Class Notes
A leader passes, a legacy endures
In memoriam, Fred S. Kummer (1929–2021) It is with great sadness that we report the death of Fred S. Kummer, CE’55, who passed away April 30, 2021. Memorial donations may be given to Shriners Hospital for Children — St. Louis, 4400 Clayton Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110, or online at shrinershospitalsforchildren.org/st-louis. All donations must mention […]
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Reidmeyer receives ACS award
Mary Reidmeyer, CerE’78, MS CerE’84, PhD CerE’89, teaching professor emeritus of ceramic engineering at S&T, received the Greaves-Walker Lifetime Service Award from the American Ceramic Society. She received the award at the organization’s 121st annual meeting at Materials Science & Technology 2019 in Portland, Ore.
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Collins wins two awards for high-impact paper
Pete Collins, MetE’99, the Alan and Julie Renken Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Iowa State University, received the Henry Marion Howe Medal from the American Society for Metals and the Champion H. Mathewson Award from AIME for a paper he published in Metallurgical and Materials Transactions. The paper is titled “Understanding the Interdependencies […]
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Engineering a glider
Bruce Wundrack, CE’82, recently shared this photo of his grandfather, Aaron J. Miles, ME’30, MS ME’31, former S&T faculty member and first dean of the School of Engineering, flying a homemade glider in Rolla in the 1930s. The story passed down to Wundrack details a doomed flight that started when a group of students used […]
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Symposium honors Delbert Day
Delbert E. Day, CerE’58, was honored during a symposium named for him in July 2019 in Toronto. Researchers discussed work similar or related to Day’s research, and talked about how their personal relationships with Day have influenced them.
Read More »Yeung starts new position at S&T
San Yeung, PhD CSci’19, joined the S&T faculty as an assistant teaching professor of computer science. He was formerly a graduate research assistant at S&T. Yeung’s research interests include personalized learning, smart computing with artificial intelligence and data science, and green computing.
Read More »Red Feather publishes book
Stephanie Red Feather, AMth’92, published a book titled The Evolutionary Empath in November 2019. The metaphysical book focuses on what Red Feather describes as “heart-centered consciousness.” After serving 10 years in the U.S. Air Force, she earned master’s and doctoral degrees in shamanic studies. Today she is a metaphysical author, teacher,healer, non-traditional/non-denominational minister, and founder […]
Read More »O’Keefe named dean at Kansas State
Matthew J. O’Keefe, MetE’85, was named dean of the Carl R. Ice College of Engineering at Kansas State University. As part of the appointment, O’Keefe will hold the LeRoy C. and Aileen H. Paslay Chair in Engineering.
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Missouri Governor honors Akers
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson presented the Missouri National Guard Meritorious Service Medal Ribbon to Thomas Akers, AMath’73, MS AMath’75, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel, retired instructor of mathematics and statistics at S&T, and retired NASA astronaut. The award is given to present and former guard members who perform valorous or meritorious service in support […]
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