civil architectural and environmental engineering
‘Big beam’ team brings home third place
A team of Missouri S&T civil engineering students finished third in the nation in a “big beam” competition, marking the university’s highest placement in the competition’s 15-year history. The team consists of graduate students Eli Hernandez and Hayder Alghazali. Dr. John Myers, professor of civil engineering and associate dean for academic affairs in the College of Engineering and Computing, is the team’s advisor.
Read More »Oerther named Royal Society for Public Health fellow
Dr. Daniel Oerther, professor of civil, architectural, and environmental engineering, has been named a fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health.
Read More »Oerther named CIEH accredited associate, RSA fellow
Dr. Daniel Oerther, professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, recently received two honors.
Read More »Oerther to lead ASEE program, certified as environmental health specialist
Dr. Daniel Oerther, professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, recently received two honors. Oerther has been elected to a two-year term as program chair of the engineering and public policy division of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). Additionally, the Missouri Milk, Food and Environmental Health Association has certified him as an environmental health specialist.
Read More »Feys receives ACI Foundation grant for concrete research
Dr. Dimitri Feys, assistant professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, has received a $50,000 grant from the American Concrete Institute (ACI) Foundation for research on self-consolidating concrete, or SCC. Feys is the principal investigator of the research project, which is titled “Minimizing the Effect of Pumping on SCC Workability and Freeze-thaw Durability.” The project was one of four selected by the ACI Foundation’s Concrete Research Council.
Read More »Oerther receives national environmental engineering award
Dr. Daniel Oerther, professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, received the The Frederick George Pohland Medal. Awarded jointly by the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AAEES), the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) and the Pohland family, the award recognizes Oerther for his “sustained and outstanding efforts to bridge environmental engineering research, education and practice.”
Read More »CEC names 10 students as Dean’s Ph.D. Scholars
Ten doctoral students in the College of Engineering and Computing have been named Dean’s Ph.D. Scholars in recognition of their scholarly excellence and research productivity. The award winners were nominated by professors in their home departments and honored at an end-of-semester campus reception in May. The recognition follows the launch of similar CEC awards in the 2016-17 academic year for top faculty researchers and those who excel in the classroom. The award winners, their hometowns and a brief description of their research are as follows:
Read More »ElGawady shares expertise in four Asian countries
Dr. Mohamed ElGawady delivered the keynote address at the seventh annual International Jordanian Civil Engineering Conference, in May in Amman, Jordan. He also presented a pre-conference workshop about design of masonry structures. ElGawady is an associate professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, and Benavides Faculty Scholar.
Read More »Schonberg named president of Hypervelocity Impact Society
Dr. Bill Schonberg, professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, was elected president of the Hypervelocity Impact Society at its 2017 meeting in April in Canterbury, England. Schonberg’s term as president runs until the society’s next conference, which is in 2019.
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