Accomplishments
Provost participates on panel at World Universities Summit
Dr. Colin Potts, provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at Missouri S&T, participated in a virtual panel discussion titled “Paradigm Shift: Role of Technology in Strengthening the Universities of the Future” on July 21 during the World Universities Summit.
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Historian publishes on steamship travelers’ journeys
The California History journal published Dr. Diana Ahmad’s paper, titled “The South Seas from the Deck of a Steamship: Travelers’ Observations of Their Journeys to the Islands of the Pacific, 1880s-1910s,” in the journal’s Fall 2021 issue.
Read More »Best paper award goes to Krishnan
Dr. Niranjana Krishnan, assistant research professor in biological sciences, earned the
Best Paper Award in 2020 from the journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.
Film festival shows short featuring S&T talent
Victoria Hagni’s short film, titled Folies a deux/Pas de deux, was an official selection for the 2021 Indie Shorts Mag Short Film Festival, held on July 13.
Read More »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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