For the past three years, Missouri State University’s Dr. Cyren Rico has worked with his former student Kameron Coates to spread their passion for science to high school students. Rico is an associate professor in the chemistry and biochemistry department. The pair applied for the Science Coaches program through the American Chemical Society and American Association of … [Read more...] about Professor and former student share love of science
How did Yashasvi Moon, a senior physics student at Missouri State University, identify 9,548 galaxies without looking into a single telescope? She trained machine learning (ML) models to identify specific galaxies on their own. The American Astronomical Society recently published her research on finding quiescent Balmer-strong (QBS) galaxies. Combining three … [Read more...] about NASA-funded student revolutionizes galaxy detection
Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) honored Missouri State University’s Dr. Douglas Carroll and Dr. Sanjay Tewari with the Dean’s Educator Award for their teaching excellence and research efforts. Carroll and Tewari serve as professor and associate teaching professor, respectively, in the cooperative engineering program at MSU. A college … [Read more...] about Engineering faculty members recognized for teaching excellence
Growing up in a trailer with hardworking parents who did not go to college, the odds of earning a degree and breaking out of poverty seemed stacked against Rob Hedgpeth. But the first-generation college student from Rogersville, Missouri, and alumnus of Missouri State University, found a way. Thanks to his parents’ unwavering belief in the power of education, supportive … [Read more...] about Inspiring young minds with the power of coding
As Missouri State University celebrates its graduating class this fall, Grace Atkins will stands out as an example of dedication and passion in the field of chemistry. From West County, St. Louis, she joined the university in fall 2020, majoring in chemistry. Discovering a passion Atkins’ love for chemistry ignited in high school, where a transformative AP chemistry … [Read more...] about Ready for a bright future in chemistry