Tag: Kummer Institute

Missouri S&T’s Formula Car team to race in Michigan

Posted by on May 1, 2019

A team of Missouri University of Science and Technology students will test a Formula 1-style racecar it designed and built against other universities at the Michigan International Speedway as part of the Formula SAE Michigan competition.

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Missouri S&T breaks ground on expansion, doubling the space for student design teams

Posted by on April 29, 2019

A Mars rover designed and built by students broke ground on an 8,000-square-foot expansion of the Kummer Student Design Center at Missouri S&T on Friday, April 26. The expansion will double the size of the design center, home of Missouri S&T’s 20 student design teams.

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Passing of former S&T chancellor John F. Carney III

Posted by on April 26, 2019

Dr. John F. “Jack” Carney III, former chancellor of Missouri University of Science and Technology, died Wednesday, April 24, at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was 77.

Carney’s appointment as chancellor at Missouri S&T began on Sept. 1, 2005. He retired on Aug. 31, 2011.

“Our entire university family is saddened by Jack’s passing, and we extend our sincere condolences to Jack’s family,” says Dr. Christopher G. Maples, Missouri S&T interim chancellor. “His warmth of character and strength as a leader who loved this university will live on in the hearts of all who knew him. He leaves a lasting legacy at a university he helped to transform in many positive ways.”

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S&T’s Chem-E-Car earns high finish, qualifies for nationals

Posted by on April 17, 2019

Missouri S&T’s Chem-E-Car Design Team’s two entries into the recent American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) regional competition finished second and third. The high finishes qualified the team for a trip to the national 2019 AlChE Student Conference in Orlando, Florida, in November.

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S&T’s Steel Bridge team wins regional event, will compete at nationals

Posted by on April 15, 2019

Missouri S&T’s Steel Bridge Design Team recently won first place at a regional American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) Mid-Continent Student Conference and will now put their bridge engineering and construction skills to the test at the national level.

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Missouri S&T Chem-E-Car Team to host regional competition in Rolla

Posted by on April 9, 2019

Missouri S&T will host a regional Chem-E-Car Competition sponsored by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) this April. The competition challenges college students to design and construct cars that are powered by a chemical energy source, that will safely carry a specified load over a given distance and then stop.

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S&T’s Concrete Canoe and Steel Bridge teams prepare for competition

Posted by on April 9, 2019

Two teams of students from Missouri S&T will test the principles of construction and engineering at the 2019 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)/American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) Mid-Continent Student Conference – one by hand-constructing a scale-model bridge and the other by racing a 250-pound concrete canoe.

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Miner Aviation Team set to take off in Arizona

Posted by on April 8, 2019

A team of students from Missouri S&T will fly its student-designed and -built airplane over 100 feet into the air as part of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’ (AIAA) Design, Build, Fly International Competition this April.

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Missouri S&T graduate and trustee establishes $1 million faculty endowment

Posted by on April 1, 2019

Dr. Joan Woodard, a graduate and trustee of Missouri S&T and a retired senior executive with Sandia National Laboratories, has contributed $1 million to Missouri S&T’s Miner Alumni Association to establish an endowed professorship.

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S&T’s Human Powered Vehicle Team to compete in April

Posted by on March 28, 2019

A team of students from Missouri S&T will travel to Michigan this April to race an aerodynamically constructed bicycle as part of the Human Powered Vehicle Challenge (HPVC) North Competition.

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