We are EMRGe. Missouri S&T's Energetic Materials, Rock Characterization, and Geomechanics Research Center.

As a multidisciplinary research institution, we are expanding on the research of energetic materials and geomechanics in a joint effort of subterranean exploration and national defense to address the many complex challenges in subsurface engineering disciplines.

EMRGe Highlights
Hall of Fame Competition 2020

Ansys Hall of Fame, PHD student Martin Langenderfer working with Dr. Johnson and Dr. Rutter in Explosives Engineering was the fourth runner up finalist in an International competition.
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Missouri S&T prepares engineers for a future in space mining

Dr. Leslie Gertsch working with meteorite samples in her lab
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Using Glass Microspheres to Attenuate Blast Loading

Dr. Phillip Mulligan, assistant research professor of Geological Engineering, is designing a load cell sensor for measuring how materials absorb and transfer loads generated during an explosion.

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Having a blast with explosives

If you missed Dr. Catherine Johnson’s talk on April 6, you can watch a video of her presentation, “Having a blast with Explosives,” on the S&T website 150.mst.edu/bicentennial-alliance-lecture-series.
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Missouri S&T professor wins NSF award

With a $410,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, S&T researchers are developing a process to improve oil recovery at shale oil reservoirs. The work would optimize the gas injection process that decreases the energy needed for oil extraction and reduces the need to dig new oil wells. Leading the team is Dr. Abdulmohsin Imqam, an assistant professor of geosciences and geological and petroleum engineering.
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National Workshop: Resilient Supply of Critical Minerals

Due to the ongoing pandemic, the workshop will be hosted online via Zoom on August 02-03. An in-person workshop is planned for mid-2022. This is the first of a planned series of national workshops, to be held biannually, that will focus on “Resilient Supply of Critical Minerals.” Workshops will bring together interdisciplinary stakeholders from academia, industry and government. Our goal is to provide a long-term collaborative platform to help implement action and disseminate research on critical minerals.
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Researchers Study Impact of Contaminants in Flood Waters

S&T researchers are working with the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study the effects of contaminants on soils as well as rivers, lakes, ponds and groundwater through wells.
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Missouri S&T Explosives Researcher Studies Blast-Induced Brain Injuries

The research is part of a Department of Defense grant and is one of several projects associated with the Acute Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium, a partnership with the U.S. Army’s Fort Leonard Wood base.
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Research in traumatic brain injuries

Military background spurs Missouri S&T explosives engineering Ph.D. student’s research on traumatic brain injury.
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Missouri S&T Professor Wins Prestigious CAREER Award

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has recognized Dr. Marek Locmelis, assistant professor of geosciences and geological and petroleum engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, with a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award, one of the NSF’s most prestigious awards. The five-year, $550,000 award will support Locmelis’ research into economically important metals such as nickel, copper and platinum.
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Current Research

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  • Integrated numerical-laboratory approach to evaluate cement sheath integrity at Mont Terri- Dr. Andreas Eckert
  • Crustal Structure and Subsidence of the Williston Basin: Constraints from Modeling of Gravity Data: Dr. Stephen Gao
  • Post Blast Forensics Training for Fort Leonard Wood USAMPS- Dr. Catherine Johnson
  • Low Intensity Blast-Induced Brain Molecular and Ultrastructural Abnormalities in Human Tau Transgenic Mice- Dr. Catherine Johnson
  • Development of Design Method for H2Ri Wicking Fabric in Pavement Structures: Phase II- Dr. Xiong Zhang
  • Thermo-Kinetic Modeling of Asphaltene Flocculation during Gas Miscible injection Flow in Shale Oil- Dr. Abdulmohsin Imqam
  • IPA Assignment for Dr. Catherine Johnson with VA
  • Towards Reducing Rib Hazards in Underground Coal Mines by improvement of the Coal Pillar Rib Rating (CPRR) System and Development of a Novel Fiber-Optic based Rib Motion Detection System- Dr. Taghi Sherizadeh
  • Monitoring Groundwater Extraction Using Automated Assessment of Land Subsidence- Dr. Ryan Smith

Dr. Bai

  • Geopaths-Extra: Road Maps into Geoscience - Dr. Andreas Eckert
  • First Ever Field Pilot on Alaska's North Slope to Validate the use of Polymer Floods for Heavy oil EOR - Dr. Baojun Bai
  • Preparing Interdisciplinary Professionals for Rebuilding/Engineering Resilient Infrastructure of the Nation - Dr. Jenny Liu and Xiong Zhang
  • Investigating the Pervasiveness of Complex Seismic Anisotropy and its Geodynamic Significance beneath Continents- Dr. Kelly Liu
  • Explosives and Soybeans: Meeting the Need for a More Environmentally Friendly Explosive- Dr. Phillip Mulligan
  • Detonations Synthesis of Nanomaterials- Dr. Catherine Johnson
  • CARRER: Investigating the source, transport and deposition of economically important metals in the lower continental crust-Dr. Marek Locmelis
  • LIBRE: Lake Izabal Basin Research Endeavor-Dr. Jonathan Obrist-Farner
  • SCEC5 Year 4 Research Collaboration at the Missouri University of Science and Technology- Dr. Jeremy Maurer 
  • Real-Time Ground Movement Monitoring for Improved Safety Near Large Excavation using Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing - Dr. Taghi Sherizadeh
  • Improving the Characterization and Recovery of Heterogenous Turbidite Reservoirs using process-based depositional modeling-Dr. Andreas Eckert

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  • The LIBRE (Lake Izabal Basin Research Endeavor) Scientific Drilling Workshop: Drilling and Coring the Lake Izabal Basin- Dr. Jonathan Obrist-Farner
  • BlackBox Biometrics-Wearable Gauges-Dr. Phillip Mulligan
  • Petro- Physics Property and EOR Potential Evaluation of Tight Oil Sands- Dr. Mingzhen Wei
  • Collaborative Research: NNA Track 1: Advancing Arctic Prosperity through Infrastructures and Sociodemographic Resilience under the Effect of Permafrost Degradation- Dr. Xiong Zhang
  • WORKSHOP: Resilient Supply of Critical Minerals- Dr. Marek Locmelis
  • Numerical Investigation of Rib Stability in Underground Coal Mines Independent Estimate of Cost-Dr. Taghi Sherizadeh
  • Open-Field Blast Core Facility- Dr. Catherine Johnson
  • Resource Evaluation and Technology Development- Dr. Lana Alagha
  • Effect of SEC's new regulation S-K rules on mining tehcnical feasibility studies- Dr. Kwame Awuah-Offei
  • Research, Technology and Human Interventions for Self-Escape in Underground Mine Emergencies- Dr. Kwame Awuah-Offei, Dr. Catherine Johnson, Dr. Kyle Perry, Dr. Taghi Sherizadeh
  • SBIR Phase II: Directional Permeability Enhancement Using Electric Well Treatment- Dr. Abdulmohsin Imqam
  • National Center for Tansportation Infrastructure Durability and Life Extension- Dr. Xiong Zhang

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Dr. Andreas Eckert

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573-341-4876 | fax: 573-341-4368 | eckertan@mst.edu |

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