Schearer prize goes to three
Tuhin Das, Gaurav Khairnar and Shruti Majumdar (shown from left) won the 31st annual Schearer Prize for graduate research in physics. The competition is held in memory of Laird D. Schearer, the...
View ArticleLudlow elected AIChE Fellow
Dr. Douglas Ludlow, a professor of chemical and biochemical engineering, was elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). Fellow is AIChE’s highest level of membership and...
View ArticleMiners in the Making After School Program hosts first family STEM night
The Miners in the Making After School Program hosted its first family STEM night 5:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5. The event had an excellent turnout, with 58 attendees that included currently enrolled...
View ArticleGassaway awarded IEEE PES Scholarship
Carmen Gassaway, a junior in electrical engineering, received the IEEE Power and Energy Society’s (PES) Scholarship. This recognition highlights her academic achievements and commitment to advancing...
View ArticleWeaver serves as panelist at international conference
Roger Weaver, associate dean of libraries, served as a panelist during a session of the Digital Commons International Conference during a session titled “Innovation and Impact: Digital Commons...
View ArticleS&T researchers publish research on bias of virtual assistants
A team of S&T researchers co-authored an article published in the Journal of Language and Social Psychology titled "Bias Toward the Accents of Virtual Assistants." The article explores users...
View ArticleMadria gives keynote at cybersecurity workshop
On Friday, Nov. 8, Dr. Sanjay Madria, Curators' Distinguished Professor of computer science, delivered a keynote talk at the AI in Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure Protection Workshop...
View ArticleOerther receives global award for engineering education
Dr. Daniel B. Oerther, environmental health engineering professor, was awarded the Duncan Fraser Global Award for Excellence in Engineering Education from the International Federation of Engineering...
View ArticleS&T CIO listed among leading tech executives
Chief Data Officer Magazine announced its inaugural Leading Tech Executives Impacting U.S. Higher Ed 2024 List, which recognizes technology leaders who are “pioneering digital advancements, reimaging...
View ArticleBuchely presents strip casting research at international symposium
Dr. Mario Buchely, assistant professor of materials science and engineering, recently presented the Peaslee Steel Manufacturing Research Center research at the 2024 International Symposium on Strip...
View ArticleS&T researchers listed as most prolific authors for their topics in Scopus
Fourteen S&T researchers are listed as the most prolific contributors in their topics from 2019 to 2023 in Scopus, a multidisciplinary abstract and citation database and website, maintained by the...
View Article33 Missouri S&T faculty honored for excellence
Missouri S&T celebrated faculty excellence at an awards luncheon Wednesday, Dec. 4, in the Havener Center. Read more about the honorees.
View ArticleIn the news
In an article in Rock Products magazine, Dr. Daoru Han, associate professor of aerospace engineering, describes his team’s research progress enriching materials needed for construction on the moon and...
View ArticleStudents build with food donations in CANstruction competition
Participating in S&T’s Staff Council food and toy drive, the civil, architectural and environmental engineering department collected more than 4,500 food items, beating the previous department...
View ArticleCEC staff, faculty receive awards
Missouri S&T’s College of Engineering and Computing held its Fall 2024 awards ceremony in December at the Havener Center, and several staff and faculty members were presented with honors.
View ArticleViganò co-authors ‘Aerospace America’ article
Dr. Davide Viganò, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, co-authored an article that was featured in the year-in-review issue of the American Institute of Aeronautics and...
View ArticleCivil, environmental engineering programs climb in U.S. News rankings
According to the 2024 U.S. News and World Report rankings, S&T’s undergraduate civil engineering program ranks 31st in the nation and is the only undergraduate engineering program at a public...
View ArticleShrestha earns IEEE Outstanding Educator award
Dr. Bijaya Shrestha, associate teaching professor of electrical and computer engineering, earned the IEEE St. Louis section’s 2024 Outstanding Educator award. The section’s annual award ceremony was...
View ArticleMBA program approved for STEM designation
Missouri S&T’s master of business administration (MBA) program has been approved for STEM designation.
View ArticleFerdowsi named IEEE Fellow
Dr. Mehdi Ferdowsi, a professor of electrical engineering, has been named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
View ArticleNorthcut earns Fulbright Specialist award
Dr. Kathryn Northcut, professor of English and technical communication, will travel to North South University in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in February as a Fulbright Specialist. She will work with grant...
View ArticleBrow elected Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
Dr. Richard K. Brow, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of materials science and engineering and executive director of operations for S&T’s Kummer Institute, has been elected to the National Academy...
View ArticleS&T celebrates a year of achievements
As you begin 2025, let's look back and reflect on some of the biggest news at S&T throughout the year. From the launch of new degree programs to opening the 50,000-square-foot Innovation Lab, from...
View ArticleIn the news
ChemistryWorld Julia Robinson quoted Dr. Shelley Minteer, professor of chemistry and director of the Kummer Institute Center for Resource Sustainability, on the application of small photoelectronics...
View ArticleMulligan named PICC director
Dr. Phillip Mulligan, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, was appointed director of the Product Innovation and Creativity Center (PICC) following a faculty vote in favor of his...
View ArticleMoats elected Fellow of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration
Dr. Michael Moats, chair and professor of materials science and engineering, was elected to the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) 2025 class of Fellows.
View ArticleMyers delivers invited lecture, chairs panel discussion at fibre-reinforced...
In December, Dr. John J. Myers, professor of civil, architectural and civil engineering and director of the Missouri Center for Transportation Innovation, delivered an invited lecture at the Ninth...
