Tag: nuclear engineering
S&T welcomes new faculty
Missouri S&T welcomed over 30 faculty members this year. They bring a wide range of expertise that includes applications for artificial intelligence (AI) in health care, biomedical engineering, concrete sustainability, nuclear reactor safety and semiconductor design. The new faculty are:
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Not your average summer camp: Teens operate nuclear reactor at Missouri S&T
Forty high school students from across the United States and abroad traveled to Missouri S&T and spent part of their summer doing something very few teenagers — or even adults — ever experience: operating a nuclear reactor.
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S&T bringing high-tech, hands-on fun to Missouri State Fair
Drones, robots, virtual reality and a world-champion Mars rover built by students. Missouri S&T will bring hands-on activities for fairgoers of all ages to the Missouri State Fair, Aug. 7-17 in Sedalia, Missouri.
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Mines to Megawatts: S&T event to address small modular reactors in retired mines
Could some of Missouri’s decommissioned mines potentially become secure sites for small modular nuclear reactors and help advance the state’s clean energy future? Researchers at Missouri S&T believe so and have a symposium on the topic planned for Tuesday, Aug. 5.
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Missouri S&T, Idaho National Laboratory launch research partnership
Missouri S&T and the Idaho National Laboratory have signed a new collaboration aimed at advancing research and educational opportunities. This partnership has been formalized through a memorandum of understanding highlighting their joint commitment to the Strategic Understanding for Premier Education and Research (SUPER) initiative.
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S&T researchers focus on containing fuel in nuclear reactors with $1 million in federal support
Researchers at Missouri S&T are studying the strength of bonds between a new less-enriched uranium fuel and the metals that will contain it — allowing nuclear research reactors to potentially transition to a fuel with a reduced risk of being targeted or stolen for malicious purposes.
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‘A relentless practicality’
When Dr. Joshua P. Schlegel envisioned what his career would be like during his youth, he says he didn’t anticipate he would one day be an award-winning educator.
But that’s exactly what he is, as he was recently recognized at Missouri S&T’s annual faculty awards banquet as a 2024 recipient of the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Missouri S&T’s American Nuclear Society student group honored on the national stage
For the second year in a row, Missouri S&T’s student section of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) has been recognized as the winner of the national organization’s Samuel J. Glasstone award.
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S&T alumna encourages women to consider nuclear engineering
Corie Glenn, a Missouri S&T alumna, has been interested in nuclear engineering since she was a teenager, and she says she hopes more young women will realize this is a potential career path.
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S&T researchers awarded $2 million to assess public perception of nuclear waste sites
Researchers from Missouri University of Science and Technology have been awarded a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to assist the agency in finding interim storage sites for the country’s spent nuclear fuel.
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