Issues
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 […]
Read More »Miners reconnect in Istanbul, Turkey
Alumni and friends shared memories of Missouri S&T and university updates at a restaurant in Istanbul, Turkey, in November. From left: Scott Kalwei, EMgt’11; Kubilay Kaya, MS EnvE’10; Roberta “Birdie” Morgan, Engl’87, Hist’87, program director for international affairs at S&T; Burak Arasli, MS EMgt’03; Cansu Aytan; Ugur Yildiz, EMgt’11; and Onur Yildiz, who completed S&T’s […]
Read More »Long-lost civilization sparks book
A newspaper article about an archaeological dig in Chesterfield, Mo., gave Ellen M. (Monti) Meyer, CSci’77, the idea for her first novel, Chronicle of the Mound Builders: An Angela Hunter Mystery.
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Redefining research: new roles for government, corporate sponsors
Like many schools in the United States, Missouri S&T came of age as a research university during the U.S.-Soviet “Space Race” of the 1960s. Back then, much of the research conducted on campus was funded by the federal government and usually involved the practical application of knowledge to meet specific needs. Today, most research conducted […]
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Firing up the ion drive
Ever since the Wright brothers flew at Kitty Hawk, the goals of aviation have seemed simultaneously overly ambitious and within reach. It’s no different at Missouri S&T, where researchers are using a pulsed theta pinch to study the physics of high-density, heavy-gas plasma for ion space propulsion in order to meet (and in some cases […]
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