Month: June 2012

Nobel Prize winner visits S&T

Posted by on June 6, 2012

Daniel Shechtman, professor of materials science at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and the current Nobel Prize recipient in chemistry, delivered the 23rd A. Frank Golick Lecture in Materials Science and Engineering at Missouri S&T in February. Shechtman won the Nobel Prize for his discovery of quasicrystals.

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Smart and secure

Posted by on June 6, 2012

In a new twist on cyber-security, S&T computer scientists work to protect the future power grid.

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Bridge that should last ‘until we have flying cars’

Posted by on June 6, 2012

With 17 percent of Missouri’s bridges deficient and not enough funding available to repair and rebuild them, researchers at Missouri S&T are more determined than ever to develop innovative and inexpensive materials that can replace these structures.

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Geothermal groundbreaking

Posted by on June 6, 2012

S&T officials broke ground April 17 on a new geothermal energy system that will save more than $1 million a year and cut energy use in half. S&T Chancellor Cheryl B. Schrader, assisted by Joe Miner, flipped the switch for the ceremonial ground “drilling.”

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Scholarship banquet

Posted by on June 6, 2012

Miner Alumni Association scholarship recipients (pictured below) and their donors celebrated together on April 20. The evening was filled with recognition and fellowship as donors dined with the students who benefit from their generosity. About 140 students, alumni association directors, OGS members, donors and staff attended. An anonymous donor generously paid for students to attend […]

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Magnus earns Title IX honor: Named to top 40 list of women in athletics

Posted by on June 6, 2012

NASA astronaut Sandra Magnus, Phys’86, MS EE’90, was named to the Women’s Sports Foundation’s list of the 40 most influential women in athletics over the past 40 years. The list recognizes women who have made a significant impact on society after playing high school or collegiate sports in the 40 years since Title IX was […]

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Breaking ground: Bertelsmeyer Hall

Posted by on June 6, 2012

Missouri S&T will break ground on the 68,500-square-foot James E. Bertelsmeyer Hall at 11th and State streets in April 2013. The building is named for James E. Bertelsmeyer, ChE’66, who made the lead gift toward the project. More than 50 other donors also contributed. Watch for details about the groundbreaking in an upcoming issue of […]

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Alumni association hosts graduation celebrations

Posted by on June 6, 2012

A record 250 students celebrated their graduation with the Miner Alumni Association at Grad Finale events on May 1 and 3. Bryan Decker, ChE’12, and Kyle J. Cooper, NucE’12, each won a 32” LG HDTV generously donated by Susan Watson-Hajjar, CSci’83.

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Sports by the numbers

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Groovin’ in a Gremlin

Posted by on June 6, 2012

When he was 14, Carl Lacy found what would turn out to be his first car in a Kansas City junkyard. It was buried under lots of, well, junk. Lacy could only gain access to the gas cap, which had a little gremlin figure on it. He pocketed the cap.

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