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Missouri S&T’s Engineers Without Borders to visit South America for first time since pandemic

By Greg Edwards | April 27, 2023 | 0 Comments

Missouri S&T’s Engineers Without Borders team will soon be on the move and traveling to both Bolivia and Ecuador in May.

“These will be our team’s first international trips since before the COVID-19 pandemic,” says Anna Stephenson, a senior in chemical engineering who is the team’s project lead for the trip to Atahuallani, Bolivia. “It’s something we are all excited about. Our group has volunteered for our projects remotely, and now we will have the opportunity to be in the field.”

Monday Okoronkwo in lab

Time-traveling concrete: S&T researcher looks to ancient Rome to transform modern industry

By Greg Edwards | April 27, 2023 | 3 Comments

A researcher at Missouri S&T is looking to solve the problems of tomorrow by using chemistry from the distant past.

Dr. Monday Uchenna Okoronkwo, assistant professor of chemical and biochemical engineering at S&T, is researching how to mimic the chemistry and composition of ancient Roman concrete while also applying modern technology to make it even better.

S&T alumna emphasizes how ‘little bits’ of effort can help with climate change

By Greg Edwards | April 25, 2023 | 0 Comments

A vice president of Chevron with a petroleum engineering degree from Missouri S&T is highly involved with her alma mater, as well as the nonprofit organization she founded, to help instill sustainable practices into daily life. It’s possible some people may find her work with Chevron and petroleum engineering to contradict her environmental efforts, but […]