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Missouri S&T alumnus named to Board of Curators

Posted by on June 14, 2016

Thomas R. Voss, a 1969 electrical engineering graduate of Missouri S&T and the former chief executive officer of Ameren Corp., was recently appointed to the University of Missouri System Board of Curators by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon.

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See fireworks two Fridays in June at Missouri S&T

Posted by on June 13, 2016

Watch the skies above Missouri S&T in June for two student-produced fireworks displays.

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Missouri S&T students blast off for rocket competition

Posted by on June 10, 2016

A team of students from Missouri University of Science and Technology will launch a rocket over 10,000 feet into the air as part of the Experimental Sounding Rocket Association’s 11th Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Challenge.

The competition will be held Wednesday, June 15, through Saturday, June 18, in Green River, Utah. Missouri S&T’s High Power Engineered Rocket Design Team, part of the Advanced Aero Vehicle Group, will compete against approximately 70 other collegiate teams from around the world at the event.

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Professor honored for water work in Guatemala

Posted by on June 9, 2016

A Missouri University of Science and Technology professor won the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AAEES) 2016 Superior Achievement Award during its annual Excellence in Environmental Engineering & Science (E3S) competition.

Dr. Daniel Oerther, the John A. and Susan Mathes Professor of Environmental Engineering at Missouri S&T, won for a project that developed an innovative and affordable approach to providing fresh water to rural villages in Guatemala.

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Two Missouri S&T racecar design teams to race in Nebraska

Posted by on June 9, 2016

Two teams of students from Missouri University of Science and Technology will demonstrate their Formula One-style racecars at Formula SAE-Lincoln, an international student design competition sponsored by the SAE International.

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Missouri S&T Formula car wins Canadian competition

Posted by on June 6, 2016

Missouri University of Science and Technology’s Formula Car Design Team won first place this past weekend at the Formula North competition in Barrie, Ontario. The event challenged collegiate teams from around the world to design, build and operate Formula One-style racecars.

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Maerz takes over rock mechanics and explosives center

Posted by on June 3, 2016

Dr. Norbert Maerz, professor of geological and petroleum engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been named the director of Missouri S&T’s Rock Mechanics and Explosives Research Center. His appointment took effect Monday, May 9.

He takes over for Dr. Stewart Gillies, professor of mining and nuclear engineering at Missouri S&T.

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Missouri S&T design team heads to ‘Mars’

Posted by on May 31, 2016

Missouri University of Science and Technology’s Mars Rover Design Team is one of 30 international teams selected to compete at the University Rover Challenge, where teams showcase potential next-generation planet surveyors.

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

Posted by on May 31, 2016

Missouri University of Science and Technology’s Formula Car Design Team will travel approximately 900 miles to race at the Formula SAE-North competition in Toronto.

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Dunn-Norman champions exchange program

Posted by on May 26, 2016

Do you want to visit distant lands, meet new and exciting people and, maybe, you know, ride an elephant?

Well, Missouri University of Science and Technology has just the thing for you. As part of Missouri S&T’s Study Abroad program, students can spend a semester in Southeast Asia as part of an exchange program with University Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), a STEM-focused university in Malaysia.

Dr. Shari Dunn-Norman, associate professor of geological and petroleum engineering at Missouri S&T, has lectured at UTP-Malaysia and champions the program — and she’s headed back to Malaysia in October. Her counterpart at UTP-Malaysia is Dr. Ismail bin Mohd Saaid, who studied at Missouri S&T the fall of 1991.

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