Author: Peter Ehrhard
Stanley earns IEEE award
Dr. Joe Stanley, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, was recently presented with IEEE-USA’s Professional Achievement Award for Individuals. An IEEE senior member, Stanley was honored for his contributions to Project Lead the Way (PLTW), a nationwide K-12 STEM program that provides educators with intensive summer training at leading universities. Together with three “master teachers,” Stanley has co-trained about 150 teachers in a digital electronics course over the last decade and has helped develop new resources for PLTW to enhance teachers’ effectiveness in presenting the curriculum to students.
Read More »Campus members publish in ASQ journal
A Missouri S&T group recently published a paper titled “Blending the Best of Both Worlds: Overcoming Skepticism in a Hybrid Engineering Course” in the American Society for Quality’s Quality Approaches in Higher Education. The group is comprised of Dr. Susan Murray, interim chair of psychological science and professor of engineering management and systems engineering at S&T; Julie Phelps, instructional designer in educational technology at S&T; and Kelly Jones, an adjunct instructor at Webster University and training manager at Nestle Purina in St. Louis.
Read More »S&T team earns AIST distinction
A Missouri S&T group earned second place in the Hunt-Kelly Outstanding Paper Award (AIME) for its work titled “Developing a Third-Generation Advanced High-Strength Steel With Two-Stage TRIP Behavior.” The second place earned the team $2,500 from the Association of Iron and Steel Technology (AIST). The team was comprised of Scott T. Pisarik of Chevron Corp.; […]
Read More »Cudney wins ASQ best paper award
Dr. Beth Cudney, associate professor of engineering management and systems engineering, won the American Society for Quality (ASQ) Best Paper Award for her 2015 paper titled “Using Hoshin Kanri to Address ISO 9001:2015 Requirements,” which she co-wrote with Kristin Case, founder of CaseConsults. Cudney will receive the award at the 2016 ASQ World Conference in […]
Read More »Technical communication student publishes in Intercom
Amruta Ranade, a graduate teaching assistant in English and technical communication, published an article titled “Writing for a North American Audience” in the May 2016 issue of Intercom, the monthly magazine of the Society for Technical Communication (STC).
Read More »Stites recognized by MTSA
The Missouri Technology Student Association recognized Shannon Stites, office support assistant IV in marketing and enrollment development, for her outstanding service to the organization. Stites has worked to help MTSA organize and schedule its annual fall and spring conferences on the Missouri S&T campus for four straight years. During that time, conference attendance has grown […]
Read More »O’Malley named Officer at Large of AIST
Dr. Ronald J. O’Malley, F. Kenneth Iverson Chair Professor in Steelmaking Technologies and director of the Kent D. Peaslee Steel Manufacturing Research Center at S&T, was named Officer at Large of the Association for Iron and Steel Technology (AIST).
Read More »S&T group organizes conference on self-consolidating concrete
Missouri S&T representatives organized the eighth International RILEM Symposium on Self-Compacting Concrete and the sixth North American Conference on the Design and Use of Self-Consolidating Concrete (SCC), which was held May 15-18 in Washington, D.C. Dr. Kamal Khayat, the Vernon and Maralee Jones Professor of Civil Engineering at S&T, was chair of the event, and Abbie Sherman of the Center for Infrastructure Engineering Studies (CIES) was the conference secretariat.
Read More »IT Help Desk closure
The information technology (IT) Help Desk will be closed noon-3 p.m. Friday, June 3, for the annual IT Picnic. The IT Help Desk will reopen at 3 p.m. with normal summer hours.
Read More »Take part in Miner Appreciation Week
Participate in Miner Appreciation Week June 6-10, sponsored by Healthy for Life, the university’s employee wellness program. Missouri S&T faculty and staff will have the opportunity to attend presentations that allow for continued personal and professional development.
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