Accomplishments
Faculty recognized at regional ASEE meeting
Missouri S&T was well represented at the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Midwest Section annual meeting and conference Sept. 25-27 in Manhattan, Kansas. S&T earned the Faculty-Mile award for attendance. The section includes states of Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas.
Read More »Outstanding Paper Award goes to Aljazaeri, Myers
Zena Aljazaeri, a Ph.D. candidate in civil engineering, and Dr. John Myers, professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, received the Outstanding Paper Award at the fourth International Conference on Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies (SCMT4) in Las Vegas in August. Their paper is titled “Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete One-Way Slabs for Flexure Using Composite Materials: Evaluation of Different Composite Materials.”
Read More »Nuclear engineering student wins poster contest
Monica Gehrig, a senior nuclear engineering student at Missouri S&T, received first place for her poster in the digital or graphics category at the Idaho National Laboratory Intern Expo and Poster Session in Idaho Falls on Aug. 11.
Read More »CASE recognizes advancement team
Missouri S&T was recently recognized by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) for excellence in fundraising. S&T received a 2016 CASE Sustained Excellence Award in Fundraising for Overall Performance, based on judges’ analysis of three years of fundraising data.
Read More »TTED co-sponsors small-business road tour
The Office of Technology Transfer and Economic Development (TTED) at Missouri S&T co-sponsored the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Road Tour in St. Louis on Aug. 18. The SBIR Road Tour is a national outreach effort to promote the non-dilutive technology funding opportunity provided through the SBIR and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.
Read More »Employees log nearly 35,000 miles during walking challenge
Healthy for Life, the T.E. Atkins UM Wellness Program, is recognizing faculty and staff at Missouri S&T for walking 77.1 million steps during the eight-week walking challenge in July and August.
Read More »Holmes named ASCE Fellow
Dr. Robert Holmes, adjunct professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, has been elected a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers. ASCE Fellows are decided by their professional accomplishments and election. Less than 3.5 percent of ASCE members are named Fellow.
Read More »Oerther receives fourth Fulbright award
Dr. Daniel Oerther, professor of environmental engineering, has been selected as a Fulbright Specialist Roster Candidate from 2016-2021. The Fulbright Specialist Program is a recent innovation that promotes links between U.S. scholars and professionals and their counterparts at host institutions overseas through short-term exchanges of two to six weeks in duration with up to three exchanges to different countries occurring in a five year window.
Read More »DeWitt publishes peer-reviewed article
Dr. Petra DeWitt, an assistant professor of history and political science, published a peer-reviewed article titled “ ‘Clear and Present Danger’: The Legacy of the 1917 Espionage Act in the United States,” in Vol. 42, Issue 2, Summer 2016, of Historical Reflections/Reflexions Historiques. The journal publishes articles in English and French and is committed to interdisciplinary studies as well as comparative approaches.
Read More »SFA earns DHE grant for fourth year
For the fourth year in a row, student financial assistance has earned the Missouri Department of Higher Education’s $25,000 Default Prevention Grant. The proposal was drafted and submitted by Sara Lewis, manager of student financial assistance, which builds on work done for previous grants. These funds cover the Miner Money Management Financial Literacy programs as well as other default prevention measures that Lewis manages. These programs have kept S&T’s Cohort Default Rate at 3.2 percent, allowing students to become successful, responsible alumni.
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