What Partners Could Access

Powerplex would bring together physical infrastructure, faculty expertise, student talent, and industry focused research capabilities.

A Real-World Energy System Demonstration Campus

A planned system connecting nuclear energy, storage, controls, data, research loops, and industrial applications.

Interdisciplinary Technical Expertise

S&T faculty and researchers work across nuclear engineering, mechanical systems, electrical systems, materials, manufacturing, controls, data, cybersecurity, engineering management, and technical communication.

A Workforce Pipeline of Highly Trained Students

Students gaining hands-on experience with the systems, tools, and questions shaping the next energy economy.

Demonstration and Validation Opportunities

A place to test technologies, generate performance data, study integration challenges, and evaluate systems before wider deployment.

Strategic Research Partnerships

Opportunities for sponsored research, joint proposals, co-development, workforce training, and long-term collaboration.

Partnership Opportunities

Powerplex may support partnerships in areas such as:

• Advanced nuclear energy systems
• Thermal storage and energy conversion
• Grid resilience, controls, and microgrids
• Industrial heat and energy-intensive manufacturing
• Advanced materials and manufacturing
• Critical infrastructure and backup energy systems
• High-performance computing and data center energy needs
• Workforce development and technical training
• Public-private research and demonstration projects

Partnerships would span sponsored research, technology demonstrations, student projects, internships, training programs, equipment testing, strategic investment, and joint proposals with federal agencies or national laboratories.

Why Partner with Missouri S&T

Missouri S&T brings together deep technical expertise, a strong engineering workforce pipeline, and a practical focus on solving real-world problems. Powerplex would add the physical infrastructure to test and validate new energy technologies in a connected system, not just study them in isolation. For partners, that means a place to explore how advanced energy systems perform when research, industry, storage, controls, and demand meet.