chemical engineering
Dorsey selected for fellowship in Germany
Matthew Dorsey, a 2017 chemical engineering graduate, is one of 75 Americans from a pool of more than 600 applicants selected for the 2018-19 Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) for Young Professionals. During the year-long fellowship, Dorsey will study and work in Germany.
Read More »Grad student to present at ANS meeting
Salman Alshehri, a Ph.D. student in nuclear engineering, will present his research at the annual meeting of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) June 17-21 in Philadelphia. He received a travel grant from the Council of Graduate Students to attend the meeting.
Read More »Two graduate students to present at international conference
Abbas Sultan and Laith Sabri, Ph.D. students in chemical engineering, will present their research at the 25th International Conference on Chemical Reaction in Florence, Italy, later this month. Both received travel grants. Dr. Muthanna Al-Dahhan, chair and Curators’ Distinguished Professor of chemical and biochemical engineering, supervises their research.
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Lamb selected to officiate national basketball tournament
Tyler Lamb, a senior in aerospace engineering, is one of four students selected as all-tournament officials at the Region IV NIRSA Basketball Tournament at Texas A&M in March. NIRSA was formerly an abbreviation for National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association.
Read More »Smart living projects to explore earthquake response, breathable paints
Four Missouri S&T faculty members received $24,000 in seed funding for two interdisciplinary projects related to S&T’s Smart Living research emphasis area. The recipients are:
Read More »Rodgers’ research published in molecular phylogenetics journal
The master’s thesis of alumna Rachel Rodgers, ChE’09, was recently accepted for publication in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Rodgers’ article, “Phylogenomic analysis of Fundulidae (Teleostei: Cyprinodotiformes) using RNA-sequencing Data” is published in the Dec. 28, 2017, issue of the journal.
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Girl Scout leads elementary school students in STEM-related activities
Olivia Money, a junior in chemical engineering, has earned the Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest achievement in Girl Scouting. Money got her hands gooey while completing her project to earn the Gold Award. She led a group of third-graders at Sherwood Elementary in Arnold, Missouri, in several science-related workshops, instructing them on making slime and fossils and taught topics like density. Money also created learning materials and activity kits for teachers to use in the coming years. Money said she wanted younger kids, especially girls, to become interested in science.
Read More »Nuclear engineering students, faculty present at national conference
Several Missouri S&T Ph.D. students and faculty members gave presentations at the American Nuclear Society (ANS) Winter Meeting and Nuclear Technology Expo in Washington, D.C., Oct. 29-Nov. 2. Presentations included:
Read More »Chemical engineering poster receives honorary mention
Haider Al-Rubaye, a Ph.D. student in chemical and biochemical engineering, presented a poster at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) 2016 annual Sustainability Poster Session in San Francisco on Nov. 16. The poster, “Experimental Investigation on Expanded Granular Sludge Bed Reactor to Maximize the Methane Gas Production in the Biogas,” received an honorary mention.
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