Economic Impact
August 2025โJanuary 2026
Our mission to create economic impact captures the Instituteโs role in driving innovation, entrepreneurship and industry collaboration that translate research into real-world solutions by supporting commercialization pathways, fostering partnerships with industries and investing in innovation ecosystems. These efforts strengthen Missouriโs economy, expand opportunities for students and faculty, and position S&T as a leader in applied research and economic development.
Capital Projects
Welcome Center officially opens to campus visitors
The Welcome Center, dedicated on October 9, is now open to prospective students and families. It features interactive exhibits that highlight the Miner experience and S&Tโs programs. It is home to enrollment management staff and services for prospective students and their families. Work is underway on the outdoor plaza to further enhance the visitor experience.
Bioplex design advances as site work begins
Design for the Bioplex is progressing toward the 50% construction document milestone, with the draft due Jan. 5, 2026. Site and utilities work are underway following groundbreaking, and major construction is planned to accelerate in summer 2026. Substantial completion is targeted for summer 2028, with full completion expected at the start of the fall 2028 semester.
Missouri Protoplex nears exterior completion
The Missouri Protoplex continues to make steady construction progress. Exterior metal cladding is nearing completion, and landscaping is being installed as weather allows. Mechanical systems are being commissioned, and the facility will transition to permanent geothermal heat in December 2025. The project remains on schedule for February 2026 completion.
Applied Research Center reaches structural milestones
The Applied Research Centerโs construction has progressed through several key phases, including completion of the level-2 concrete slab and installation of roof steel for the addition. Demolition of existing structures is nearly complete, and installation of mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire-protection systems is progressing on the third floor.
Upcoming work includes:
- continuation of building system installation
- brick construction
- site wall pours
- geothermal system connections
- preparation for clean-room layout.
Schrenk Hall East prepares for winter construction
Work on Schrenk Hall East continues. The building envelope has been sealed to allow interior construction activities through the winter. Roof and window replacement is nearly complete, and installation of core building systems, including mechanical, electrical and plumbing components, is progressing on schedule. The buildingโs main elevator remains offline for refurbishment, and drywall installation will begin once the building is fully sealed from the weather.
Philanthropy
Alumnus gives $12.5 million to establish business school
S&T alumnus Dennis Jaggi and his wife, Janet, made a transformational gift of $12.5 million in November to create the Dennis and Janet Jaggi School of Business. Dennis Jaggi earned a bachelorโs degree in mechanical engineering from S&T in 1970. When the new school launches in the coming year, it will be dedicated to teaching future leaders financial accounting and business acumen, preparing students to leverage financial resources and exposing future leaders to the big picture of business expertise.
Grants
S&T awarded $19.8 million grant to lead Center for Chemical Innovation
Missouri S&T was awarded a $19.8 million collaborative agreement to renew the National Science Foundationโs Center for Synthetic Organic Electrochemistry. S&Tโs chemistry department will lead this chemical innovation center, and the university will partner with 13 additional institutions on the grant. Dr. Shelley Minteer, professor of chemistry and director of the Kummer Institute Center for Resource Sustainability, is the lead investigator.
Supporting Research
Momentum builds at S&T Protoplex
The S&T Protoplex received over $856,000 in new research awards from partners such as Lockheed Martin, Boeing and the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, while continuing work on $22.4 million in ongoing awards and submitting $43 million in new proposals to agencies and organizations.
In October, Protoplex staff hosted an industrial upskilling workshop with Boeing, which brought 35 participants from 12 manufacturing companies to campus for training in advanced manufacturing technologies.
Facility growth continued with the arrival of new equipment, including a Hybrid Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing robotic cell, and the purchase of a $2 million vacuum induction melting system.
Tenant activity increased as well, with Solvus Global hiring three S&T graduates and finalizing lease agreements for office and high-bay space. The Protoplex is preparing for its next major milestones: equipment move-in scheduled for February 2026 and the grand opening set for April 15, 2026.
$856K+
New research awards
$22.4M
Ongoing awards
$43M
Submitted in new proposals
$2M
New equipment