Missouri S&T design team experience prepares students for success in whatever endeavor they may choose.
Design team membership is open to, and encouraged of, students of any major, interest, or background, and provides an immediate sense of community to students new to the college experience.
These student-led teams, whether competing with racecars or rockets, concrete canoes or robots, learn the organizational problem-solving process essential for the successful development of a market-ready product. Business, marketing, logistics, communications and teamwork skills that design teams incorporate in their day-to-day operations mirror the global design process used in industry world-wide.
Design team members network with industry professionals and students from competing schools alike, forming personal and professional realtionships that can lead to rewarding careers.
S&T design team veterans "know how to think on their feet, don’t mind getting their hands dirty, and are ready to contribute on their first day at work” say many firms who hire our team members, and why so many businesses aggressively recruit S&T students with design team experience.
Fourteen interdisciplinary design teams provide over 600 S&T students with leadership, networking and technical learning opportunities through industry-sponsored design competitions. Other students get life-changing global experience by tackling economic and health—related infrastructure problems in developing nations.
Each team mirrors our philosophy of “Learn, Succeed, Have Fun," so sign up and have some fun!
Miner Aviation
miners in flight
Build a complex radio-controlled aircraft that delivers a payload to a designated point on land. Add weight 'til it won't fly anymore.
Or it crashes.
Contact: Josh Bishop
jabkc7@mst.edu
Baja SAE
Grown up dirtbikes
"Design, Build, Race, Wreck, Repeat." Develop and operate a prototype off-road vehicle for a hypothetical market. Blend cost with capability, season with durability, and then spend four hours trying to destroy it.
Contact: James Meier
jhm56f@mst.edu
Chem E Car
powered by chemistry
A small, self-driving vehicle whose starting, stopping, speed, and distance functions are all controlled by on-board chemical reactions.
Contact: Eric Rodriguez
errr56@mst.edu
Concrete Canoe
Old material, new tricks
There isn't much of a market for concrete canoes, but there is a market for young engineers who can "bend" materials to their will. Re-engineer concrete so it can't sink, then prove it by chasing other universities's canoe teams around a lake.
Contact: Trevor Beuke
tbb6f4@mst.edu
Drillbotics
dig deeper
Design and build a miniature drilling rig that can autonomously drill through a rock sample. The competition advances automation in the mining process.
Contact: Jordan Chervinko
jrccp5@mst.edu - drillbotics@mst.edu
Engineers Without Borders
different countries, same goal
EWB saves lives and serves people. Work with remote communities in Central and South America to solve health, economic, and quality-of-life challenges.
Contact: George Garner
kdl8z3@mst.edu
Formula Electric
Design. build. race. repeat.
Electric propulsion is moving from the highway to the racetrack. Build a torque-crazy autocross vehicle using the latest battery technology that can outperform its gas-fueled cousins.
Contact: Erci Maag
eamc4b@mst.edu
Formula SAE
miners go faster
Learn global automotive product development from the seat of a car that provides nearly 3 G's of acceleration. S&T has twice been ranked among the world's top ten teams, the international 98th percentile, and sits atop the list of U.S. teans for 2016-2017.
Contact: Emma Thompson
emtkd5@mst.edu
Rocket Design Team
Eyes turned skyward
Learn a NASA-like process for building rockets. Produce your own rocket fuel to launch your high-powered rocket to 30,000 feet. Then enlist middle- and high-school students to design your scientific payloads. Keep your eyes on the sky.
Contact: Terence McGarvey
twmq72@mst.edu
Human Powered Vehicle
Fast, by design
Your all-weather utility/fun vehicle: lightweight, fast, practical, and non-polluting. Much cheaper than a car and you can park it anywhere.
Contact: Alivia Dean
addv42@mst.edu
IGEM
Design. network. achieve.
Re-engineer the environment. Splice DNA to turn bacteria into "machines" that help track biological threats, and share that data to benefit mankind.
Contact: Erin Nischwitz
enc52st.edu - igem@mst.edu
Mars Rover
today. tomorrow. forever.
When astronauts reach the surface of Mars they'll need a different kind of "assistant" when they get there. Design prototype Mars rovers today, that will go to the Red Planet tomorrow, and expand mankind's knowledge of the cosmos forever.
Contact: Cameron Shilko
clskv5@mst.edu
Multirotor Robot
Fly the future
Build fully autonomous flying robots that push the boundries of what aerial platforms can do. From bridge inspections to crop yield analysis, work to revolutionize the future of unmanned flight.
Contact: Jonas Buxton
jgb6x7@mst.edu
Nuclear Science
a future with fusion
Develop an original idea or concept related to the nuclear field, write a paper about it and submit it to a national competition. But the Miners will go one step further, building their own Inertial Electrostatic Confinement (IEC) fusor to prove their theories.
Contact: Jack Hilbing
jmhzf4@mst.edu
Underwater Robotics
missions in the Ocean workplace
Develop underwater Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) to ensure the health and safety of the world's port cities.
Contact: Christian Upschulte
Solar Car
Driving the future
Build and race entirely solar powered vehicles, then see the USA (Australia, Canada, and China, too!) from the cockpit of a >500-lb, 65mph electric car. No charging stations needed.
Contact: William Lorey
wwlytc@mst.edu
(573) 535-4932
Solar House
rise with us
Design your own energy-efficient residential oasis. Change the U.S. housing market by focusing on long-term costs of home ownership instead of the price of a home.
Contact: Luke Mueller
lemzq4@mst.edu
(314) 974-6354
Steel Bridge
bridge hard
Rehearse building a real bridge, for a real customer. Efficiency, aesthetics, cost, strength, and construction speed form the basis for your project's "bid".
Contact: Ben Parr
btpp77@mst.edu