Department of Energy

Bo awarded $750,000 DOE grant focused on hydropower 

Posted by on February 4, 2025

Dr. Rui Bo, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, is developing artificial intelligence and computational methods to help hydropower plant operators manage water and energy resources more efficiently and potentially pass on savings to consumers, with a $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).  For the two-year project, Bo will collaborate with […]

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DOE selects two S&T students for summer program

Posted by on June 4, 2024

Kaylee Denbo and Ginger Ramirez, students studying environmental engineering, were awarded Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships from the U.S. Department of Energy and will spend 10 weeks working at Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, Illinois, this summer.

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S&T teams partners with MU for solar decathlon

Posted by on May 7, 2024

The Missouri S&T Solar House Design Team, in partnership with the University of Missouri Architectural Studies Group and industry professionals, had a successful weekend competing in the Department of Energy Solar Decathlon at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado.

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Missouri S&T researchers earn two Department of Energy grants

Posted by on September 5, 2023

Dr. Shun Saito, an assistant professor of physics, and Dr. David Lipke, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering, have been selected to receive grants from the Department of Energy’s Funding for Accelerated, Inclusive Research (FAIR) initiative.

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S&T researchers awarded $2 million to assess public perception of nuclear waste sites

Posted by on July 11, 2023

Researchers from Missouri S&T have been awarded a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to help find interim storage sites for the country’s spent nuclear fuel.

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Ma leads $2 million DOE project to curb climate change, critical minerals crisis

Posted by on April 4, 2023

Dr. Hongyan Ma, Francisco Benavides Scholar and associate professor of civil engineering, was recently tapped by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to lead a $2 million grant project related to critical minerals and clean energy.

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S&T researchers take second in Department of Energy hydropower contest

Posted by on February 7, 2023

A Missouri S&T team of researchers led by Dr. Rui Bo, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, recently took second place in the Hydropower Operations Optimization (H2Os) Prize challenge sponsored by the United States Department of Energy (DOE).

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ECE team wins award in hydropower optimization

Posted by on July 13, 2022

A team from electrical and computer engineering led by Dr. Rui Bo, assistant professor, won $1,000 in phase one of the Hydropower Operations Optimization Prize.

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Seminar on Department of Energy set for April 15

Posted by on April 11, 2022

The Intelligent Systems Center (ISC) will host a talk by Dr. Jonathan Kimball, professor of electrical and computer engineering, at 1 p.m. Friday, April 15, via Zoom.

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Nuclear engineering student wins prize in DOE contest

Posted by on August 3, 2021

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.

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