Jacob Ortega, a Ph.D. student in aerospace engineering at Missouri S&T, sees an opportunity to turn the moon’s surface materials into aluminum for lunar construction, and NASA is backing his research. According to S&T, Ortega has received a NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunity award to support his research, which focuses on a system that will use molten salt and…
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Missouri S&T design team wins big at SME
For the second consecutive year, a team of Missouri University of Science and Technology students won the Metallic Student Design Competition at the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) Annual Conference and Exhibition.
Read MoreCritical minerals expertise makes Missouri S&T top tech hub
U.S. Economic Development selected MS&T as one of the nation’s more than 30 new ‘tech hubs’ for its critical minerals research work. Missouri University of Science and Technology’s expertise in critical minerals and materials research has led to its selection as one of 31 Regional Innovation and Technology Hubs (Tech Hubs) funded through the CHIPS and Science Act. The 31…
Read MoreMissouri S&T to address critical minerals crisis
Missouri University of Science and Technology was recently awarded funding from the National Science Foundation to host the third annual Resilient Supply of Critical Minerals workshop on Wednesday, August 9, and Thursday, August 10.
Read MoreMissouri S&T earns pollution prevention grant
A team of researchers at one of the nation’s top mining engineering institutions, Missouri University of Science and Technology, have been bestowed a $350,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for work focused on preventing pollution in the mining industry.
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