Class Notes

O’Keefe chairs materials science and engineering

Posted by on November 21, 2016

Matthew J. O’Keefe, MetE’85, professor of metallurgical engineering at Missouri S&T and former director of the Materials Research Center, became chair of materials science and engineering in March.

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S&T All-American competes in Olympic long jump

Posted by on November 21, 2016

Tyrone Smith, Hist’07, a former All-America long jumper at Missouri S&T, finished in 16th place Aug. 12 in the qualifying round of the long jump at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janiero.

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S&T alumnus leads NY Harbor project

Posted by on November 21, 2016

David Winter, CE’78, president and CEO of Seattle-based Hart Crowser, was the geotechnical engineer on the Governors Island project in New York Harbor to build hybrid natural and human-made hills on the island. The tallest hill, called Outlook, gives visitors a 360-degree view of the harbor.

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Oval Office honors

Posted by on March 28, 2016

Elizabeth (Gearon) Parry, EMgt’83, pictured fifth from the left, is one of 14 recipients of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring in 2015, presented by President Barack Obama. Parry teaches first-year engineering design at North Carolina State University, and she helps elementary and middle school teachers in teaching engineering to […]

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NASA career rewarding for Leucht

Posted by on March 28, 2016

Kurt W. Leucht, EE’94, has been working at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Fla., for 25 years and has been writing software for large and small projects ever since.

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Innovator envisions black Silicon Valley

Posted by on March 28, 2016

Vewiser Dixon, ME’73, has big plans for his hometown of Kansas City.

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Honoring new academy members

Posted by on March 28, 2016

In October, 26 alumni and friends were inducted into Missouri S&T academies. Academy membership recognizes careers of distinction and invites members to share their wisdom, influence and resources with faculty and students. Some academies hold induction ceremonies in October, others in April.

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Grad third woman to earn Ranger tab

Posted by on March 28, 2016

Missouri S&T alumna Lisa Peplinski Jaster, CE’04, has completed what few men and even fewer women have — the U.S. Army Ranger School.

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Five alumni honored for professional achievement

Posted by on March 28, 2016

Missouri S&T presented five awards of professional distinction during commencement ceremonies in December. The awards recognized the following graduates for professional achievement.

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Alumnus takes a voyage through solar system

Posted by on March 28, 2016

Chuck Lahmeyer, EE’66, is a big reason why the world knows what distant planets in our solar system look like. In 1975, he went to work for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab in California, and in 1980 he developed a machine to host the codes coming from the Voyager spacecraft on its journey to Uranus and […]

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