Alumni of Missouri S&T who work at Boeing in St. Louis gathered at the company headquarters on Nov. 29 to meet interim Chancellor Warren K. Wray and other campus representatives as part of the Miner Alumni Association’s annual alumni reception. During his remarks to the group, Wray highlighted the importance of the collaborative relationship between […]

In Game 6 of the 2011 World Series, David Freese of the St. Louis Cardinals came to bat in the bottom of the ninth inning. You probably know the story. Trailing by a game to the Texas Rangers, the Cardinals were facing elimination. There were two outs and two men on base. Down to his […]

Metallurgical engineering graduate student Michael Kuba, MetE’10, was walking with a friend in a campus parking lot during finals week when he noticed a credit union envelope on the ground. Inside the envelope — $500 cash.

In September 2011, Andre Taylor, ChE’95, and Jeffrey Book, Phys’96, were among the 94 researchers selected to receive the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. Taylor is an assistant professor of chemical and environmental engineering at Yale University and Book is a principal investigator in the Physical Oceanographic Processes Section at Stennis Space […]

The Boeing Co. recently announced that two Missouri S&T graduates — Carl Vorst, EE’68, and Talion Edwards, ME’97 — have received the Boeing Special Invention Award. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to aerospace. Boeing officials said Vorst and Edwards are among the company’s leading scientists.

Harvey Nixon, MS Phys’71, was recently named Product Engineer of the Year by Meritor Inc., a leading global supplier of drivetrain, mobility, braking and aftermarket solutions for commercial and industrial vehicle markets.

For most S&T students, getting out in the “real world” after college means getting that first job. For Nathan Stodghill, real-world experience has an entirely different meaning.