S&T student awarded NASA fellowship to develop method to extract moon metal

When some people look at the moon’s dusty, gray surface, they see multiple obstacles standing in the way of humans building permanent structures there. When Jacob Ortega looks at it, he sees an opportunity to turn its surface materials into aluminum for lunar construction. Ortega, a Ph.D. student in aerospace engineering at Missouri S&T, received a NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunity award to support his research.

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Dogan named CREE director

Dr. Fatih Dogan, professor of materials science and engineering, has been named the director of the Center for Research in Energy and Environment (CREE). His appointment began July 1, 2024

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Canfield published in PNAS

Casey Canfield, assistant professor of engineering management and systems engineering, has published a paper titled "Encouraging voluntary government action via a solar-friendly designation program to promote solar energy in the United States" in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, one of the world’s most-cited multidisciplinary scientific journals.

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Missouri S&T partners in hydrogen-energy collaborative

Missouri S&T is partnering with industry, business groups and academic institutions to form the Greater St. Louis and Illinois Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub Industrial Cluster to promote clean energy in the industrial sector. The group will collaborate on developing infrastructure for hydrogen fuels and will use cutting-edge technology to help individual businesses meet decarbonization goals to substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions for the region by 2035.

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S&T energy expert contributes to White House climate forum

A Missouri S&T professor is working with leaders across the country to discuss and develop climate change solutions. His recent efforts include participating in the White House Campus and Community-Scale Climate Change Solutions forum, and he will return to Washington, D.C., this week.

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