2008
I’d like to thank the academy
This year, 32 Missouri S&T alumni and former faculty were inducted into one of Missouri S&T’s eight academies. Academy membership recognizes a career of distinction and invites members to share their wisdom, influence and resources with Missouri S&T faculty and students. Academy members make up fewer than 1 percent of the alumni base. Mechanical and aerospace engineering held its induction ceremony in October. Engineering management held ceremonies in October and April. The remaining academies held their induction ceremonies in April.
Read More »Douglas MacArthur: general, statesman, narcissist?
Douglas MacArthur was involved in some of the most important military and foreign policy issues of the last century, but a Missouri S&T historian says he may be better remembered for his theatrics than his military prowess. In a new book by Russell D. Buhite, the controversial general is re-examined.
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Learning in the fast lane
One of the most successful student design teams at Missouri S&T in 2008 was the Formula Car Team. This team, which designs and manufactures a miniature Indy-style racing car each year, finished second out of 40 teams at Virginia International Speedway (April 23-26), eighth out of more than 100 teams at Michigan International Speedway (May […]
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Creighton University prof named psychology chair Nancy J. Stone, former professor of psychology at Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., took over as chair of psychology at Missouri S&T on July 1. Stone focuses her research on group dynamics, specifically team work behaviors; environmental design, studying how things like color or windows can impact performance, motivation, […]
Read More »An eco-challenge for engineers
A student team from Missouri S&T has three years to design the best eco-friendly car in North America. Seventeen teams from the United States and Canada have been selected to participate in the EcoCAR competition, which is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, General Motors and Natural Resources Canada.
Read More »S&T students take second in Metcalf and Eddy
A five-student team from Missouri S&T took second place in the national finals of the Metcalf and Eddy Academic Design Contest held in New York in May. This is the first time Missouri S&T has participated in the competition.
Read More »Irvin and Elmer Spotte: oldest living Miner brothers
Back in the early 1930s, when the men believed to be Missouri S&T’s oldest living brothers – Irvin and Elmer Spotte – played football for the MSM Miners, Jackling Field stood in what today is the middle of campus. Located just to the left of Jackling Gymnasium, which was torn down in the 1960s to […]
Read More »Bob & Mary Keiser: Leading by example
As a guard and tackle on the Miner football team, Bob Keiser, EE’65, learned firsthand the importance of teamwork. The leadership lessons he gained from athletics stayed with him throughout his career, taking him all the way from the football field to the boardroom.
Read More »A big look into the ultra small
Pairing quantum dots with a protein transporter, three students fromMissouri S&T spent their summer in Taiwan trying to develop a moreeffective and efficient drug delivery method.
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What we don’t know about liquefaction could hurt us
In one corner of a huge civil engineering laboratory on campus, Ronaldo Luna watches a machine shake silt from the Mississippi River until it liquefies.
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