Five undergraduate researchers in physics have been recognized in the 2025 Fuller Prize Competition for Undergraduate Research. The annual event, which honors the legacy of former department chair Dr. Harold Q. Fuller, drew 14 project submissions this year.
Read More »Dr. Agnes Vojta, teaching professor of physics, was selected as the featured poet for this year’s edition of the Cave Region Review, published by North Arkansas College. The current issue contains 13 of her poems and a biographical essay.
Read More »Cole Rischbieter, a Ph.D. student in physics, and his advisor, Dr. Shun Saito, assistant professor of physics, presented their research at a workshop hosted by the University of Western Cape in Cape Town, South Africa. Their travel was supported by the University of Missouri South African Education Program, which fosters academic collaboration between the University of Missouri System and the University of the Western Cape.
Read More »The Missouri S&T community is saddened to learn of the death of Dr. Don Sparlin, professor emeritus of physics. Sparlin passed away Friday, Dec. 20, at the age of 87.
Read More »Tuhin Das, Gaurav Khairnar and Shruti Majumdar (shown from left) won the 31st annual Schearer Prize for graduate research in physics. The competition is held in memory of Laird D. Schearer, the department’s first Curators’ Distinguished Professor of physics, and rewards graduate students for outstanding research performed during their graduate studies.
Read More »Dr. Hasti Khoraminezhad, a post-doctoral fellow in physics, Dr. Marco Cavaglia, professor of physics, and the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory research group received the physics department’s 2024 Outreach Award.
Read More »Nineteen faculty members at Missouri S&T received promotions and/or tenure, effective Sept. 1. Those faculty members are:
Read More »Four faculty members at Missouri S&T were honored with the Post Tenure Review Excellence Award. This award is granted to faculty who excel in scholarship and teaching through the five-year review period after achieving tenure. The recipients are:
Read More »Dr. Shun Saito, assistant professor of physics, doctoral student Cole Rischbieter and Dr. Hasti Khoraminezhad, a postdoctoral fellow, engaged children and adults at the Rolla Public Library on Friday, June 14.
Read More »Dr. Alexey Yamilov, professor of physics, published a paper in Nature Photonics describing a new technique. The article is titled “Delivering broadband light deep inside diffusive media.”
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