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Missouri S&T’s Nest Home earns fifth
Missouri University of Science and Technology’s Solar House Design Team has earned fifth place at the 2015 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon, its highest-ever finish at the competition. The Solar Decathlon was held Oct. 8-18 in Irvine, California. The team’s house, named the Nest Home, was one of fourteen entries in the competition.
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Trick-or-treat at Missouri S&T on Oct. 30
The Chancellor’s Leadership Academy at Missouri University of Science and Technology will host its annual Trunk-or-Treat event to give area kids a safe and fun place to trick-or-treat.
Read More »Grad George Mueller, who helped enable NASA moon landing, dies at 97
Dr. George Mueller, a 1939 electrical engineering graduate who was credited with helping ensure NASA met President John F. Kennedy’s manned moon landing timetable, died Monday, Oct. 12, at age 97, NASA announced.
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New book tells the stories of U.S. soldiers who liberated concentration camps
On April 4, 1945, American soldiers from the 89th Infantry Division and the 4th Armored Division seized Ohrdruf, the first Nazi concentration camp liberated in Germany during World War II. Military historian Dr. John C. McManus sheds new light on the experiences of the American soldiers who liberated and witnessed Ohrdruf, Buchenwald and Dachau in his new book, “Hell Before Their Very Eyes: American Soldiers Liberate Concentration Camps in Germany, April 1945.”
Read More »McMillin elected to IEEE Computer Society Board
Dr. Bruce M. McMillin, professor of computer science and associate dean of the College of Engineering and Computing at Missouri University of Science and Technology, was elected to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computer Society Board of Governors.
The IEEE is the world’s leading membership organization for professionals in all aspects of advancing techology, and the computer society is the largest of the 39 IEEE technical societies.
Read More »Missouri S&T to host fourth annual Transportation Infrastructure Conference
Missouri University of Science and Technology will host the fourth annual Transportation Infrastructure Conference on Friday, Dec. 4, at the Allied Health Professional Building on the Saint Louis University campus. The program will feature recent findings in advanced construction materials, resilient structural systems, non-destructive testing and structural health monitoring of transportation infrastructure.
The registration fee is $70 or $50 for students and includes a CD of conference proceedings, a Professional Development Hour (PDH) certificate, parking, lunch and coffee breaks.
Read More »Khayat named RILEM Fellow
Dr. Kamal Khayat, the Vernon and Maralee Jones Professor of Civil Engineering and director of the Center for Infrastructure Engineering Studies at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been named a Fellow of RILEM, the International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures.
“The award of a RILEM Fellowship is a rare honor,” says RILEM president Mark Alexander. “It is given for exceptional contributions to the work of RILEM and includes aspects such as scientific contributions and developmental contributions.”
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Winnie the Pooh to show at Leach Theatre
The first film in the Leach Theatre Family Film Series at Missouri University of Science and Technology gives audience members the chance to reconnect with Winnie the Pooh and friends.
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Visitors invited to view Jupiter and Mars at S&T Observatory
The Missouri University of Science and Technology Observatory will open its doors before dawn this weekend for visitors to view the conjunction of Jupiter and Mars through its 16-inch telescope.
Read More »Haunted Mine a Halloween tradition at Missouri S&T
Missouri University of Science and Technology mining engineering students have created things that go bump — and scream! — in the night at this year’s Haunted Mine, which opens Oct. 23 in Missouri S&T’s Experimental Mine.
“Examples of rooms are a Frankenstein room, a clown and carnival room and an exorcism room just to give a taste,” says Katherine Burke, a junior in mining engineering. “This year at the mine, we have acquired new props, and all of the rooms have different themes.”
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