Kwame Awuah-Offei
Experts converge at S&T to discuss solutions for nation’s critical minerals crisis
Experts from across the United States came together in August at Missouri S&T for the fourth annual Resilient Supply of Critical Minerals workshop funded by the National Science Foundation.
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Awuah-Offei named interim director of O’Keefe Center for Critical Materials
Dr. Kwame Awuah-Offei, Union Pacific/Rocky Mountain Energy Professor in Mining Engineering and chair of mining and explosives engineering, has been named the interim director of the O’Keefe Center for Critical Materials. The center focuses on issues related to problems related to the supply of critical minerals and materials.
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Institution of Mechanical Engineers featured a story on Dr. Bill Fahrenholtz, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of materials science and engineering, and a team of researchers’ discovery of hundreds of new ceramic materials.
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Awuah-Offei receives SME’s Environmental Distinguished Service Award
Dr. Kwame Awuah-Offei, chair of mining and explosives engineering, was recently presented with the Environmental Distinguished Service Award from the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME).
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St. Louis Public Radio featured Dr. Guang Xu’s research into electric vehicle fires. Xu, associate professor of mining and explosives engineering, is working with vehicle manufacturers, industrial EV users and fire safety experts to help protect people in the event of an EV-charging fire.
Read More »Faculty awarded Ignition Grants for Educational Tranformation
Six research teams have received Kummer Ignition Grants for Sustainable Educational Transformation to support new and innovative ideas that lead to transformations in education at Missouri S&T.
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Dr. Mehrzad Boroujerdi, dean of the College of Arts, Sciences, and Education, discussed the political relationship of the World Cup match between Iran and the U.S. in Haartez’s story “Political Football: U.S. and Iran Prepare for Historic World Cup Match.”
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Awuah-Offei named permanent mining and explosives engineering chair
Dr. Kwame Awuah-Offei has accepted the role as permanent chair of mining and explosives engineering, effective Monday, Aug. 1. He has served as interim director of the program and subsequently as interim chair of the department since July 2018.
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Mining engineering professor named to endowed title
Dr. Kwame Awuah-Offei has been appointed as the Union Pacific Foundation/Rocky Mountain Energy Company Professor in Mining Engineering. His initial appointment is effective through Aug. 31, 2025.
Read More »Professors pen policy brief for G-20
Dr. Kwame Awuah-Offei and Dr. Michael Moats co-authored a policy brief for the T-20, which is the policy think-tank for the G-20 summits.
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