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Dr. Genda Chen stands beside a Rolla, Missouri, bridge, while an unmanned aerial vehicle that is part of his BIRDS invention hovers in the sky behind him. Photo by Blaine Falkena/Missouri S&T.

Missouri S&T researcher’s robotic bridge inspection system earns ASCE’s 2025 Pankow Award 

By Greg Edwards | October 17, 2025 | 0 Comments

Dr. Genda Chen’s invention, called the Bridge Inspection Robot Deployment System, or BIRDS, was awarded the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2025 Charles Pankow Award for Innovation. 

An environmental portrait of Katharine Kune.

Keune named communications, outreach and engagement leader for Missouri S&T

By Velvet Hasner | October 15, 2025 | 0 Comments

Katharine Keune, a longtime communications leader at The Ohio State University, has been named vice chancellor for communications, outreach and engagement at Missouri S&T. Her appointment will begin Monday, Oct. 27.

An industrial complex.

Industrial facilities owned by profitable companies release more of their toxic waste into the environment, research says

By news | October 14, 2025 | 0 Comments

How much pollution a facility engaged in production or resource extraction emits isn’t just based on its location, its industry or the type of work it does. That’s what our team of environmental and financial economists found when we examined how corporate characteristics shape pollution emissions.