Issues
S&T teacher prep is among nation’s best
Missouri S&T’s teacher certification program is one of the best in the nation and in Missouri, according to a national report released in June by the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTɊ).
Read More »Volleyball team plays in NCAA Tourney
Seeded sixth in the Midwest Regional, the Miner volleyball team fell in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament to the Grand Valley State Lakers on Nov. 20. This was the second time in four years S&T was selected to play in the tournament. The Miner volleyball team finished its season with a record of […]
Read More »Sports by the numbers
1.12 – Career goals-against average for Lady Miner goalkeeper Kaitlyn Deister heading into her senior year. Deister recorded a 0.56 mark in goal as a junior. 12 – Consecutive shutout wins for the Missouri S&T men’s soccer team from October 2013 to October 2014. 9 – Top finishes for senior Lady Miner cross country runner Alyson Smith during […]
Read More »Schriewer creates STLcoin
Move over, Bitcoin. Now St. Louis has its own crypto-currency, STLcoin. Created by Rick Schriewer, EE’98, STLcoin launched on Jan. 14, 2014.
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Beautifies
Science and art intersect in the Hot Glass Shop, where students have used their scientific minds to drive their creativity since the facility opened on the Missouri S&T campus in 2007. Only 16 students are accepted into the course each semester since the small workspace restricts the number of participants able to work safely in the shop with its one crucible and one reheat furnace. Once they learn the basics of working in the shop, students are turned loose to express themselves by making a variety of objects for practical application or aesthetic appeal.
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Modern. Refractive. Complex. Glass.
Despite its nearly ubiquitous presence in our daily lives, glass has maintained a reputation for fragility for centuries. Typically composed of a mixture of fine powders like limestone, sand and sodium borate, the material — so commonplace as to be nearly invisible — is probably noticed most when it’s broken. Think of the large, jagged […]
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Heals
For years S&T has been a leader in glass-related medical research, beginning with Delbert Day’s glass microspheres. These tiny irradiated beads deliver localized radiation to malignant cancer cells in the liver.
Read More »Evolves
Inside a lab in Straumanis-James Hall, graduate student Erica Ronchetto, CerE’11, is systematically breaking soda lime silicate glass — the kind found in most bottles, windows and light bulbs — in hopes of finding ways to make it stronger.
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Preserves
The United States spends more than $8 billion annually to fix problems caused by steel corrosion in the nation’s bridges. Genda Chen, the Robert W. Abbett Distinguished Chair in Civil Engineering, is working on a solution that would prevent corrosion and increase the longevity of other steel-reinforced structures — and he’s using glass to do […]
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Defends
Wind damage and injuries following Hurricane Andrew in the 1990s drew Lokesh Dharani to glass research.
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