Missouri S&T Physics

Last week, a group of our physics researchers presented at the DAMOP (Division of Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics) 2026 APS conference in Providence, Rhode Island.
Pictured from left: Farhana Bristy, Elijah Brakensiek, Shruti Majumdar, George Bougas, and Simeon Mistakidis, assistant professor of physics.

Physics undergraduate Arpith Mysore took this amazing picture of a recently discovered supernova through the observatory telescope. The host galaxy NGC 5907, also known as Splinter or Knife Edge Galaxy, is located 50 million light-years from Earth. The supernova coined SN2026kid was first detected on 22nd April.
Arpith is an accomplished astrophotographer and heavily involved in the S&T Astronomical Research Society - STARS.

Dr. Shun Saito, associate professor of physics, was one of the contributing researchers to the database of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX) that was made public today. The data will allow astronomers to study how the first galaxies formed and evolved, measure how gas and stars were distributed within these galaxies, and map the large-scale structure of the cosmos. Postoctoral researcher Hasti Khoraminezhad and graduate student Deeshani Mitra also contributed to the work.

S&T researchers contribute to cosmic dataset now available to the public On Wednesday, June 3, researchers affiliated with the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX), released all of its database to the public. Built from more than half a petabyte of raw and processed data, it will allow astronomers to study how the first galaxies formed and evolved, meas

A large group of physics faculty, postdocs, and graduate students participated at the Sci Fest at Saint Louis Science Center. Thanks for inspiring a new generation of scientists!

Congratulations to the Missouri S&T Mars Rover Design Team!

Congratulations to the Missouri S&T Mars Rover Design Team! World champions for the second year in a row! 🏆🎉 🐐

Dr. Agnes Vojta is the recipient of the 2026 faculty academic advising award.
Recipients were selected based on nomination materials, student feedback and demonstrated impact on the student experience.

https://econnection.mst.edu/2026/05/academic-advising-award-recipients-announced/

Celebrating CASE staff on Staff Day! Especially celebrating our wonderful Trish!

It’s Staff Day! 🎉 Thank you to all the wonderful CASE staff for the hard work. Enjoy your day!

It's graduation day! Congratulations to Punit Turlapati, Lana Herkenhoff, TJ McDermott, Andrew Madsen, Andrew Miget, Mason Brown, Braden Stillmaker, Gavin Jones, and Rem Nguyen (not pictured) who are graduating with a BS in Physics; Lana and TJ with an emphasis in Secondary Education.
Three of our graduates completed double majors: Braden in Applied Mathematics, Gavin and Punit in Computer Science. We are proud of our graduates and wish them the best for the future!