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A formula for success
Sarah Locke grew up in the small rural town of Lynnville, Tenn., before earning her bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of Tennessee at Martin in 2016. “I grew up on a cattle farm and loved every minute of it,” says Locke, who is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in mathematics at Missouri S&T. Locke […]
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Missouri S&T concrete expert honored with Philleo Award
The Concrete Research Council of the American Concrete Institute (ACI) Foundation has recognized Dr. Kamal Khayat, the Vernon & Maralee Jones Professor of Civil Engineering and director of the Center for Infrastructure Engineering Studies, with the 2020 Robert E. Philleo Award. The award acknowledges Khayat’s body of research, teaching, innovation and leadership related to high-performance concrete, and specifically his pursuit of knowledge transfer regarding the science, performance, design and testing standards of self-consolidating concrete (SCC).
Read More »NASA astronaut tells new S&T grads that ‘the sky is not the limit’
NASA astronaut Sandra Magnus delivered two commencement addresses at Missouri University of Science and Technology, May 4 and May 5. She told the new graduates that “the sky is not the limit, trust me.”
S&T researcher thinks “inside the box” to create self-contained wastewater system for soldiers, small towns
Cheaper. Better. Faster. Most people will say you can’t have all three. But don’t tell that to Dr. Jianmin Wang, a professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology.
Wang has created a wastewater system “in a box.” Each system, built by re-purposing a shipping container, is low power, low maintenance and highly efficient. Built from weathering steel, these containers are designed to be tough and can be dropped on site by helicopters.
Read More »Missouri S&T student team garners grand prize in hydrogen design
An interdisciplinary group of students from Missouri University of Science and Technology won a hydrogen student design contest on March 31, beating teams from 22 other colleges and universities from around the world to develop and design hydrogen applications for airports.
Read More »Garmin gives 20 scholarships to Missouri S&T undergrads
Twenty electrical and computer engineering undergraduate students at Missouri University of Science and Technology will receive $5,000 scholarships and training opportunities, thanks to an initiative created by the Kao Family Foundation and Garmin International Inc.
Read More »Sprint Foundation pledges $250,000 to Missouri S&T for Project Lead the
The Kansas City, Mo.,-based Sprint Foundation, the philanthropic arm of SprintNextel, has pledged $250,000 during the next three years to help Missouri University of Science and Technology train pre-college educators to teach Project Lead the Way curriculum.
Read More »Missouri S&T researchers developing aircraft emissions testing
Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology have been awarded a $579,951 grant from the Naval Air War Center to study aviation emissions at the university’s Center of Excellence for Aerospace Particulate Emissions Research.
Read More »Two Missouri S&T researchers to discuss new energy at Springfield
Dr. K. Krishnamurthy, vice provost for research at Missouri University of Science and Technology, and Dr. Paul Nam, assistant professor of chemistry at Missouri S&T, will discuss new energy applications at the Ozarks New Energy Conference to be held Feb. 22-23 in Springfield, Mo.
Read More »Missouri S&T shines in annual CASE competition
Missouri University of Science and Technology received 13 awards for excellence in alumni relations, media relations, publications, social media, web design and overall marketing, communications and institutional advancement from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) during the CASE District VI conference held Jan. 13-15 in Denver.
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