Tag: missouri university of science and technology

Bartels travels west on ‘Grand Challenge’ topic with EPA

Posted by on July 12, 2016

There are few places that have better summers than the United States’ Pacific Northwest. Mild temperatures, clear days, low humidity — and no rain.

Missouri University of Science and Technology student Katherine Bartels, a senior in environmental engineering from Independence, Missouri, is experiencing this year’s Pacific Northwest summer through an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellowship. Bartels is working out of Newport, Oregon, studying salt marshes’ ability to remove nitrogen from the ecosystem.

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S&T doctoral student wins ACI fellowship

Posted by on July 11, 2016

Iman Mehdipour, a graduate student pursuing a Ph.D. in civil engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, was awarded the 2016-17 American Concrete Institute (ACI) Charles Pankow Student Fellowship.

As part of the award, Mehdipour will receive an educational stipend for tuition, residence, books, materials and paid travel to the next two ACI conventions. Fellowships are offered to high-potential and outstanding graduate students whose research studies relate to concrete engineering and are identified by ACI member faculty.

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Rolla Town Band celebrates local history with July 14 concert

Posted by on July 11, 2016

Celebrate Rolla founder Edmund Ward Bishop’s 196th birthday at the Rolla Town Band’s third performance of the season.

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Braden T. Lusk named chair of mining and nuclear engineering

Posted by on July 5, 2016

Dr. Braden T. Lusk, professor of mining engineering at the University of Kentucky and a two-time graduate of Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been named chair of the mining and nuclear engineering department at Missouri S&T effective Aug. 15.

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Rolla Town Band’s second performance July 7

Posted by on July 1, 2016

Hear a mix of pops music and marches at the second concert of the season by the Rolla Town Band this month.

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Rogers named an ASCE Fellow

Posted by on June 29, 2016

Dr. J. David Rogers, the Karl F. Hasselmann Missouri Chair in Geological Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been named an American Society of Civil Engineers Fellow.

Rogers is an expert in the geoforensics of dam, levee and slope stability failures, flood control and fluvial geomorphology, the Mississippi Delta, and site characterization for seismic site response. He has written articles and prepared posted lectures on the evolution of flood control practice, dam and levee failures, landslide dams, Hoover Dam, the Panama Canal and the Tennessee Valley Authority, among many others.

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Missouri S&T increases funding for Ph.D., master’s students

Posted by on June 28, 2016

Missouri University of Science and Technology will significantly increase funding for qualified Ph.D. and graduate students as part of a strategy to attract more students and strengthen its research programs.

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ASEE video promotes engineering management and systems engineering

Posted by on June 27, 2016

A new video produced for ASEE TV profiles Missouri S&T’s engineering management and systems engineering department and highlights the upcoming 50th anniversary of engineering management as a discipline. The video is being shown during the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) annual conference, which is being held June 26-29 in New Orleans. This fall, Missouri S&T will […]

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Physicist works to explain atom motion

Posted by on June 24, 2016

By laser-cooling atoms and studying their movements, a Missouri University of Science and Technology researcher hopes to better understand how atoms and their components are affected and directed by environmental factors.

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Student’s essay illustrates how women can succeed at Missouri S&T

Posted by on June 24, 2016

More women are studying at Missouri S&T than ever before, but the percentage of women enrolled remains at around 23 percent as total enrollment continues to grow. That low percentage may lead some women to question whether S&T is the right choice for them. If you’re one of those women who are wondering, Elizabeth Mulina has […]

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