Tag: mining engineering

S&T’s Haunted Mine opens Oct. 18

Posted by on October 10, 2024

The nightmarish thrills are back at this year’s Haunted Mine, opening Friday, Oct. 18, at the Experimental Mine at Missouri University of Science and Technology. The 2024 Haunted Mine will be open 6-11 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 18; Saturday, Oct. 19; Friday, Oct. 25; Saturday, Oct. 26; Thursday, Oct. 31, and Friday, Nov. 1.

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Missouri S&T student wins Top 10 Inspirational Women in Mining Ghana honor  

Posted by on June 17, 2024

A Missouri S&T Ph.D. student studying engineering management has been recognized as one of the Top 10 Inspirational Women in Mining Ghana. 

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Alagha, Xu named Quenon Associate Professors at Missouri S&T

Posted by on April 10, 2024

Drs. Lana Alagha and Guang Xu have been appointed Robert H. Quenon Associate Professors of Mining Engineering at Missouri S&T.  

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Missouri S&T team wins international metal mine design competition

Posted by on March 12, 2024

A Missouri S&T student team recently returned from Phoenix to the S&T campus as champions. S&T students won the Metallic Student Design Competition at the 2024 SME Annual Conference and Exhibition.

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Engineers Week: S&T student says mining is vital to propel society forward

Posted by on February 19, 2024

The key to advancing future technologies lies with one of the world’s oldest industries. 
 
That message may sound counterintuitive at first glance, but Kate Johnson, a mining engineering student at Missouri S&T, says it makes perfect sense. 

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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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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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Hidden treasures: S&T researcher aims to recover critical minerals, precious metals from unconventional sources

Posted by on July 19, 2023

The United States’ need for critical minerals for manufacturing has reached a crisis level, and researchers at Missouri S&T are leading the charge to develop solutions. Dr. Lana Alagha, an associate professor of mining engineering at Missouri S&T, recently received a $375,000 grant from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to develop and enhance methods for […]

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Missouri S&T students exhibit research to state legislators

Posted by on April 6, 2023

Thirteen undergraduate students from Missouri University of Science and Technology traveled to Jefferson City, Missouri on Thursday, April 6, to participate in the annual Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol.

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