In addition to individual effort to pursue research opportunities, S&T research is further fortified by university research centers (URCs), consortia, and constellations. URCs involve faculty and students from various academic programs in multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary research and technology transfer activities with well-focused projects tailored to address the needs of local, state, and federal agencies, and the private sector, and to achieve a national reputation of scholarly excellence. Formation of a URC follows University Research Center Guidelines and reports to the VCR.
Externally-Sponsored Consortia (ESCs) are an important venue to achieve our research mission and create opportunities for faculty and students to interact with industry research partners on significant problems facing the world. They serve as a platform for launching and conducting frequent, open communication between participating researchers and the corporate community. Formation of an ESC follows University Guidelines for the Establishment, Operation, and Closure of an Externally-Sponsored Consortium.
In response to the 2019 Research Roadmap, a series of meetings were conducted with participation from Deans, Chairs, Center Directors, the Provost, as well as over 85 additional faculty members to identify current research strengths and emergent opportunities. Eight areas were identified and research constellations were formed. The Research Roadmap Summary explains the process that developed the Research Roadmap and formation of constellations.
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The Center for High Performance computing provides high-performance computing and GPU processing capacity to researchers through The Forge and the Numerically Intensive Computing Cluster. These systems of computers are optimized to perform a variety of computationally-intensive research tasks. Both clusters are a resource for the entire Missouri S&T community; however, research groups may also purchase allocations or contribute nodes for on-demand high-performance computing.
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Emerging contaminants include chemicals that are becoming of greater concern due to their impact on humans and the environment. They include pollutants from municipal, agricultural and industrial wastewater sources, as well as pharmaceutical and personal care products, to name a few.
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The Center for Science, Technology, and Society (CSTS) provides opportunities for humanists, scientists (social, behavioral, and natural), and engineers to collaborate on innovative research that addresses how science and technology shape, and are shaped by, our society, culture, politics, and the environment.
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We don’t just improve Missouri infrastructure – we transform it.
Transportation research shouldn’t end at just ideas — its effects should be seen in our roads and structures.
That’s the vision of the Missouri Center for Transportation Innovation (MCTI) – to drive transportation research forward and turn that research into real-world results. Better infrastructure means safer roads, a more connected community and a robust economy.
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CAMT has an array of technologies devoted to advancing manufacturing fabrication and assembly. Research and development efforts create knowledge, methodologies, and tools that reduce production costs and lead time, as well as improve quality, reliability, and safety in aerospace manufacturing.
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The Kent D. Peaslee Steel Manufacturing Research Center (PSMRC) is a consortium of steel companies, foundries, suppliers and university researchers working together to address fundamental steel casting/manufacturing issues such as steelmaking, casting, product development, and environmental and safety issues.
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The EcoVillage Living laboratory microgrids consists of two power management buildings and two high-tech solar homes that act as ”living laboratories”.
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The Missouri Consortium for Construction Innovation (MO-CCI) is a partnership between academia and industry that aims at optimizing corporate performance and project life-cycle through an integrated construction engineering and management (CEM) vision directed at student development, research, and professional development.
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Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) problems can significantly decrease the reliability, increase the cost, and delay the development schedules of modern electronic systems. The mission of the Missouri S&T EMC Laboratory is to support electromagnetic compatibility, power integrity (PI), and signal integrity (SI) research and education projects with a goal of developing the knowledge base, tools and people necessary to solve today's EMC problems and address the EMC problems of the future.
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The Preformed Particle Gel Conformance Control Industrial Consortium is formed as a partnership between the oil industry and the University. Its missions are (1) to develop novel and robust technologies useful in controlling reservoir conformance and enhancing oil and gas recovery for both conventional and unconventional reservoirs, and (2) transfer the novel technologies to the consortium members and exchange field experience through the members.
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