Accomplishments
Crow earns IEEE educator award
Dr. Mariesa Crow, the Fred W. Finley Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and vice provost for research, received the 2016 IEEE Power and Energy Society Outstanding Engineering Educator Award. The IEEE PES is one of IEEE’s larger societies.
Read More »Brown to appear on C-SPAN Aug. 20
Dr. Trent Brown, associate professor of American studies, will be featured on C-SPAN at 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20. Brown will be part of a panel titled “Civil Rights History II.”
Read More »Bachman promotes I-Corps program in D.C.
Dr. Bonnie Bachman, professor of economics, recently participated in a workshop on university research commercialization and entrepreneurship sponsored by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. The workshop, held July 25 at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., focused on addressing complex global issues through science and technology research and entrepreneurship. […]
Read More »Careaga named CASE trustee
Andrew Careaga, executive director of marketing and communications, has been appointed to a three-year term on the board of trustees for the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). Careaga was appointed during the CASE Annual Assembly held July 17-19 in New York City. As a trustee, Careaga will represent CASE District VI, […]
Read More »Oerther named Fellow of American Academy of Nursing
Dr. Daniel B. Oerther, professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, has been named a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (AAN). As one of 50 non-nursing Fellows, he joins others who advance healthy policy and practice through nursing knowledge. The AAN is composed of nursing’s most accomplished leaders in education management, practice and research selected from among the more than 150,000 members of the American Nurses Association (ANA).
Read More »Manuel named president of MODOHE
Shenethia Manuel, vice chancellor of human resources, equity and inclusion, has accepted the position of inaugural president for Missouri Diversity Officers in Higher Education (MODOHE), a chapter of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education. She previously was appointed vice president of MODOHE.
Read More »Ahmad publishes article in ‘Nevada in the West’
Dr. Diana Ahmad, Curators’ Teaching Professor of history and political science, has had an article published in the magazine Nevada in the West. Ahmad’s article, titled “Mollie Forshay: Not as Guilty As Many Might Hope,” is in volume seven, number two; pages 18-23.
Read More »Director of TTED writes for IEEE magazine
The June 2016 issue of IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement features an article written by Keith Strassner, director of Missouri S&T’s office of technology transfer and economic development (TTED). The article, titled “The Value of Ideas – Intellectual Property,” reviews the various types of intellectual property (IP), methods of protection and recent issues against the backdrop of the ever-increasing importance of IP and other intellectual assets as critical components of the economic development mission of universities, research hospitals and non-profit research foundations. The article includes an introduction by Dr. Reza Zoughi, Schlumberger Distinguished Professor of electrical and computer engineering.
Read More »Betz elected to MASFAP position
Bridgette Betz, director of student financial assistance, was elected secretary of the Missouri Association of Student Financial Aid Personnel (MASFAP).
Read More »Brow earns N.F. Mott Award
Dr. Richard Brow, Curators’ Professor of ceramic engineering, earned the N.F. Mott Award from the Glass and Optical Materials Division of the American Ceramics Society (ACS). The award is presented every two years by the “Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids” to a senior scientist for outstanding contributions to the science of non-crystalline solids. Brow received the award at the ACS annual meeting.
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