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Geothermal groundbreaking
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
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 […]
Read More »Magnus earns Title IX honor: Named to top 40 list of women in athletics
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 […]
Read More »Breaking ground: Bertelsmeyer Hall
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 […]
Read More »Alumni association hosts graduation celebrations
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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Groovin’ in a Gremlin
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.
Read More »What’s in your pocket?
Ronald Kohser has been keeping a close watch on coins during his career. According to Kohser, a professor of metallurgical engineering at Missouri S&T, it currently costs the U.S. Mint about 1.7 cents to make a penny and around 7 or 8 cents to make a nickel. The amounts include metal content, tools and dies, […]
Read More »Eric Showalter: course under construction
Old class: Eric Showalter, associate teaching professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, has taught a construction management course called Cost Estimating and Scheduling for more than a decade. One semester-long assignment requires students to pick a construction site and keep a diary of everything that happens — from weather conditions to which subcontractors are […]
Read More »Powered by chemistry
A group of chemical engineering students took third place in the nation in a competition that required them to design and construct a shoebox-sized car capable of carrying a specified load over a given distance and then stop. Sounds easy, but there’s a twist.
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