Accomplishments
Nuclear engineering student wins prize in DOE contest
Ashley Raster, an undergraduate student in nuclear engineering, has received a prize in the Innovations in Nuclear Technology R&D Awards, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Fuel and Supply Chain.
Read More »Grad student places third with space symposium presentation
Jecee Jarman, a 2018 graduate in civil engineering from S&T and a current Ph.D. student, won third place in the student presentation category of the National Space and Missile Materials Symposium (NSMMS) and Commercial and Government Responsive Access to Space Technology Exchange (CRASTE).
Read More »S&T student nominated to education advisory board
Thuraia Ibrahim has been appointed to the Missouri Advisory Board for Educator Preparation as a student advisor. Ibrahim is a junior in biological sciences with an emphasis in secondary education from Rolla.
Read More »In the news: 2D computer chips, infrastructure ethics, space race, mining for clean energy, hackers
Marcus Dodson, editor and publisher of Architectural West Magazine, quoted S&T researcher Dr. Shane Epting in his editorial, “Editor’s Desk: Ethical Infrastructure,” published in July.
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Chemist works to recycle fossil fuel emissions
With $500,000 in funding from the National Science Foundation, Dr. Manashi Nath, above, is working to reduce greenhouse gases by designing a catalyst to convert the environmental pollutant carbon dioxide into new fuels and chemicals while using as few new resources as possible.
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Geophysicist named outstanding educator
Dr. Kelly H. Liu, professor of geophysics, has received the Outstanding Educator Award from the Society of Exploration Geophysicists.
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Canfield contributes to NASA report on cancer risks for astronauts
Dr. Casey Canfield, an assistant professor of engineering management and systems engineering, contributed to a report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine titled “Space Radiation and Astronaut Health: Managing and Communicating Cancer Risks.”
Read More »The U.S. has beef with its history
In her new book, Cattle Country: Livestock in the Cultural Imagination, Dr. Kathryn Dolan examines beef and cattle production in 19th-century America. Her research shows the cow emerging as the nation’s representative food animal, earning it a role in many works of literature of the day.
Read More »Merfeld-Langston knighted
Dr. Audra Merfeld-Langston, chair of arts, languages, and philosophy, and associate professor of French, has been appointed as a chevalier (knight) in the Order of French Academic Palms.
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NSF selects Schonberg for workshop
Dr. William P. Schonberg was selected as a participant in a June workshop sponsored by the National Science Foundation on the future of the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.
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