Mike Haas, AE’87, envisions a future where nearly 30 percent of the nation’s electricity could come from wind and solar power. And he should know.
A comfort (and energy-efficient) zone
March 11, 2010 by
Freezing offices, stuffy gyms, harsh lighting, noise. Most of us have to put up with these annoyances daily. What if you could come home to a house that you programmed to your own specifications? Imagine: the climate is perfect, the plants are lush (without any attention from you), your favorite music is playing and your laundry is done. You can even change settings from work. To top it off, all this happy comfort actually saves you money, and saves energy for the rest of us.
Dean Lindstrom: He’ll turn the lights off for ya
March 9, 2010 by
Dean Lindstrom, EE’79, has seen the world and is ready to help cut its energy bills.
Kent Lynn: international service learning
March 9, 2010 by
A good salesman knows that the keys to a successful sale are trust and responsiveness. Kent Lynn, CE’85, is one of those salesmen.
Aubrey Moore: more than an all-American girl
March 9, 2010 by
Aubrey Moore stepped up to the starting line in the finals of the 400-meter run at the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Championships knowing she was an All-American. She was attempting to become the second S&T student-athlete with an individual national championship and the first female to win one.
Professional degrees
March 8, 2010 by
During commencement, 10 alumni and friends received professional degrees:
Grand design: the Kummer Student Design Center
March 8, 2010 by
Work is under way on a new — and much larger — facility to house Missouri S&T’s student design teams.
S&T takes second in PetroBowl
March 8, 2010 by
Once a year, students from around the world get together to test their knowledge of the oil and gas industry in the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ PetroBowl. Missouri S&T’s student chapter of SPE recently placed second in their first-ever competition, which was held in New Orleans.
EcoCAR unveiled
March 8, 2010 by
Missouri S&T’s EcoCAR team unveiled its entry for EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge during a ceremony last October at the campus’s E3 Commons. The S&T group is one of 17 university teams from the U.S. and Canada involved in the competition, which requires each team to re-engineer a 2009 Saturn Vue to become more energy-efficient. The S&T team plans to turn the Saturn into a hydrogen-powered vehicle.
An inside look at the fort
March 8, 2010 by
Fort Leonard Wood has been in the Ozarks for nearly 70 years, but what goes on there is a mystery to many. Last fall, three Missouri S&T technical communication students worked to change that by making the military base’s internal operations more accessible to the outside world.
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