materials science and engineering
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 »Three-Minute Thesis finale planned tonight
Six student finalists will highlight their graduate research in three-minute presentations during the Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) finale at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, in Room 140 Toomey Hall. The six finalists and their areas of study are:
Read More »Three receive NSF CAREER awards
Three Missouri S&T faculty researchers recently received the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award. It is the NSF’s most prestigious award in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations. Recipients are:
Read More »CEC names 10 students as Dean’s Ph.D. Scholars
Ten doctoral students in the College of Engineering and Computing have been named Dean’s Ph.D. Scholars in recognition of their scholarly excellence and research productivity. The award winners were nominated by professors in their home departments and honored at an end-of-semester campus reception in May. The recognition follows the launch of similar CEC awards in the 2016-17 academic year for top faculty researchers and those who excel in the classroom. The award winners, their hometowns and a brief description of their research are as follows:
Read More »24 faculty honored, see photos online
Twenty-four Missouri S&T faculty members were honored for excellence and achievement in research, service and teaching during an awards ceremony Feb. 21 on campus. Each award winner received a monetary stipend funded by industry and alumni contributions. View photos from the event on Missouri S&T’s Flickr account. The 2016 Faculty Excellence Award was presented to:
Read More »Brow earns N.F. Mott Award
Dr. Richard Brow, Curators’ Professor of ceramic engineering, earned the N.F. Mott Award from the Glass and Optical Materials Division of the American Ceramics Society (ACS). The award is presented every two years by the “Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids” to a senior scientist for outstanding contributions to the science of non-crystalline solids. Brow received the award at the ACS annual meeting.
Read More »S&T team earns AIST distinction
A Missouri S&T group earned second place in the Hunt-Kelly Outstanding Paper Award (AIME) for its work titled “Developing a Third-Generation Advanced High-Strength Steel With Two-Stage TRIP Behavior.” The second place earned the team $2,500 from the Association of Iron and Steel Technology (AIST). The team was comprised of Scott T. Pisarik of Chevron Corp.; […]
Read More »O’Malley named Officer at Large of AIST
Dr. Ronald J. O’Malley, F. Kenneth Iverson Chair Professor in Steelmaking Technologies and director of the Kent D. Peaslee Steel Manufacturing Research Center at S&T, was named Officer at Large of the Association for Iron and Steel Technology (AIST).
Read More »Faculty, alumni earn outstanding paper award
Dr. David C. Van Aken, Curators’ Teaching Professor of materials science and engineering, and Dr. Julia E. Medvedeva, associate professor of physics, received second place in the 2016 AIST Hunt-Kelly Outstanding Paper Award, presented by the Association for Iron and Steel Technology. They worked with alumni Krista R. Limmer, who earned a Ph.D. in materials […]
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