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Transforms
Like a mad scientist from a 1950s science fiction film, Edward Kinzel spends his days in the lab shooting lasers at glass. Kinzel’s laser isn’t a weapon, though. He uses it to melt the glass in a unique 3-D printing application designed to make high-tech optical glass for use in various lenses.
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Tony Kaczmarek: Touchdown for student health
When Missouri S&T upgraded its Student Health Services Center four years ago, former Miner football player and Rolla physician Dr. Tony Kaczmarek, LSci’87, saw an opportunity to improve the facility for Missouri S&T’s current student-athletes.
Read More »Woehl receives 2014 Munir Award
Taylor Woehl, CerE’09, received the 2014 Zuhair A. Munir Best Dissertation Award from the University of California, Davis. Woehl earned his doctorate in chemical engineering in September 2013. His dissertation is titled “Direct Observations of Colloidal and Nanoparticle Behavior in the Presence of External Fields.”
Read More »Tweets
Hey @MissouriSandT ! Way to rock the #AprilFoolsDay pranks! http://t.co/8p91oBDScS — WhatsTheBigIT (@WhatsTheBigIT) April 2, 2014 Think of a number. Double it. Add six. Halve it. Subtract the number you started with. Your answer is three! #gottalovealgebra — Cheryl B. Schrader (@SandTChancellor) April 21, 2014 I speak a lot about the value of #highered. […]
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Protects
For decades, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has combined radioactive waste with borosilicate glass, then placed the mixture in stainless steel containers for storage.
Read More »A golden year for the EEC
Fifty years ago this September, Anton Brasunas opened Missouri S&T’s Engineering Education Center, known then as the Graduate Engineering Center, with nothing but a borrowed desk in an office above a drug store across the street from the University of Missouri-St. Louis campus.
Read More »Boom goes the Ph.D.
Missouri S&T is now the first university in the nation to offer a Ph.D. in explosives engineering. The Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education approved the new degree program in February.
Read More »Four for the future
Missouri S&T’s expertise in advanced manufacturing recently led to a partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). S&T is one of 23 universities that are part of the Digital Lab for Manufacturing, a Chicago-based research center for advanced digital manufacturing and design. The center was created through a $70 million award from the DOD.
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Hasselmann Alumni House: making progress
The Miner Alumni Association began construction on Hasselmann Alumni House in January and after some weather delays, wasted no time pouring the concrete foundation in April. Framing is now complete and workers have started the masonry work. You can watch the progress live at mineralumni.com/house.
Read More »I’d like to thank the academy
In April, 24 alumni and friends were inducted into Missouri S&T academies. Academy membership recognizes a career of distinction and invites members to share their wisdom, influence and resources with faculty and students. Some academies hold induction ceremonies in April, others in October.
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