September 2021 Newsletter
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Dear Alumni, Colleagues and Friends,
Greetings from Rolla! I have read those words many times as a recipient of the MSE newsletter. It is a bit strange for me to write them. The 2020-21 academic year was a time of adjustment. One of the adjustments was that Greg Hilmas stepped down as chair after serving four years, and I was named MSE’s interim chair on a 12-month appointment. I want to personally thank Greg for all that he did for us and wish him great joy and success as he returns to his passions of teaching and research at Missouri S&T. I hope to serve as department chair as well as Greg did for years to come.
Dr. Michael Moats,
interim chair, MSE
For those who do not know me, I am an S&T graduate (MetE’92, MS MetE’95) and 2011 Academy of Mines and Metallurgy inductee who returned home (1988 Rolla High grad) nine years ago after several years in private industry and on the University of Utah faculty.
I have two major objectives as chair: 1) maintain and improve the education we provide our students, and 2) help our faculty and staff achieve their professional goals. For this year, I want to improve undergraduate recruitment, engage stakeholders to assess our programs’ strengths and weaknesses, and to have more fun.
A closing note: Simon Lekakh, a research professor in MSE for 17 years, retired on Sept. 1, 2021. I am pleased to announce that S&T has awarded Simon the title of research professor emeritus. He plans to continue working with our faculty and students on several ongoing industrial projects. Our department appreciates all that Simon has done to promote foundry and steel research at Missouri S&T. We wish him many happy days in retirement.
Let’s make the 2021-22 academic year the best ever. If you would like to learn how you can help our students and department, my email address is moatsm@mst.edu.
Sincerely,
Michael Moats, Ph.D.
Interim Chair
Materials and Science Engineering
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From fiber optics sensing for steelmaking efficiency to lightweight, ultra-high-strength steel for America’s military, S&T steel research got a lot of attention this year.
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Clean energy may mean less mining for coal, but it also means opening or expanding mines to unearth minerals such as cobalt, tellurium and germanium.
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S&T researchers are developing workforce training for hypersonic flight – more than five times the speed of sound.
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Millions of dollars in the latest technology gives researchers expanded capabilities, thanks to cooperative agreements in higher education and industry.
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Our faculty and staff racked up quite a list of awards and accomplishments this year, despite the pandemic.
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We are grateful for the difference your annual support makes in our work. Because of your generosity, we have continued to offer high-quality classroom and experiential education to our students. So, when you get a phone call from a student eager to share what’s happening on campus and in our department, we hope you’ll take the time to connect and catch up. And we hope you’ll help us keep making a difference in our students’ lives by giving back.
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