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3-D emojis are the future

Posted by on March 29, 2017

Using a single layer of metallic film at the nanometer scale, mechanical engineering assistant professors Xiaodong Yang and Jie Gao are creating vivid full-color, high-resolution holographic images. The research could lead to 3-D floating displays — like emojis — and big data storage, but also shows promise for credit card security marking and biomedical imaging.

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St. Pat’s: S&T goes green

Posted by on March 29, 2017

For a few days in March, the Missouri S&T campus — and the Rolla community — paint the town green. Here are a few scenes from the 109th Best Ever St. Pat’s. See more photos from the weekend.

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Robotic bridge inspector could slash traffic delays

Posted by on March 29, 2017

Missouri S&T received a $1.4 million University Transportation Center (UTC) tier 1 grant to develop robotic tools to inspect and maintain bridges and highways. These tools, which could be used from the air or from the side of a structure, will make such inspections faster, safer and more reliable.

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Solar house appears in Julia Child book

Posted by on March 29, 2017

When you think of classic gourmet cooking, you think of Julia Child … and Missouri S&T. Well, not typically, but in October, one of S&T’s solar houses was featured in a new book inspired by the famous chef.

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Splitting water, producing hydrogen

Posted by on March 29, 2017

Researchers at Missouri S&T believe they have found a way to make hydrogen fuel a more viable energy source. Their approach? An efficient and inexpensive way to split water into its elements, hydrogen and oxygen.

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S&T researcher wants to pick your brain, electronically

Posted by on March 29, 2017

Keng Siau wants to cut out the middle man in market research gathering — paper and electronic surveys — and go straight to your brain to get your opinion.

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Chancellor Cheryl B. Schrader: a legacy of progress

Posted by on March 29, 2017

After five years at the helm of Missouri S&T, Chancellor Cheryl B. Schrader will step into a new leadership role on July 1, when she becomes president of Wright State University in Fairborn, Ohio.

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Return to the cave

Posted by on March 29, 2017

Chances are, if you went to school in Rolla during the 1960s and early ’70s, you probably heard, or maybe even partied to the music of the Jaguars and Miller’s Cave.

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Safer mines and cleaner water in Ghana

Posted by on March 29, 2017

As a doctoral student in mining engineering, Kenneth Bansah works, learns and lives nearly 10,000 miles from his boyhood home of Tarkwa, Ghana, a gold mining hub in western Africa.

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S&T garners national recognition for fundraising program

Posted by on March 23, 2017

Missouri S&T was recognized this past fall by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) for excellence in fundraising.

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