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5 Steel Bridge team wins fifth consecutive competition

Missouri S&T Steel Bridge Design Team won first place at the American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) Mid-America Student Symposium for the fifth consecutive time.

10 S&T Volleyball star ‘jumps’ at research opportunity

Shelby Ply, a senior in environmental engineering, assisted graduate student Anthony Oha on a project focused on remediating 1,4-dioxane from groundwater.

19 Benavides legacy continues

Francisco “Frank” Benavides may have graduated from S&T in 1970, but his name is still regularly heard around the department for honoring high-achieving professors.

6 Myers named director of Missouri Center for Transportation Innovation (MCTI)

18 Richardson inducted into Missouri Asphalt Pavement Association Hall of Fame