2015
Jack Wright: a golden year for the Arch
Fifty years ago this October, the St. Louis skyline was changed forever by the construction of the Gateway Arch, built as a monument to U.S. westward expansion.
Read More »Letter to the editor
I just received and read the Spring issue of Missouri S&T Magazine. I enjoy the articles and especially the notes about the old-timers of my generation and before. However, I was disturbed by something in the article on page 38 titled “Reliving History.” My hat is off to men like Joseph Senne (MS CE’51) who […]
Read More »Miners give back
April was Philanthropy Month at Missouri S&T. Events throughout the month recognized and thanked donors and volunteers for their support and raised awareness of the impact giving makes on all students.
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Matt Coco: stepping up to deliver a dream
Matt Coco, CE’66, remembers the first meeting nearly a decade ago as if it were yesterday. He and other past presidents of the Miner Alumni Association had gathered to discuss a major project — a campus home for the association.
Read More »Mining professor helps SEC improve mining regulations
Kwame Awuah-Offei, professor of mining engineering at Missouri S&T, is spending 12 months with the Securities and Exchange Commission on an Intergovernmental Personnel Agreement (IPA) appointment to review publicly traded mining company disclosure requirements and help the SEC find ways to improve the regulations for mining companies and their investors. “Someone from Missouri S&T gets […]
Read More »Women’s mining team wins world championship
The Women’s Mining Team earned first place in its category at the 37th Intercollegiate Mining Competition held in March at the Western Australia School of Mines in Kalgoorlie, Australia. The team defended its title as world champions in a competition designed to test skills in old-fashioned mining techniques known as “mucking.” S&T’s co-ed team took […]
Read More »Two Miners have NFL hopes
Two Miner football players have a chance to play for the NFL next season. Forrestal Hickman, a senior in mechanical engineering, signed a free agent contract with the San Diego Chargers. Will Brown, EMgt’15, tried out for the Tennessee Titans and the Chicago Bears. Both players took part in NFL minicamps in May.
Read More »S&T ocean plug-in takes first
A group of geophysics and petroleum engineering graduate students from Missouri S&T took first place in Schlumberger’s North American Ocean Academic Competition in March. They earned $15,000 for developing a plug-in for Schlumberger’s Ocean Petrel software, which lets oil and gas companies easily incorporate science-based plug-ins into their projects instead of using multiple software solutions. […]
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Open the window, clean the air
Some people open the windows in their homes whether it’s snowing or raining, in stifling heat or frigid cold. A Missouri S&T environmental engineering professor says that can have a positive effect on the air quality in your home.
Read More »Follow the path
Missouri S&T is one of 25 U.S. universities selected to participate in Epicenter’s Pathways to Innovation program. Epicenter is funded by the National Science Foundation and directed by Stanford University and VentureWell.
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