Missouri S&T Magazine http://magazine.mst.edu/ A publication of the Miner Alumni Association representing alumni of MSM, UMR and Missouri S&T en Copyright 2008 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:25:29 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Greek mythology Elliot Gross
Photo by B.A. RupertWith 23 members, Beta Sigma Psi was one of Missouri S&T’s smaller fraternities when Elliot Gross (pictured left) joined the chapter in 2005. Just a year earlier, the fraternity had dwindled to a small band of 11 brothers, far below the “70 or 80” members Beta Sig boasted in the early ‘80s, Gross says.

By 2008, Beta Sig’s membership had grown to 46. Based on early recruitment numbers, Gross, who is now president of Beta Sig, expects at least a dozen new members in the fall.

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]]> http://magazine.mst.edu/2008/06/step_into_culture.html http://magazine.mst.edu/2008/06/step_into_culture.html Features Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:20:29 -0600 First Ladies: ΚΔ On the afternoon of Saturday, Oct. 28, 1972, 12 young women gathered at Christ Episcopal Church in Rolla, Mo., dressed in white. The occasion was one of ceremony and celebration, marking the beginning of a new opportunity for the female student body at the male-dominated Missouri S&T campus.

]]> http://magazine.mst.edu/2008/06/first_ladies.html http://magazine.mst.edu/2008/06/first_ladies.html Features Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:16:41 -0600 What's your Greek IQ? If it’s all Greek to you, click here to learn more about fraternities and sororities at Missouri S&T.

]]> http://magazine.mst.edu/2008/06/whats_your_greek_iq.html http://magazine.mst.edu/2008/06/whats_your_greek_iq.html Features Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:16:40 -0600 Halls of honor Missouri S&T residence hall students and staff brought home six of 10 awards – more than any other school – from March’s annual business meeting of the Midwest Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls (MACURH).

]]> http://magazine.mst.edu/2008/06/halls_of_honor.html http://magazine.mst.edu/2008/06/halls_of_honor.html Around Campus Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:13:30 -0600 Dale and Patricia Ruma Spence: You don’t have to retire with a million dollars to make a difference Going Greek has made a big difference in the lives of two young alumni who are giving back to Missouri S&T and encouraging other recent grads to do the same.

]]> http://magazine.mst.edu/2008/06/dale_and_patricia_ruma_spence.html http://magazine.mst.edu/2008/06/dale_and_patricia_ruma_spence.html Profiles Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:12:30 -0600 Humanities take center stage At a campus so focused on engineering, science and technology, it might be easy to overlook the importance of the liberal arts and humanities in providing a well-rounded education. That is not the case at Missouri S&T. In February, the campus turned the spotlight on six humanities faculty members who regularly publish their research and
scholarship as well as teach undergraduates in history, English and foreign languages. Their scholarship covers topics as diverse as World War II history, baseball lingo, the literature of the Roaring ‘20s and the treatment of Chinese immigrants in the 1800s.

]]> http://magazine.mst.edu/2008/06/humanities_take_center_stage.html http://magazine.mst.edu/2008/06/humanities_take_center_stage.html Around Campus Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:10:17 -0600 Getting in the game Some Missouri S&T undergraduates hope to squash the nerd stereotype commonly associated with computer
science by getting elementary school kids – especially girls – interested in the field. They’re doing so by developing fun recruitment software called Computer Science Recruitment for the 21st Century, or CSRecruit21.

]]> http://magazine.mst.edu/2008/06/getting_in_the_game.html http://magazine.mst.edu/2008/06/getting_in_the_game.html Around Campus Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:06:58 -0600 S&T makes the grade with U.S. News Missouri S&T is once again one of the top-ranked graduate engineering schools in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report. The magazine’s annual rankings of graduate schools, released in March, listed Missouri S&T 67th among the nation’s best graduate engineering schools and 39th among public graduate engineering schools. The rankings are included in the U.S. News guidebook’s “premium” online edition at www.usnews.com.

]]> http://magazine.mst.edu/2008/06/st_makes_the_grade_with_us_new.html http://magazine.mst.edu/2008/06/st_makes_the_grade_with_us_new.html Around Campus Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:03:51 -0600 What a trooper While most Missouri S&T students were returning to classes after winter break, sophomore Jacob Brakeman was learning how to fall.

]]> http://magazine.mst.edu/2008/06/what_a_trooper.html http://magazine.mst.edu/2008/06/what_a_trooper.html Around Campus Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:01:54 -0600 $3 million plan earns top hydrogen prize Using $3 million in imaginary funds, an interdisciplinary group of Missouri S&T students garnered the top spot in an international hydrogen student design contest in March.

Teams from 22 other colleges and universities from around the world developed proposals for using hydrogen technologies to solve noise pollution, energy efficiency and other critical issues at the Columbia Metropolitan Airport in Columbia, S.C.

]]> http://magazine.mst.edu/2008/06/3_million_plan_earns_top_hydro.html http://magazine.mst.edu/2008/06/3_million_plan_earns_top_hydro.html Around Campus Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:01:15 -0600 Eversman gets aviation honor Walter Eversman’s contributions to the field of aircraft noise reduction earned him the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’ 2008 Aeroacoustics Award.

Eversman, Curators’ Professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has spent his career trying to quiet the world’s skies. His work is widely recognized and used for noise control by major aircraft engine companies. Among his accomplishments is the development of the Eversman Code, which has become an industry standard design tool for turbofan and tonal radiation.

]]> http://magazine.mst.edu/2008/06/eversman_gets_aviation_honor.html http://magazine.mst.edu/2008/06/eversman_gets_aviation_honor.html Around Campus Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:00:26 -0600 Melanie Mormile: Woman of the Year Described by her students and colleagues as someone they admire and adore, Melanie Mormile became the newest member of an elite group of female faculty at Missouri S&T: the Woman of the Year recipients.

This is the 12th year for the Woman of the Year award, which is funded by Cindy Tang, Econ’85, founder of Insight Industries Inc., one of the largest software engineering companies in Wisconsin. The award is given to an outstanding female faculty member who has helped to improve the campus climate for women and has served as a role model for other faculty and students through her research, scholarship and service.

]]> http://magazine.mst.edu/2008/06/melanie_mormile_woman_of_the_y.html http://magazine.mst.edu/2008/06/melanie_mormile_woman_of_the_y.html Around Campus Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:59:36 -0600 A leader you can lean on Elizabeth Cudney’s leadership in quality and lean manufacturing has earned her one of the American Society for Quality’s top awards. Cudney, PhD EMgt’06, assistant professor of engineering management and systems engineering, received the Armand V. Feigenbaum Medal during ASQ’s World Conference on Quality and Improvement, held in May in Houston.

]]> http://magazine.mst.edu/2008/06/a_leader_you_can_lean_on.html http://magazine.mst.edu/2008/06/a_leader_you_can_lean_on.html Around Campus Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:58:56 -0600 Good chemistry Two Missouri S&T chemistry professors recently received a faculty award from the John W. Claypool Fund for Medical Research.

Nuran Ercal, professor of chemistry and adjunct associate professor of internal medicine at St. Louis University, and Yinfa Ma, Curators’ Teaching Professor of chemistry, have earned the $1,000 award to help fund their research on a treatment for HIV-1 associated dementia and a method for non-invasive pre-cancer screening, respectively. The annual award, established by Claypool, MS ME’60, recognizes excellence in medical research.

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