Month: May 2017
Whitworth honored with AIChE student award
Mathias Whitworth received the 2017 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Virtus Dynamical Chemical Engineering Student Award, sponsored by MYNAH Technologies, on April 12 in St. Louis. He received the award for outstanding scholarship and service to AIChE. In addition to many other accomplishments, he has led the AIChE Chem-E-Car team for two years.
Read More »Jeopardy! Chemical engineering students heading to nationals
Dr. Christi Luks, associate professor of chemical and biochemical engineering, accompanied 25 chemical engineering undergraduate students to the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Mid-America Regional Student Conference March 30-April 2 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The students competed in the organization’s Chem-E-Car competition, research competitions and the ChemE Jeopardy competition. Highlights include:
Read More »Student Council announces Student Leaders’ Awards
Outstanding individuals and organizations were honored at the 14th Annual Student Leaders Award ceremony on April 12. The event is hosted by Student Council. Awardees include:
Read More »Earth day draws hundreds
Rain did not dampen the celebration of Earth Day at Missouri S&T on April 20. The event drew more than 900 children from Rolla and area schools and more than 40 exhibitors that provided hands-on activities. While visiting campus, University of Missouri System President Mun Choi stopped by the festivities.
Read More »Johnson leading committee for admissions organization
Tyler Johnson, transfer counselor in admissions at Missouri S&T, has been named co-chair of the Professional Development Committee for the Missouri Association for College Admission Counseling. The organization includes more than 500 professionals working in college admissions.
Read More »Konur to lead logistics division of IISE
Dr. Dincer Konur, assistant professor of engineering management and systems engineering, has been named president-elect of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers’ (IISE) Logistics and Supply Chain Division.
Read More »Bruening publishes book of Reformation debates
Dr. Michael Bruening, associate professor of history and political science, is the author of a new sourcebook for college-level classes on the Reformation period. In A Reformation Sourcebook: Documents from an Age of Debate, Bruening presents the debates of the Reformation era through more than 80 primary sources, and provides an essay on how to read primary sources. Bruening translated 14 of the source documents from Latin or French. The book is published by University of Toronto Press.
Read More »Students receive Grainger Power Engineering Awards
Thirteen electrical engineering seniors and recent graduates each received a $6,000 Grainger Power Engineering Award for academic excellence. The recipients are:
Read More »Two S&T faculty present at space debris conference in Germany
Missouri S&T was well represented at the Seventh European Conference on Space Debris April 17-21 at the European Space Operations Center in Darmstadt, Germany. The conference attracted attendees from all over the globe, and was featured prominently in media, including the Washington Post, space.com, Space Daily, and The Guardian.
Read More »Schonberg presents in England on hypervelocity
Dr. Bill Schonberg, professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, presented two papers at the 2017 Hypervelocity Impact Symposium, held April 23-28 in Canterbury, England. Schonberg’s first presentation was based on work he performed as a faculty fellow at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory during the summer of 2016. He described the development of design equations that would increase the safety of human space travel and space operations in earth orbit and beyond.
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