Lectures
Historians to present Civil War lecture next two Fridays
Dr. George Hoemann will present a lecture titled “Did Slavery cause the Civil War?” at 7 p.m. Friday, July 13. Florian Waitl will present a lecture titled ““The Human Dimension of War: Lessons and Insights of Local Civil War History Taught at the U.S. Army Engineer School” at 7 p.m. Friday, July 20.
Read More »Geotechnical engineering expert to present Prakash lecture today
Dr. James K. Mitchell, a National Academy of Engineering member and University Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Virginia Tech, will present the Shamsher and Sally Prakash Distinguished Lecture at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, May 3, in Room 121 Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Hall. Mitchell’s talk is titled “Geotechical surprises – or are they?” He will highlight three illustrative case histories and discuss how they were reviewed and if what went wrong could have been anticipated.
Read More »Get advice on publishing technical papers
Faculty and graduate students are invited to a presentation titled “A Primer About Publishing Technical Papers in International Journals: Sharing an Editor’s Experience,” by Dr. Ted Stathopoulos. The presentation will be held 1-2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 16, in Room 120 Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Hall. Lunch will be provided. RSVP to cafe@mst.edu.
Read More »MAE graduate seminar planned Oct. 19
The mechanical and aerospace engineering department and the Academy of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineers will host a presentation by Dr. Brandon Runnels 2-3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, in Room 199 Toomey Hall.
Read More »NASA engineer to speak today on breaking barriers
Anthony Washburn, research directorate chief technologist at NASA Langley Research Center, will present a seminar titled “Overcoming Barriers: Active Separation Control Applied to a Commercial Transport” at 2-3:15 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21, in Room 199 Toomey Hall.
Read More »Lecture planned today on Missouri defense recommendations
John Hixson, vice president of defense and advanced manufacturing for the St Louis Economic Development Partnership, will present a lecture on Missouri’s $10.5 billion defense business 4-5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 28, in the Meramec-Gasconade Room of the Havener Center. RSVP to Steve Tupper, Fort Leonard Wood liaison, at tuppers@mst.edu.
Read More »Engineering professor to speak about recognition technology
Dr. James Keller will present “Recognition Technology: Lotfi’s Look to the Future from the Late 1990s,” 3-4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 28, in Room 103 Engineering Management. A reception will follow. Keller is a Curators’ Distinguished Professor in electrical and computer engineering and computer science and the R.L. Tatum Professor in the College of Engineering at the University of Missouri-Columbia. The presentation is part of the Bernard Sarchet Graduate Seminar Series.
Read More »Presentation planned on engineering smart stimuli-responsive cement
Dr. Raissa Ferron, assistant professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, will present “Engineering Smart, Stimuli-responsive Cementitious Composites” at noon Thursday, Nov. 17, in 109A Fulton Hall. She will speak about research on improving the performance of concrete by using a self-adaptive material approach.
Read More »Lecture to focus on expanding opportunities for engineers
As part of the Centennial Seminar Series, L. Wayne Garrett, retired chief manufacturing officer of Harman International Industries, Inc., will present, “The Expanding Opportunities for Engineers,” 4-5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12, in Room 199 Toomey Hall. Please join the mechanical and aerospace engineering department in welcoming Garrett to campus. Get more details.
Read More »Help your students succeed, get free lunch
Instructors are invited to the second session of the Curators’ Teaching Summit, “Practical Tips to Help Students Succeed in Your Class,” from noon to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, in the Missouri/Ozark Room of the Havener Center. Lunch will be provided.
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