Spring 2009
Professional degrees awarded
Ten honorary professional degrees were awarded during the Dec. 20 commencement exercises.
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Saving the world with green slime
Several glass containers filled with algae-stained water sit on a table in Paul Nam’s laboratory. Next to the big green bottles are two much smaller vials. One of the vials, labeled “biodiesel,” contains a mostly clear solution labeled “algae oil.”
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This is your grid on brains
Using thousands of brain cells from laboratory rats, S&T researchers hope to design a more intelligent power grid. They envision a more flexible system that can respond to uncertainty and circumstances – much like the brain itself.
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Sensing something wrong with structures
Using a newly patented sensor system, engineers will be able to measure structural damage to bridges and buildings following an earthquake.
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Justin Taylor: A will to win
Junior Justin Taylor’s passion for sports comes from his two older brothers who got him involved in basketball as a kid. Not only does he love the competition but he loves to win. That trait helped make him a successful football and basketball player at Webster Groves (Mo.) High School.
Read More »Former soccer player named honorary All-America by NSCAA
The recipient of the 2008 NSCAA Honorary All-America award is out of this world. Literally.
Read More »Football Miners honored by GLFC
Missouri S&T won the Great Lakes Football Conference championship in 2008 and the league’s all-conference team was a reflection of that. The Miners had 13 players chosen for the squad and won six additional awards for their performance.
Read More »Miners send 15 swimmers to national meet
The Missouri S&T swimming team finished the three-day Mizzou Invitational in December with 15 automatic qualifiers for the NCAA Division II Championships that began in Houston, Texas, on March 11. This marks only the second time in school history that 15 swimmers have gone on to the national meet.
Read More »Honoring a mentor: Joe and Sally Rupp
In every student’s educational journey, there’s at least one professor who forever alters the course of that student’s life. For Joe Rupp, MetE’72, there’s no question that person was the late Dr. Thomas O’Keefe, Curators’ Professor emeritus of metallurgical engineering at Missouri S&T.
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