Tag: national science foundation

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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S&T physicist earns NSF grant to study new states of matter

Posted by on December 30, 2015

By studying how materials transform at ultra-low temperatures, a Missouri S&T theoretical physicist hopes to discover new states of matter.

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S&T student wins NSF fellowship

Posted by on October 26, 2015

Matthew Horst, a graduate student pursuing a master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology has been awarded a 2015 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program award.

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NSF program director to speak at Missouri S&T

Posted by on November 4, 2014

Dr. Rathindra DasGupta, lead program director for the Innovation Corps program at the National Science Foundation (NSF), will discuss the NSF’s innovation programs at Missouri University of Science and Technology this month.

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S&T receives $3 million from NSF to train cybersecurity experts

Posted by on September 16, 2014

Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology are working to combat threats to cybersecurity by training the next generation of experts in the field. With a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation, Missouri S&T’s computer science department will fund approximately 16 “Scholarship for Service” master of science and Ph.D. students, who will specialize in cybersecurity.

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Missouri S&T receives NSF funding to study climate variability

Posted by on August 5, 2014

Missouri University of Science and Technology is one of nine institutions in a research consortium that received a $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant will fund a five-year multi-institutional project to study climate variability and its potential agricultural, ecological and social impacts in Missouri.

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Yiyu Shi receives NSF CAREER Award for computer engineering research

Posted by on February 21, 2014

Yiyu Shi, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, recently received the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious award for young faculty members for his computer engineering research that could lead to the commercialization of 3-D integrated circuits.

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Researchers help build ‘Internet for energy’ through new NSF center

Posted by on September 4, 2008

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Missouri University of Science and Technology is one of seven universities in the United States and Europe involved in a new National Science Foundation research initiative that aims to transform the nation’s power grid into an Internet for energy that will speed renewable electric-energy technologies into every home and business.

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UMR to host NSF conference in St. Louis

Posted by on June 13, 2006

The University of Missouri-Rolla will host the 2006 National Science Foundation Design, Service, and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference July 24-27 at the Adam’s Mark Hotel in St. Louis. Approximately 500 individuals from academia, industry and government are expected to attend.

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UMR joins national ‘cybersystem’ for earthquake engineering research

Posted by on February 23, 2006

University of Missouri-Rolla researchers will soon connect in cyberspace with investigators around the world to conduct and observe earthquake experiments.

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