Summer 2013

Model predicts growth of ‘Super Organism’ ant colonies

Posted by on June 25, 2013

Assistant professor Chen Hou has developed a mathematical model that can predict the survival, growth and life span of ant colonies. According to Hou, smaller colonies — and the ants that inhabit them — tend to live faster, die younger and burn up more energy than larger colonies.

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Mapping the route to student success

Posted by on June 25, 2013

A group of Missouri S&T students is helping Garmin International Inc. develop new GPS products and technologies through an internship program at a new software engineering facility established on campus last fall.

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Dianna Meyers: In it for the long run

Posted by on June 25, 2013

As a consultant for Accenture, Dianna Meyers spends a lot of time on the road. But that hectic pace doesn’t keep her from hitting the pavement in her running shoes.

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Jonathan Sanders: Rocket Man

Posted by on June 25, 2013

Jonathan Sanders wants to be involved in the next great space race — and not just as an engineer helping design future space vehicles. He also wants to fly to Mars.

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STAT hosts breakfast for Alumni

Posted by on June 24, 2013

Before the Spring Career Fair began, alumni recruiters were treated to a continental breakfast hosted by the student alumni association, Students Today, Alumni Tomorrow (STAT), and S&T’s Engineers Without Borders.

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Missouri S&T Career Fair

Posted by on June 24, 2013

Career opportunities and employer relations hosted its Spring 2013 Career Fair on Feb. 19 with 197 employers in attendance, including 22 new employers. S&T students and alumni visited with 530 recruiters in hopes of landing a full-time job, internship or co-op opportunity.

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Letter from the editor: Katie Jackson

Posted by on June 24, 2013

S&T alumni touch everyday life. This issue features Miners who craft and design the items we depend on every day — from the time you shampoo your hair in the morning until the moment you relax on your bed at night. Your fellow alumni, employed by companies like L’Oreal and Leggett & Platt, are the […]

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Hugh and Linda Cole: Silver and Gold Donors

Posted by on June 24, 2013

Six months after graduating from high school in Hazelwood, Mo., Hugh Cole, EMgt’72, enrolled at Missouri S&T, determined to become the first engineer in his family (and first in his family to receive a college degree).

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Changing of the coaching guard

Posted by on June 5, 2013

Two S&T athletic programs announced coaching changes in March.

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