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NASA astronaut Janet Kavandi to speak at Missouri S&T commencement
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Dr. Janet L. Kavandi, deputy director at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Glenn Research Center and a Missouri University of Science and Technology graduate, will speak at two graduation ceremonies at Missouri S&T this month. The first ceremony, for all graduate candidates and undergraduate candidates in arts, business and science programs, will be held […]
Read More »Grad George Mueller, who helped enable NASA moon landing, dies at 97
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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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Missouri S&T researcher bakes asteroids to find water
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A Missouri University of Science and Technology researcher is cooking up something new in the lab – baking meteorites to learn how to produce water and other easily evaporated compounds from asteroids.
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NASA honors Schonberg for space debris work
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Dr. William P. Schonberg, chair and professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been selected to receive a NASA Engineering and Safety Council (NESC) Honor Award.
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Missouri S&T to co-host international Earth and space conference in St. Louis
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Missouri University of Science and Technology will co-host the 14th international Earth and Space Conference along with the American Society of Civil Engineers Oct. 27-29 at the Four Seasons Hotel in St. Louis.
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Missouri S&T students to present at regional space conference
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A Missouri University of Science and Technology student group that conducts NASA-sponsored microgravity research will present findings from their work to improve CPR methods in space at a regional space development conference this November. Other presenters at the conference include speakers from NASA and Boeing.
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Missouri S&T, Washington U., Lincoln receive NASA grant for turbulence modeling
Missouri University of Science and Technology has received a $750,000 grant from NASA to administer and help develop new approaches and computational models for predicting turbulence in aircraft flow fields. Missouri S&T is partnering on the project with Washington University in St. Louis and Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri.
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NASA scientist to guest lecture at S&T
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Former NASA scientist Dr. Kathryn Clark will speak about her experiences with leadership at NASA in an open lecture at Missouri S&T in November. She will discuss what qualities make a good leader and what makes a great one. Clark’s lecture, titled “Find it, fix it, fly: Leadership and NASA Disasters,” will begin at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13, in Leach Theatre of Castleman Hall, 10th and Main streets in Rolla. The event is free and open to the public, however tickets will be required.
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Researchers study ways to make stronger materials in 3-D
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Aided by funding from NASA and using methods similar to 3-D printing, researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology are running computer simulations of processes that could lead to stronger, more durable materials for the space agency.
Read More »Ph.D. candidate Andrew Brune receives NASA Space Technology Fellowship
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Andrew Brune of St. Charles, Mo., a Ph.D. student in aerospace engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, is one of 65 graduate students in the United States to be named a NASA Space Technology Research Fellow for 2013.
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