Accomplishments
Luo receives best paper runner-up
A paper by Dr. Tony Luo, associate professor of computer science, and Xiaohui Chen, a doctoral student in computer science, received runner-up for best paper at the Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining held in Taipei, Taiwan, in May. The paper, titled “Adversarial-Robust Transfer Learning for Medical Imaging via Domain Assimilation,” was presented by Luo.
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Careaga captures career achievement award
Andrew Careaga, who worked at S&T for over 30 years, was presented the Council for Advancement and Support of Education’s (CASE) Virginia Carter Smith Recognition Award at its Mid-America conference in Chicago in April.
Read More »Verble honored with USI award, commencement address
Dr. Robin Verble, associate professor of biological sciences, received the David L. Rice Alumni Achievement Award from the University of Southern Indiana.
Read More »Special issue of academic journal honors Al-Dahhan
Dr. Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan, a Curators’ Distinguished Professor of chemical and biochemical engineering and nuclear engineering and radiation science, recently had a special virtual issue of the Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research academic journal dedicated to his honor.
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Zhang presents at GeoShanghai conference
Dr. Xiong Zhang, professor in civil, architectural and environmental engineering, organized a short course, titled “Simple Methods to Rapidly Characterize and Model Unsaturated Soil Behavior,” at the GeoShanghai International Conference 2024 in Shanghai in May.
Read More »In the news
When the president of Iran unexpectedly died in May, The Wall Street Journal reached out to Iranian politics expert Mehrzad Boroujerdi, vice provost and dean of Missouri S&T’s College of Arts, Sciences, and Education, for his insight.
Read More »Bhatia honored with two appointments
Simran Bhatia, senior organizational health education specialist, has been honored with two appointments, reflecting her dedication to elevating student success and well-being within higher education.
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Alagha receives $875,000 from Rio Tinto for critical minerals research
Dr. Lana Alagha, a Robert H. Quenon Associate Professor of Mining Engineering, has been awarded $875,000 from Rio Tinto, a global mining group, for a two-year project researching new techniques to recover critical minerals in the waste byproducts that come from extracting and refining copper.
Read More »Graduate education announces spring doctoral candidates
Dr. Samuel Frimpong, vice provost for graduate education, and the office of graduate education proudly extend congratulations to the following doctoral candidates for fulfilling all requirements and earning their doctoral degrees in May 2024:
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Psychology student receives honorable mention in NSF program
Jessica Frame, a senior in psychology, received an honorable mention for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program. She will continue her training in the neuroscience Ph.D. program at the University of Iowa next fall.
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