materials science and engineering

Researchers publish new ceramic materials findings in ‘Nature’

Posted by on February 6, 2024

Dr. Bill Fahrenholtz, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of materials science and engineering, and a team of researchers published in Nature for the team’s work discovering hundreds of new ceramic materials with extreme heat and electronic tolerances.

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Professors lead major professional engineering societies

Posted by on December 5, 2023

Dr. Joseph Smith, S&T’s Laufer Energy Chair and professor of chemical and biochemical engineering, was voted the 2024 president-elect of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and will become president of the organization in 2025. 

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In the news

Posted by on November 7, 2023

Dr. Amy Belfi was interviewed by The New York Times reporter for an article on music therapy. Belfi is an associate professor in psychological science.

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S&T welcomes new faculty

Posted by on October 3, 2023

Missouri S&T welcomed more than 30 new faculty members this year. They bring a wide range of expertise that includes artificial intelligence, astrodynamics, energy economics, energy storage, flood prediction, military history, quantum physics and wearable wireless sensors.

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Buchely wins Kent D. Peaslee Junior Faculty Award

Posted by on October 3, 2023

Dr. Mario Buchely, the Roberta and G. Robert Couch Assistant Professor in Materials Science and Engineering, was recently awarded the Kent D. Peaslee Junior Faculty Award from the Association for Iron and Steel Technology (AIST) Foundation.

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S&T professor emeritus inducted into Missouri Asphalt Pavement Association Hall of Fame

Posted by on May 2, 2023

Dr. David Richardson, associate professor emeritus of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, was recently inducted into the Missouri Asphalt Pavement Association (MAPA) Hall of Fame.

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Mochalin’s work appears in ‘Advanced Materials’

Posted by on January 3, 2023

Dr. Vadym Mochalin, associate professor of chemistry and materials science and engineering, led an international group of experts in MXenes from the United States, Chile and Italy to publish an invited perspective article “Perspectives of 2D MXene Tribology.”

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Employee milestones recognized

Posted by on December 21, 2022

The university presents benefit-eligible staff who have reached milestones in their career with a certificate honoring their contributions, beginning with five years of service. The following employees received milestone service recognition awards in November.

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MSE collects 1,200+ items for GRACE

Posted by on December 1, 2022

Students, faculty and staff from materials science and engineering collected over 1,200 canned food items during their fall food drive.

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Mochalin published article on MXenes

Posted by on November 1, 2022

Dr. Vadym Mochalin, an associate professor of chemistry and materials science and engineering, and researchers from the United States and China published an article, titled “Understanding the effect of sodium polyphosphate on improving the chemical stability of Ti3C2Tz MXene in water,” in the Journal of Materials Chemistry A.

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