but its implications could be so large that the Air Force Office of Scientific Research recently awarded him a three-year, $600,000 grant. 

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Missouri S&T’s American Nuclear Society student group honored on the national stage

Posted by on July 18, 2024

For the second year in a row, Missouri S&T’s student section of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) has been recognized as the winner of the national organization’s Samuel J. Glasstone award.  

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From STEM student to CEO: Dr. Sumin Zhu

Posted by on July 17, 2024

Dr. Sumin Zhu believes that people with expertise in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields can use their know-how to help them become successful entrepreneurs.

That concept may sound straightforward, but Zhu, a materials scientist-turned-CEO, says it’s a message that needs to be further emphasized to students and young professionals.

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TKD Foundation establishes endowed chair in glass science at Missouri S&T

Posted by on July 16, 2024

The TKD Foundation, headquartered in Rolla, Missouri, has permanently funded the Richard K. Brow Chair of Glass Science endowment at Missouri S&T. Co-founded by the late Thomas E. “Ted” Day and his wife, Kimberly A. “Kim” Day, the TKD Foundation seeks to turn innovative ideas into tangible outcomes that will help mankind.

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Teens go nuclear at Missouri S&T summer camp 

Posted by on July 12, 2024

When summertime arrives, teenagers may spend time relaxing, enjoying the outdoors, working a part-time job at a local fast-food restaurant — or operating a nuclear reactor. 

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Missouri S&T releases spring 2024 graduation list, dean’s list

Posted by on June 21, 2024

The names of recent Missouri University of Science and Technology graduates and students named to the dean’s list for the spring 2024 semester are now posted on the university’s new student honors website, studenthonors.mst.edu.

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Missouri S&T named to honor roll for transfer students

Posted by on June 21, 2024

Missouri S&T has been named to Phi Theta Kappa’s 2024 Transfer Honor Roll. The list identifies colleges and universities that recognize the needs of and properly supports students who are transferring from community colleges to bachelor’s degree-granting institutions.

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