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Chemist honored
Yinfa Ma, Curators’ Teaching Professor of chemistry, received the 2008 J. Calvin Giddings Award for Excellence in Education from the American Chemical Society’s division of analytical chemistry.
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Hirtz to lead design centerPaul Hirtz, EMgt’95, MS EMgt’97, PhD EMgt’02, assistant director of the Student Design and Experiential Learning Center, was named interim director of the center. He took over the new role on Nov. 26.
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STEP into the sun
Missouri S&T was awarded $10,000 in research grants from the Environmental Protection Agency for research into solar energy and residential energy use.
Read More »Welding in micro-gravity
Led by senior Michelle Rader, a team of S&T aerospace engineering students is trying to improve the speed of construction in space.
Read More »Commencement speaker: Science and technology solve problems
Don’t let barriers get in the way of future success, Joan Woodard, Math’73, told a group of nearly 600 graduating seniors during December 2008 commencement.
Read More »Faculty honored with Curators’ titles
David Van Aken, professor of metallurgical engineering, was named Curators’ Teaching Professor of materials science and engineering during commencement Dec. 20. He joined the Missouri S&T faculty in 1993.
Read More »Professional degrees awarded
Ten honorary professional degrees were awarded during the Dec. 20 commencement exercises.
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Saving the world with green slime
Several glass containers filled with algae-stained water sit on a table in Paul Nam’s laboratory. Next to the big green bottles are two much smaller vials. One of the vials, labeled “biodiesel,” contains a mostly clear solution labeled “algae oil.”
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This is your grid on brains
Using thousands of brain cells from laboratory rats, S&T researchers hope to design a more intelligent power grid. They envision a more flexible system that can respond to uncertainty and circumstances – much like the brain itself.
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Sensing something wrong with structures
Using a newly patented sensor system, engineers will be able to measure structural damage to bridges and buildings following an earthquake.
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