College of Engineering and Computing

Dear CEC community members and colleagues, 

Welcome to this edition of Missouri S&T’s College of Engineering and Computing newsletter. We have been keeping busy at Missouri S&T, and I am excited to share some important highlights with you. Earlier this month, I shifted from an interim role to being named the permanent vice provost and dean, and I am immensely proud to lead one of the best engineering colleges in the nation, which is also my alma mater.

The work we do at Missouri S&T has an impact throughout the world, and that is by our design. At Missouri S&T, we leverage our passion for technology to help improve and advance society. Thanks to the efforts of members of the college, we have continued to rapidly grow our research portfolio and expand the ways in which we can benefit humankind.

Missouri S&T has some of the top engineering and computing programs in the country, and I hope this newsletter will reinforce why that is the case. We have been doing remarkable work at Missouri S&T since the university was founded in 1870 and will continue to push the boundaries of science and engineering education and research as we move forward. 

Sincerely,

David Borrok
Vice Provost and Dean

College of Engineering and Computing

A Missouri S&T research team was recently awarded a grant from the United States Department of Energy to research technologies to improve the operating efficiency of electric arc furnaces (EAFs) used for steelmaking. 

Education Cannot Wait, the United Nations’ global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, named Somaya Faruqi as a global champion. Faruqi is a first-year mechanical engineering student at Missouri S&T and the former captain of the Afghan girls’ robotics team.

A team of electrical engineers at Missouri S&T is aiming to improve the efficacy of machine learning and artificial intelligence for autonomous vehicles. As these vehicles grow "smarter," fewer members of the military will need to be physically present in volatile areas. 

Aruna (Katragadda) Miller made history when she was elected as the first immigrant and Indian-American woman to become lieutenant governor of Maryland. She earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Missouri S&T in 1989. 

Hypersonic vehicles can fly five times faster than the speed of sound. These extreme speeds lead to some extreme environments for the vehicles and uncertainties regarding how they will perform. Researchers at S&T are looking to reduce these uncertainties through extensive computational modeling. 

College of Engineering and Computing

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