Missouri S&T

A school known best for engineering is taking on programs designed to inject more arts and humanities into the school, hoping a culture of creativity will benefit the entire university community.

When electric vehicles are plugged in to charge, they pose a risk of fire. While that risk may be small, a Missouri S&T professor wants to know more about how EV fires start and how to best prevent them from damaging nearby people and property.

Missouri S&T engineering professor Casey Canfield shares new research into what it will take to expand high-speed broadband access to rural areas.

The research done with Yale University shows the maximum amount of light energy that can be focused at a particular point through layers of other materials like human tissue.

The three-year program includes MIT and Georgia Tech and will give students training and experience in a field that will need more employees in the near future.

Aerospace engineering major Dillon Ruble is graduating and on his way to work for Boeing, but not before he tries to be the best in the world at designing, folding and throwing a paper airplane.

The nine-member Board of Curators has seven graduates from the flagship campus in Columbia and none from UMSL, UMKC and Missouri S&T combined. During a meeting last week in Rolla, the curators made changes to the pension system.

The Innovation Lab is the first of several new buildings on the Rolla campus funded in part by a $300 million donation from an alumnus.

The annual event attracted teams from as far as England and Australia as students who are getting high-tech instruction take time to compete in old-timey mining events.

The Trashion Show brought teams of students together to work on collaboration and creativity and have some fun.