Accomplishments
Mining engineering Ph.D. student receives SME scholarship
Aamir Iqbal, a Ph.D. student in the mining and explosives engineering, won the 2025 McPherson-Marks-Greuer Ventilation Scholarship from the Coal and Energy Division of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME).
Read More »Oerther elected to second term as CESB president
Dr. Daniel B. Oerther, professor of environmental health engineering, was elected to a second term as president of the Council of Engineering and Scientific Specialty Boards (CESB).
Read More »Epting shares expertise on urban existentialism and sustainability
Dr. Shane Epting, associate professor of philosophy, recently published and participated in several projects focused on urban existentialism and sustainability.
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Student awarded national industry scholarship
Abigail Rosendahl, a junior in metallurgical engineering at Missouri S&T, has been announced as a 2025 recipient of the Ellwood Metallurgy Scholarship — a $15,000 scholarship awarded to college juniors studying metallurgy that also comes with a paid summer internship.
Read More »Mochalin publishes study on MXene hydrolysis
Dr. Vadym Mochalin, associate professor of chemisty, published a new study in the Royal Society of Chemistry journal Nanoscale. The article, titled “Formation of Hydrocarbons and Carbon Oxides in Mxene Reactions with Water Under Varying Oxidative Conditions,” explores the chemical reactivity of two-dimensional transition metal carbides and carbonitrides (MXenes) with water.
Read More »S&T staff assist Rolla community following tornado
Stacey Fuller, executive assistant for facility planning and operations, and Larissa Holthaus, office support assistant for the Intelligent Systems Center, played key roles in supporting the Rolla community after a tornado disrupted power and services on March 14.
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S&T researchers present at NextGen Pathways Symposium
A group of Missouri S&T researchers participated in the University of Missouri System’s NextGen Pathways Symposium, held March 13-14 at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. The annual event highlights health research collaborations across the state under the theme “Accelerating Discoveries, Fostering Discoverers.”
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Researchers present at University of Western Cape workshop
Cole Rischbieter, a Ph.D. student in physics, and his advisor, Dr. Shun Saito, assistant professor of physics, presented their research at a workshop hosted by the University of Western Cape in Cape Town, South Africa. Their travel was supported by the University of Missouri South African Education Program, which fosters academic collaboration between the University of Missouri System and the University of the Western Cape.
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O’Malley wins medal from international steel manufacturing association
Dr. Ronald J. O’Malley, the F. Kenneth Iverson Endowed Chair of Steelmaking Technologies, has been selected to receive the 2025 Tadeusz Sendzimir Memorial Medal for Innovation in Steel Manufacturing Technology from the Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST).
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Chen’s robotic bridge inspection system wins ASCE’s 2025 Pankow Award
Dr. Genda Chen, the Robert W. Abbett Distinguished Chair in Civil Engineering and director of the Center for Intelligent Infrastructure and the INSPIRE University Transportation Center, has developed a robotic system to make bridge inspections faster, more comprehensive and safer. His invention, called the Bridge Inspection Robot Deployment System, or BIRDS, has been selected for the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2025 Charles Pankow Award for Innovation.
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