Tag: mechanical and aerospace engineering

Engineers Week: Recent S&T grad works for company that developed robotic system for mother’s surgery 

Posted by on February 18, 2025

A December 2024 graduate of Missouri S&T is putting his knowledge and skills to work for the company behind the robotic system used to perform his mother’s minimally invasive cancer surgery. 

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Engineers Week: Q&A with Dr. David Bayless about becoming a professional engineer 

Posted by on February 17, 2025

Dr. David Bayless is chair and professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Missouri S&T. In commemoration of National Engineers Week 2025, here is a Q&A with Bayless focused on the professional engineer credential. 

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Soon-to-be S&T graduate: When in doubt, just remember ‘Sí se puede’ 

Posted by on December 10, 2024

When students doubt their ability to succeed or are unsure about their plans for after high school, Raphael “Tito” Marzo has a simple but powerful message for them: “Sí se puede” — or “Yes you can.” 
 
This is the same message Marzo, who will graduate in December with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Missouri S&T, heard countless times four years ago when he attended the Sí Se Puede program coordinated by the university’s student chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE). 

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Missouri S&T researchers set to work in lunar gravity for NASA project

Posted by on October 30, 2024

A team of researchers from Missouri S&T examining how to enrich materials needed for construction on the Moon will soon experience what gravity is like on Earth’s closest celestial companion while testing their technology. 

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S&T manufacturing expert named Curators’ Distinguished Professor

Posted by on September 23, 2024

Dr. Ming C. Leu, a longtime faculty member at Missouri S&T, has been named a Curators’ Distinguished Professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering.

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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 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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S&T researcher awarded grant to study turbulence at hypersonic speeds 

Posted by on July 11, 2024

A researcher from Missouri S&T has been awarded $200,000 from the National Science Foundation to study how turbulence behaves at high speeds and how it could be used to make hypersonic vehicles more effective. 

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S&T alumnus is laser-focused on supporting mechanical and aerospace engineering students

Posted by on May 6, 2024

When Jacopo Frigerio was inducted into the Missouri S&T Academy of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineers in October 2023, he says one of his goals was to find new ways to positively impact as many students as possible in his home department. 

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Missouri S&T students exhibit research to state legislators

Posted by on April 10, 2024

Undergraduate students from Missouri University of Science and Technology traveled to Jefferson City, Missouri, on April 4 to participate in the annual Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol.

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