Accomplishments
Welker appointed as student representative to curators
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has appointed Avery Welker of Perryville, Missouri, a Ph.D. student in petroleum engineering at S&T, to serve as the student representative to the University of Missouri Board of Curators, the governing board for the four-campus university system.
Read More »Student, faculty present at conference in Brazil
Leonardo Enzo Brito da Silva, Ph.D. candidate in computer engineering, and his advisor, Dr. Donald C. Wunsch II, presented a tutorial at the IEEE / INNS International Joint Conference on Neural Networks in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in July.
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Westenberg weighs in on science communication in video, blogs
Dr. Dave Westenberg was recently featured in a video and published two invited blog posts for professional organizations, all focused strategies for public engagement with science.
Read More »Space Policy publishes professor’s paper on asteroid policies
As companies develop asteroid-mining technology for outer space, several governments are developing policies around this and other new asteroid activities. Dr. Alanna Krolikowski, assistant professor of history and political science at S&T, and Dr. Martin Elvis, astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, explore these international policy efforts in an article recently published in Space Policy.
Read More »Oerther elevated to fellow of the Society of Environmental Engineers
Dr. Daniel Oerther, professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, has been elevated to a fellow of the Society of Environmental Engineers in the United Kingdom.
Read More »In the news: Explosive engineering research, Las Vegas mobster, Lie-detecting kiosk, Mars Rover team, moon ice, Mazoon College visit, next-gen batteries
Educational research mini-grants awarded to five faculty projects
Expanding the sophomore design curriculum for aerospace engineering students and maximizing the co-op experience are a couple of topics faculty will be researching with the help of mini-grant funding. The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) recently provided nearly $25,000 in mini-grant funding for the following projects:
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Rezaei receives young scientist award
Dr. Fateme Rezaei, right, assistant professor of chemical and biochemical engineering, received the Young Scientist Paper Award at the ninth International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology sponsored by the American Academy of Sciences June 25-29 in Houston. She received the award for her research on formaldehyde adsorption from indoor air.
Read More »Belfi to lead national organization
Dr. Amy Belfi now leads a national organization, Graduate Women in Science. She was inducted as president during the organization’s annual conference in Iowa City June 16.
Read More »Fang named outstanding reviewer
Dr. Chevy Hanqing Fang received the Family Firm Institute’s 2018 Outstanding Reviewer Award. Fang is an assistant professor of business and information technology.
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