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Dear alumni, students, faculty and staff:
I've had the pleasure of working with the Kummer College team for a few weeks now, and it's been an auspicious beginning! We are excited as the team grows to bolster existing programs while launching educational and research programs that align with S&T’s strategic plan and North Star Goals. Aspects of our organization that stand out include the commitment to excellence and professionalism, as well as the friendly, good-natured, enthusiastic and forward-looking nature of people across our college and the university. From faculty, staff, students, department chairs and Kummer Student Programs to my fellow deans and S&T leadership, it's been a joy to be here in Rolla so far.
In this newsletter, we introduce a few new members of our leadership team. In addition to the news about Dr. Amaury Lendasse and Dr. David Enke below, we also welcome Dr. William Zwikelmaier as executive director of development. He will work closely with the team to manage our relationships with alumni, donors and our network of corporate partners and advisors. Will has held a number of key roles at S&T since joining the university in 2015, and we all appreciate the perspective and deep expertise he brings to our college. Welcome to new members of the Kummer College leadership team!
Please be sure to email your news to Patrick Collins, the newsletter editor, at pc5pcn@mst.edu. We publish on the first day of each month unless it falls on a weekend or holiday, as it did this month, in which case we publish on the first Monday.
I look forward to our work together as we build a college for the future.
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Dear alumni, students, faculty and staff:
It’s my first day at S&T and I can’t find my shillelagh. Do I have to make my own according to specifications? I have a lot to learn!
I’m Jim Sterling and I’m the new dean of Kummer College. I look forward to joining this community, where we’ll strive together to ensure that science and technology are translated into benefits for humanity through innovation, entrepreneurship and economic development.
Even though I’m new, I’m already enjoying being part of the S&T community. On April 28, I had the honor of attending the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee’s awards ceremony. It was wonderful to witness the energy, enthusiasm and team spirit, and to hear so many of the teams’ success stories. Congratulations to all the award winners.
Speaking of congratulations, last month the Kummer College sent a group of graduates into the future. Whether you’ve entered the workplace, have joined the military or a non-governmental organization such as AmeriCorps or the Peace Corps, or are embarking on your next academic endeavor, please share your stories with us on LinkedIn, accessible via the button at the bottom of this newsletter. We all look forward to keeping in touch.
The generosity of the transformative gift from Fred and June Kummer made this college possible and supports programs and initiatives that transform the lives of our students, including the Kummer Vanguard Scholars program. Please join me in congratulating the first 22 students from that remarkable program to graduate.
As you’ll see here, the Kummer College celebrates its successes. Please don’t miss our Noteworthy section for news about Kummer College faculty, staff and students who are distinguishing themselves and, at the same time, our college and S&T as a whole. Please email your noteworthy news to Patrick Collins, the newsletter editor, at pc5pcn@mst.edu. We publish on the first day of each month unless it falls on a weekend or holiday, as it did this month, in which case we publish on the first Monday.
I look forward to our work together as we build a college for the future.
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David Enke named interim associate dean
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Dr. David Enke, Curators' Distinguished Teaching Professor of engineering management and systems engineering, served on the S&T faculty from 2000 to 2007 and returned in 2012 as professor and chair of the department.
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Amaury Lendasse named chair of engineering management and systems engineering
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Dr. Amaury Lendasse joins Missouri S&T from the University of Houston, where he is professor and department chair of information science technology. His research focuses on data science, big data analytics, machine learning, information visualization, data mining, time series prediction, explainable AI and incomplete data.
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Students who participated in S&T's first Grand Micro Challenge in late April had just a few hours to propose how to store solar and wind power without relying on lithium-ion batteries, or to propose new and improved ways to develop and recycle them. The challenge was organized in part by Kummer Student Programs. Photo by Sam Wright, Missouri S&T.
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"Quantifying the thixotropic behavior of fresh cement paste infused with wastewater-derived struvite," an abstract by Ugochukwu Ewuzie, a Ph.D. student in chemical engineering and a Kummer Innovation and Entrepreneurial (I&E) Doctoral Fellow, was accepted for presentation at the 14th Advances in Cement-based Materials conference, held at S&T June 19-21. He spoke in a session on sustainability.
Logan Wilcox, a Ph.D. student in electrical engineering and a Kummer I&E Doctoral Fellow, presented "Frequency division multiplexing and random phasing for improved uniformity in microwave heating applications" at the International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference in Glasgow, Scotland May 20-23. Mohammad Tayeb Al Qasser of Iowa State University and Dr. Ali Mirala and Dr. Kristen Donnell of Missouri S&T were co-authors. Donnell is Wilcox's faculty advisor.
Dr. Mahelet Fikru, associate professor of economics, was an expert participant at Economics of Energy Production, a one-day workshop at Michigan State University in May. Fikru shared her expertise on developing a comprehensive and practical framework for comparing the economic value and contribution of renewable and non-renewable energy resources using economic methods and tools. Fikru’s talk focused on the need to understand stakeholders' objectives and constraints in evaluating energy decisions, highlighting the diverse interests of private entities, governments, energy consumers, and communities.
"Toward a property rights theory of the family firm," a paper by Dr. Chevy Fang, associate professor of business and information technology, was selected for the 2024 Family Firm Institute (FFI) Best Unpublished Research Paper Award. The award is accompanied by a cash prize, one year membership in FFI and complimentary registration for FFI's conference.
Dr. Cecil Chua, associate professor of business and information technology, received the Post Tenure Review Excellence Award in recognition of his work.
Please email your noteworthy news to Patrick Collins, the newsletter editor, at pc5pcn@mst.edu.
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Kummer College of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development
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Missouri University of Science and Technology
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