2014
Professional degrees
During May commencement, Missouri S&T awarded five honorary professional degrees to recognize these alumni for professional achievement:
Read More »Knights of St. Patrick
Eight alumni, staff and friends of Missouri S&T were dubbed Honorary Knights of St. Patrick during the 106th Best Ever St. Pat’s Celebration in March. They are:
Read More »How high can you pi?
David Copeland knows his pi — all the way to 791 decimal places.
Read More »Engaging students
In 2012, the Miner Alumni Association changed the format for its board of directors. What used to be a large number of small committees, each with a narrow focus, has been consolidated into five larger committees with broad goals. These committees now focus on alumni engagement, financial resources, student engagement, communications and marketing, and strengthening […]
Read More »A gathering of Miners: past, present and future
On April 25, a reception for alumni and prospective students highlighted the Human-Powered Vehicle design team at the law offices of Van Pelt, Yi & James in Cupertino, Calif. Alumni host Lee Van Pelt, Phys’86, Chris Ramsay, MetE’83, MS MetE’85, director of the Student Design and Experiential Learning Center, and Sarah Moore, admissions representative, brought […]
Read More »Brewer Science named a top employer by Minority Engineer magazine
Minority Engineer magazine recently named Brewer Science to its list of 50 top employers in the U.S. The company was featured along with tech giants Google, Apple, Amazon, Intel, Microsoft and Facebook.
Read More »Doctoral student an ASTRO participant
Vaibhav Khane, MS NucE’07, MS ChE’12, PhD ChE’14, recently spent seven months working on models for a new low-enriched uranium core for Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s High Flux Isotope Reactor as part of its Advanced Short-Term Research Opportunity (ASTRO) Program. Khane used multi-physics codes to model designs to replace the reactor’s current highly enriched uranium […]
Read More »Fond memories of the Quad
Jamie (Johnson) Farrell, ECE’01, recently shared a story of how she met her husband, Shannon, when she lived in Kelly Hall.
Read More »From engineer to movie producer
After a 38-year career in mechanical engineering, John Weekley, ME’74, sold his process control company, PROCONEX, in 2011 to pursue a career in the film industry as a movie producer.
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Green for a cause
On March 11, 35 Missouri S&T alumni who work at Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies volunteered at Harvesters, a non-profit food bank in Kansas City, Mo. The employees packed more than 1,830 backpacks with food for children of low-income families. The group organized the event to coincide with St. Pat’s activities and even wore their […]
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