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Posted by on November 14, 2010

The nuclear engineering program at Missouri S&T celebrated its 50-year anniversary Sept. 17-18 with tours of the campus’s nuclear reactor and laboratories and a keynote address by Starnes Walker, director of research for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The university began offering accredited undergraduate nuclear engineering degrees in 1960 and the reactor — the […]

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Leading the way for pre-college engineering, biomed

Posted by on November 14, 2010

S&T’s summer camps aren’t just for students. More than 160 teachers from middle schools throughout the United States visited campus last summer to learn the latest on teaching engineering and biomedical science.

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Plugging in to new auto technology

Posted by on November 14, 2010

Transitioning from a fossil fuel-based auto industry to one that will rely on electricity will require a major retooling of our educational programs. S&T is already plugged in to that need for change.

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Skin cancer detection made easier

Posted by on November 14, 2010

Detection of malignant melanoma, the most serious type of skin cancer, will soon be quicker and easier thanks to a group of S&T researchers led by Randy Moss, a professor of electrical and computer engineering.

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Battlebots, tiny-sized

Posted by on November 14, 2010

In the robotic competition known as Battlebots, hefty machines the size of blood hounds use buzz saws and other weaponry to duke it out in an arena.

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Improving dental restoration

Posted by on November 14, 2010

Oral surgeons may one day have an easier, less costly approach to one important aspect of dental restoration if a newly patented process developed at Missouri S&T takes hold.

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Former Miner coaches named to MIAA’s inaugural Hall of Fame class

Posted by on November 14, 2010

Billy Key and the late Charlie Finley, two iconic coaches in the history of Missouri S&T athletics, were among the members of the inaugural class of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association’s Hall of Fame. The class was inducted in June.

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Academic honors abound for S&T student-athletes

Posted by on November 14, 2010

Several members of the Missouri S&T athletic program and some of its teams recently earned recognition for their work in the classroom.

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St. Louis section – June 26 Scholarship Golf Tournament

Posted by on November 13, 2010

Wolf Hollow Golf Club – Labadie, Mo. The tournament raised $1,600 for the St. Louis Section Endowed Scholarship for S&T students – thank you.

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Designed with students in mind

Posted by on September 14, 2010

The Miner Recreation Building, known to Rolla residents as the old Holsom Bread factory, is being transformed into the Kummer Student Design Center, named for Fred, CE’55, and June Kummer, who contributed $1.25 million to the project, along with $1.5 million given by additional donors.

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