Author: Mindy Limback
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Hey @MissouriSandT ! Way to rock the #AprilFoolsDay pranks! http://t.co/8p91oBDScS — WhatsTheBigIT (@WhatsTheBigIT) April 2, 2014 Think of a number. Double it. Add six. Halve it. Subtract the number you started with. Your answer is three! #gottalovealgebra — Cheryl B. Schrader (@SandTChancellor) April 21, 2014 I speak a lot about the value of #highered. […]
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Protects
For decades, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has combined radioactive waste with borosilicate glass, then placed the mixture in stainless steel containers for storage.
Read More »A golden year for the EEC
Fifty years ago this September, Anton Brasunas opened Missouri S&T’s Engineering Education Center, known then as the Graduate Engineering Center, with nothing but a borrowed desk in an office above a drug store across the street from the University of Missouri-St. Louis campus.
Read More »Boom goes the Ph.D.
Missouri S&T is now the first university in the nation to offer a Ph.D. in explosives engineering. The Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education approved the new degree program in February.
Read More »Four for the future
Missouri S&T’s expertise in advanced manufacturing recently led to a partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). S&T is one of 23 universities that are part of the Digital Lab for Manufacturing, a Chicago-based research center for advanced digital manufacturing and design. The center was created through a $70 million award from the DOD.
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Hasselmann Alumni House: making progress
The Miner Alumni Association began construction on Hasselmann Alumni House in January and after some weather delays, wasted no time pouring the concrete foundation in April. Framing is now complete and workers have started the masonry work. You can watch the progress live at mineralumni.com/house.
Read More »I’d like to thank the academy
In April, 24 alumni and friends were inducted into Missouri S&T academies. Academy membership recognizes a career of distinction and invites members to share their wisdom, influence and resources with faculty and students. Some academies hold induction ceremonies in April, others in October.
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Lungs may suffer when elements go nano
Nanoparticles are found in everything from electronics and medicine to cosmetics and environmental cleanup, but Yue-Wern Huang says they can be harmful when inhaled.
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Woman of the Year
Shannon Fogg, associate professor of history and political science, was named 2014 Woman of the Year at a Philanthropy Month ceremony on April 23.
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Panning for gold
Men’s and women’s mucking teams won first place out of 42 teams in the world championship 2014 Intercollegiate Mining Competition, held in April at Missouri S&T. Another women’s team from S&T took second.
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