Course under construction

Old class: Eric Showalter, associate teaching professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, has taught a construction management course called Cost Estimating and Scheduling for more than a decade. One semester-long assignment … [Continue reading]

Strange things in the Archives

Established in 1978, the Missouri S&T Archives houses the historical, legal and cultural records of the university. In many cases these are documents and photographs, but the archives also preserves interesting campus artifacts. … [Continue reading]

Coming full circle

Kaylea Smith wasn't used to sitting on the bench when she joined the Lady Miners softball team as a freshman. The Blue Springs, Mo., native had been a starter growing up, but at S&T she was behind a senior on the depth chart at the catcher's … [Continue reading]

He’s got a story to tell

Tim Arrington enjoys reading — and writing — a good story. It's no surprise then that the junior from O'Fallon, Mo., decided to major in English. … [Continue reading]

Biking for a cause

Watch the video:  With her Missouri S&T college degree in hand and a nice job awaiting her, Rachel Birchmeier left campus to embrace a summer of flat tires, aching muscles and sleeping in horse manure. … [Continue reading]

Kathy Withrow

Kathy Withrow: senior in business and management systems … [Continue reading]

Making it as a Miner

If there's one piece of advice Cornell "Nick" Nichols III heeded from his mother growing up, it's this: "Work with what you have to get where you want to go." And that's just what Nichols did. … [Continue reading]

Keeping the lights (brightly) on

As Neil Young once said, it's better to burn out than to fade away. But as many of the nation's transportation departments have discovered, the light-emitting diodes or LEDs found in most traffic lights don't burn out — they just lose brightness over … [Continue reading]

Donald Hey: wetland warrior

Crusade: Donald Hey, a 1963 civil engineering gradute, is executive director of Wetlands Research Inc. in Wadsworth, Ill. He is passionate about proving the effectiveness, sustainability and economic efficiency of using restored wetlands for water … [Continue reading]

No limits

After high school graduation, Dan Rewerts never thought he'd go to college. … [Continue reading]

The search for lithium

With nearly a dozen different kinds of electric vehicles on U.S. roads this year, more drivers are getting behind the wheel of vehicles powered by advanced lithium power packs. … [Continue reading]