civil architectural and environmental engineering
Oerther named Board Certified Environmental Scientist via eminence
Dr. Daniel Oerther, professor of civil, architectural, and environmental engineering, has been recognized as a Board Certified Environmental Scientist by the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists.
Read More »Faculty projects selected for eFellows program
Eight proposals for the Provost’s eFellows grants have been accepted for 2018-19 as part of a program that promotes innovative and collaborative course design for blended or fully online courses.
Read More »Educational research mini-grants awarded to five faculty projects
Expanding the sophomore design curriculum for aerospace engineering students and maximizing the co-op experience are a couple of topics faculty will be researching with the help of mini-grant funding. The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) recently provided nearly $25,000 in mini-grant funding for the following projects:
Read More »Oerther named Academy of Nursing Education fellow
Dr. Daniel B. Oerther, professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, has been named a lifetime honorary fellow of the Academy of Nursing Education. As one of a handful of non-nursing fellows, he joins others who have made substantial contributions to nursing, nursing education, or to the National League for Nursing for nurse faculty and leaders in nursing education.
Read More »Caribbean Museums publishes paper by two S&T faculty
Dr. William Schonberg and Luce Myers recently co-authored the paper, “Technology as Art and Art as Technology – Educating Museum Audiences Through Artistic Endeavor.” It appears in the April 2018 issue of Caribbean Museums, a publication of the Museums Association of the Caribbean.
Read More »In the news: ASM.org, Engineering.com, Globe and Mail, IEEE Spectrum, Kansas City Star, Missouri Business, New York Post, People Behind the Science, Washington Post
- Dr. Dave Westenberg, associate professor of biological sciences, wrote an article, “What It’s Like to Volunteer at a Science Festival,” posted May 16 on the American Society for Microbiology’s website, asm.org.
- Dr. Frank Liou, the Michael and Joyce Bytnar Product Innovation and Creativity Professor, was interviewed for an article, “Bridging the Skills Gap in the Manufacturing Industry,” by Meghan Brown of engineering.com. The article was posted on the engineering.com website on May 15. 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 »Lecturer to discuss nanotechnology-enabled water treatment
Dr. Pedro J.J. Alvarez will present a lecture titled “Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment: A Vision to Enable Decentralized Water Treatment and Address Growing Challenges of the Water Energy Nexus” at 2 p.m. Thursday, April 12, in Room 125 Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Hall. If you’re unable to attend the event, you can join it via Zoom.
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Schonberg named Fulbright distinguished chair in Australia
Dr. William Schonberg, professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, has been named a Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Advanced Science and Technology. His appointment begins in January 2019 at the Defence Science and Technology Group, a government agency in Melbourne, Australia.
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Libre receives President’s Award for Innovative Teaching
University of Missouri System President Mun Choi presented Dr. Nicolas Libre with the President’s Award for Innovative Teaching at a faculty meeting March 22. Libre is an assistant teaching professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, and the first recipient of 10 awards that the president will give in 2018.
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