Tag: Engineering

Developing carbon-negative cementitious materials, giving new life to ‘unusable’ waste

Posted by on November 9, 2023

A Missouri S&T research team was recently awarded $2.5 million in funding to find new ways to turn waste products into supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) – plus use those materials to store carbon permanently in concrete.

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S&T professor’s glass powder that controls bleeding may also prevent infections

Posted by on November 8, 2023

Can a glass powder that was developed to stop bleeding after gunshot wounds and other body trauma also serve as an antibacterial and help stave off infections?

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S&T awarded EPA’s Pollution Prevention grant to train mining professionals

Posted by on November 6, 2023

A Missouri S&T research team has been awarded a Pollution Prevention (P2) grant for over $850,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency to focus on pollution and waste related to the mining of critical minerals in Missouri and Alaska.

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87 researchers affiliated with Missouri S&T among top 2% cited scientists in their fields for career or single-year impact

Posted by on November 3, 2023

A total of 58 current and former faculty of Missouri S&T are among the top researchers in their field as measured by their career research records, and 72 current or former Missouri S&T researchers were among the best in their fields in 2022, according to a recent analysis of standardized citation indicators of the Elsevier Data Repository published by Stanford University.

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Top U.S. nuclear energy official speaks with Missouri S&T community

Posted by on October 25, 2023

Last week was Nuclear Science Week, and Missouri University of Science and Technology hosted several events to promote nuclear energy — including having the United States’ top official for nuclear energy speak to the campus community.

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Critical minerals expertise leads Missouri S&T to be named one of nation’s Tech Hubs

Posted by on October 24, 2023

Missouri S&T’s expertise in critical minerals and materials research has led to its selection as one of 31 Regional Innovation and Technology Hubs (Tech Hubs) funded through the CHIPS and Science Act.

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Flying object in Roswell attributed to S&T Miners — not aliens

Posted by on October 23, 2023

Earlier this month, a large, white object carrying a string of pink boxes was seen floating through the sky not far from Roswell, New Mexico, but no one is blaming aliens, as was the case during the community’s 1947 UFO incident.

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Missouri S&T partners with Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network

Posted by on October 16, 2023

Missouri S&T’s College of Engineering and Computing is set to take its highly ranked engineering curriculum to an even higher level, as the university is now a member of the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN). “Our students regularly see great success after graduating, in large part thanks to the experiential, hands-on learning opportunities we provide,” […]

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S&T welcomes new faculty

Posted by on October 2, 2023

Missouri S&T welcomed more than 30 new faculty members this year. They bring a wide range of expertise that includes artificial intelligence, astrodynamics, energy economics, energy storage, flood prediction, military history, quantum physics and wearable wireless sensors. The new faculty are:

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Missouri S&T Springfield engineering professor honored with ASEE award

Posted by on September 26, 2023

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Since Missouri S&T began a cooperative engineering program with Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri, in 2008, the program’s faculty members have regularly been recognized for excellence. Earlier this month, Dr. Rohit Dua, an associate teaching professor of electrical and computer engineering, was awarded the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Midwest […]

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