Tag: Kummer college

Students launch campus-wide entrepreneurial club 

Posted by on April 29, 2025

Just a few years ago, two Missouri S&T students noticed something was missing on campus: a club for students of all majors to explore entrepreneurship. Now, it exists thanks to two S&T students.

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Exploring the future of finance: Q&A with a cryptocurrency researcher 

Posted by on April 1, 2025

Cryptocurrencies are no longer just a niche concept — they’re a driving force in today’s economy. What started as an experiment has grown into a worldwide phenomenon, influencing the way people think about financial systems and opening new investment possibilities that could affect the future. 

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Abigail Richner’s path to entrepreneurial excellence 

Posted by on March 18, 2025

Abigail Richner, a senior engineering management major with an emphasis in aerospace engineering, has big plans for her future as a project manager. Helping lead her to that career path is S&T’s Badges of Entrepreneurial Excellence program. 

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Missouri S&T MBA program approved for STEM designation

Posted by on December 18, 2024

Missouri S&T’s master of business administration (MBA) program has been approved for STEM designation. It will go into effect next fall, making the program better aligned with the mission of Kummer College of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development to be technology focused while benefiting students.

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Business expert empowers future entrepreneurs at Missouri S&T

Posted by on November 21, 2024

Entrepreneurship is a career path that requires passion, various skill sets and the right resources to succeed. Maria Meyers, vice chancellor of commercialization and entrepreneurship at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and founder of SourceLink, gave key insights and advice for students following that path on Wednesday, Nov. 20, at Missouri S&T.

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Innovation ecosystem to launch speaker series Oct. 9

Posted by on September 28, 2024

Mark your calendar for the Inaugural Innovation Ecosystem Speaker Series presentation by Dr. Joel West at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, in Missouri S&T’s Carver-Turner Room of the Havener Center. The launch will be held on the evening of the fourth annual Kummer Day celebration, and the Innovation Ecosystem Inaugural Summit.

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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 launches innovation ecosystem design initiative

Posted by on July 24, 2024

Dr. Venkat Allada, professor of engineering management and systems engineering, has been named executive director of the Innovation Ecosystem Design Initiative, a one-year project organized and launched by the Kummer College of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development at Missouri University of Science and Technology. Allada’s appointment took effect July 1.

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Hurry up and innovate: S&T event challenges students to improve energy storage

Posted by on June 12, 2024

Noah Johnson, a rising sophomore in mechanical engineering from Washington, Illinois, won first place in S&T’s first Grand Micro Challenge in late April. The challenge gave students just a few hours on a Sunday afternoon to propose a way of storing the energy generated by sun and wind without relying on lithium-ion batteries.

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Missouri S&T’s online engineering management graduate degree program ranks third in nation

Posted by on February 8, 2024

Missouri S&T continues to garner recognition as a top-ranked university in the nation for students pursuing graduate degrees in engineering, with the school’s online master’s in engineering management on the rise, according to the latest U.S. News and World Report rankings.

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