View ArticleS&T online engineering management graduate program ranks fifth in nation
The Missouri S&T online master’s degree in engineering management once again earned national acclaim ranking fifth in the nation alongside Duke University, according to the U.S. News & World...
View ArticleWaldon to serve on board for higher education human resources
Simone Waldon was elected as an at-large board member for the Missouri Chapter of the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR). Her term on the state board runs...
View ArticleIntroducing ‘Batiacasphaera obohikuenobeae’: A species named to honor S&T...
In recognition of her work in marine palynology, researchers discovered and named an ancient microscopic fossil species from the Arctic Ocean after Dr. Francisca Oboh-Ikuenobe, a professor of earth...
View ArticleBo awarded $750,000 DOE grant focused on hydropower
Dr. Rui Bo, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, is developing artificial intelligence and computational methods to help hydropower plant operators manage water and energy...
View ArticleResearchers present at NSF’s Computation Symposium
Dr. Weibing Gong, assistant professor of earth sciences and engineering, and Boneng Chen, a doctoral student studying geological engineering, attended the National Science Foundation’s 2025 Natural...
View ArticleBaur contributes to article on This Old House
On This Old House, Dr. Stuart Baur, associate professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering and assistant chair of the architectural engineering program, contributed to an article...
View ArticleKummer College student publishes research on critical mineral perceptions
Sreeja Koppera, a master’s student in information science and technology, co-authored a study titled "Public Perceptions of Mineral Criticality and Preferences for Energy Transition Strategies in the...
View ArticleResearcher wins prize for poster presentation at SME conference
Ellen Amoako Afful, a doctoral student in mining engineering, was awarded a $1,000 prize for a research poster that was presented Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, at the Society of Mining, Metallurgy and...
View ArticleArifuzzaman awarded $175k NSF research grant
Dr. Md Arifuzzaman, assistant professor of computer science, has been awarded a two-year, nearly $175,000 National Science Foundation grant to develop an advanced data transfer system designed to...
View ArticleTewari gives talk on electrochemical technologies for wastewater treatment
Dr. Sanjay Tewari, associate teaching professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, delivered a virtual talk at the Pacific School of Engineering as a part of the Faculty Development...
View ArticleBurken leads Engineer’s Day discussion at Missouri Capitol
Dr. Joel Burken, Curators’ Distinguished Professor and Mathes Endowed Chair in civil, architectural and environmental engineering, gave opening remarks and led a panel discussion with freshmen state...
View ArticleElGawady, Darwish granted patent to enhance structure resilience
Dr. Mohamed ElGawady, professor and interim department chair of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, and Dr. Yasser Darwish, a 2021 Ph.D. graduate in civil engineering, have been granted...
View ArticleResearchers win 2025 Hunt-Kelley Outstanding Paper Award
A group of S&T researchers received the 2025 Hunt-Kelley Outstanding Paper Award (AIME) from the Association for Iron and Steel Technology (AIST) Board of Directors for the paper entitled "In-Situ...
View ArticleS&T researcher wins best paper awards at DesignCon 2025
Hanyu Zhang, a doctoral student in electrical engineering, received both Best Paper Award and the 2025 Early-Career Best Paper Award at DesignCon 2025. The paper is titled “A Parameter Extraction...
View ArticleLaboube receives MBMA research award
Dr. Roger Laboube, Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus in civil, architectural and environmental engineering, was presented with the 2025 Dr. Duane S. Ellifritt Research Award by the...
View ArticlePete’s article wins Best ‘ES&T Letters’ Paper
Dr. Amber Pete, assistant professor of chemical engineering, coauthored an article in Environmental Science & Technology Letters that was selected as a Best Letter Article from 2023. The article is...
View ArticlePernicka, M-SAT win grant for cubesat project
Dr. Hank Pernicka, Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, and the Missouri S&T Satellite Research Team (M-SAT) recently received a $275k grant from the...
View ArticleReed publishes in ‘The Philosophical Salon”
Dr. Ross Channing Reed, a lecturer of philosophy, published a new article in the February issue of The Philosophical Salon titled "Are We Really in the Midst of a Trauma Pandemic?”
View ArticleS&T students advance to Global Health Innovation Grand Challenge semi-finals
Two teams of Missouri S&T students and alumni have advanced to the semi-finals of the Global Health Innovation Grand Challenge hosted by the Carle Illinois College of Medicine. The winning teams...
View ArticleS&T postdoctoral fellow selected as NextGen Fellow
The UM System’s NextGen Precision Health program has announced the inaugural cohort of NextGen Postdoctoral Fellows. Dr. Sunjeev Phull, a postdoctoral fellow for chemical and biochemical engineering,...
View ArticleMyers named Educator of the Year by national concrete institute
Dr. John J. Myers, a professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, was named the 2025 Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) Educator of the Year during the organization’s...
View ArticleChen’s robotic bridge inspection system wins ASCE’s 2025 Pankow Award
Dr. Genda Chen, the Robert W. Abbett Distinguished Chair in Civil Engineering and director of the Center for Intelligent Infrastructure and the INSPIRE University Transportation Center, has developed a...
View ArticleO’Malley wins medal from international steel manufacturing association
Dr. Ronald J. O’Malley, the F. Kenneth Iverson Endowed Chair of Steelmaking Technologies, has been selected to receive the 2025 Tadeusz Sendzimir Memorial Medal for Innovation in Steel Manufacturing...
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