Accomplishments
Steel Bridge Design Team places fifth in national competition
The Steel Bridge Design Team placed fifth out of more than 240 teams in North America at the Student Steel Bridge Competition, held Saturday, May 31, at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.
Read More »Oerther appointed to National Academies committee on climate education
Dr. Daniel B. Oerther, professor of environmental health engineering in civil, architectural and environmental engineering, was selected to serve on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s consensus committee – Education for Thriving in a Changing Climate.
Read More »15th Americas Conference on Wind Engineering held May 19-22
The 15th Americas Conference on Wind Engineering was held May 19-22, at the St. Charles (Missouri) Convention Center. Dr. Grace Yan, professor of structural engineering and director of the Center for Hazard Mitigation and Community Resilience and Wind Hazard Mitigation Laboratory, chaired the conference.
Read More »Six students complete Dean’s Undergraduate Research Scholars program
Six students have completed the College of Engineering and Computing’s two-semester Dean’s Undergraduate Research Scholars program. Each scholar received a $2,000 scholarship and a $500 research budget per semester to support their faculty-mentored projects.
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Tornado Wonders Team conducts damage survey after St. Louis storms
The S&T Tornado Wonders Team, led by Dr. Grace Yan, professor of structural engineering and director of the Center for Hazard Mitigation and Community Resilience and the Wind Hazard Mitigation Laboratory (WHAM), conducted a full-scale tornado damage survey on May 16 following severe storms in St. Louis.
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College of Engineering and Computing honors 9 Ph.D. students
Nine Missouri S&T Ph.D. students received dean’s honors from the College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) during a ceremony held in early May.
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Undergraduates present wine fermentation research
S&T chemical engineering students Caleb Long and Thomas Niebrugge recently worked with Dr. Hossein Abedsoltan, assistant teaching professor of chemical and biochemical engineering, on a wine fermentation research project.
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161 students initiated into Order of the Engineer at Missouri S&T
On Wednesday, May 8, a total of 161 students from across the College of Engineering and Computing at Missouri S&T were initiated into the Order of the Engineer. This is the most initiates in recent history. An additional 21 students were initiated at Missouri State University.
Read More »Shank explores the ethics of AI romance in widely cited commentary
Dr. Daniel Shank, associate professor of psychological science, was lead author of a commentary published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences titled “Artificial intimacy: ethical issues of AI romance.” In the piece, Shank examines complex ethical questions raised by the emergence of romantic relationships with artificial intelligence.
Read More »Six NSF S-STEM scholars selected for 2025 S-STEM Scholars Meeting in San Diego
Seven S&T students were chosen to receive travel grants from the National Science Foundation.
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