The S&T Academy of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineers announced the recipients of its senior design awards at the 30th annual induction ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. Senior Design Leadership Awardees Mina Khalilzadeh Fathi Mina Khalilzadeh Fathi is a mechanical engineering Ph.D. student at Missouri University of Science and Technology. Her research focuses on autonomous…
The Academy of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineers announced the recipients of scholarships and graduate teaching assistant awards during its 30th Annual Induction Ceremony. The awards were presented to the following deserving recipients at the Oct. 2, 2025 event: Past Presidents’ Scholarship McGovern Scholarship Award AMAE Scholarships Graduate Teaching Awards…
Five professionals with ties to Missouri University of Science and Technology were inducted into the Missouri S&T Academy of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineers during an induction ceremony held Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025, on the S&T campus. The academy recognizes outstanding alumni for their professional achievement and success. It also provides support and experience to help the Mechanical and…
Missouri S&T’s College of Engineering and Computing has named four students from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering as Dean’s Undergraduate Research Scholars for the fall 2025 semester. MAE honorees and faculty mentors About the CEC Dean’s Undergraduate Research Scholars program Scholars receive a $2,000 scholarship and a $500 research budget each semester for up to…
Md Bahar Uddin, a Ph.D. student in mechanical engineering at Missouri S&T, has been awarded the highly competitive Kummer Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) Doctoral Fellowship. The fellowship recognizes exceptional doctoral candidates whose work shows strong potential for innovation and real-world impact. Bahar holds a master’s degree in manufacturing engineering from Missouri S&T and brings valuable…
This summer, the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology welcomed three new faculty members who bring a wide range of expertise spanning biomaterials, mechatronics, and advanced composite materials. Dr. Fateme Fayyazbakhsh Dr. Nilay Kant Dr. Arief Yudhanto “We are thrilled to welcome Drs. Fayyazbakhsh, Kant, and Yudhanto to…
Missouri S&T’s Dr. Fateme Fayyazbakhsh, an emerging leader in medical technology innovation, earned the People’s Choice Award in the MedTech category at the 6th Annual Equalize Startups Culmination Pitch Event—a national showcase celebrating entrepreneurial excellence among women in academia. Dr. Fayyazbakhsh, who recently joined Missouri S&T’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering as a new…
Future engineers brought their creativity and technical skills to center stage at Missouri S&T’s Spring 2025 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) Design Showcase, held Friday, May 16, in the Havener Center and Toomey Hall. The annual event featured over 30 senior design teams from mechanical and aerospace engineering programs presenting innovative solutions to real-world engineering…
A Missouri S&T research team led by Dr. Frank D. Han has published a new study in Acta Astronautica that explores a method to extract aluminum from lunar regolith using molten salt electrolysis. This approach could enable long-term lunar missions and sustainable lunar surface construction. The article, titled “Extraction of Aluminum from Lunar Regolith through…
We are thrilled to unveil the remarkable recipients of the MAE Future Research Pioneers Program (FRPP) for the 2025 academic year. The FRPP is dedicated to identifying and supporting outstanding undergraduate students who exhibit significant potential as future research pioneers in the dynamic fields of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. The FRPP Awardees for 2025 are:…