civil engineering
Civil engineering leader to speak today
The new president-elect of the nation’s oldest engineering society will share her vision of the profession’s future in a guest lecture. Robin A. Kemper, a senior risk engineering consultant for Zurich Services Corp., will serve as president of the American Society of Civil Engineers starting in 2018. Her lecture, “Engineering the Future,” begins at 2 p.m. today (Thursday, Oct. 26) in Room 125 Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Hall. Get more details.
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Stonehenge plaque honoring Joe Senne will be unveiled
A new plaque honoring Dr. Joseph H. Senne Jr. will be unveiled at 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27, at Missouri S&T’s Stonehenge replica. Senne, a professor emeritus and chair of civil engineering for at S&T 20 years, died in 2016. In addition to civil engineering, he was an avid astronomer who made the astronomical calculations for S&T’s Stonehenge replica, completed in 1984.
Read More »‘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 »Wire Reinforcement Institute scholarship goes to Gheni
Ahmed Gheni, a Ph.D. student in civil engineering, received a Wire Reinforcement Institute (WRI) Education Scholarship. WRI sponsors scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students seeking degrees in civil or structural engineering.
Read More »Myers earns outstanding educator award
Dr. John Myers has been selected as a top educator by the Architectural Engineering Institute. Myers is associate dean of academic affairs for the College of Engineering and Computing, and a professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering.
Read More »Chen speaks on transportation center at state conference
Dr. Genda Chen was a guest speaker at the 2017 Missouri Transportation Conference held on Feb. 16 in Jefferson City. Chen is the Robert W. Abbett Distinguished Chair in Civil Engineering at Missouri S&T and director of a new University Transportation Center. In his presentation, “Inspecting and Preserving Infrastructure through Robotic Exploration (INSPIRE),” he spoke about the center’s vision, upcoming research and innovative workforce training.
Read More »Oerther appointed to United Nations committee
Dr. Daniel Oerther, professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, was appointed as a member of the credentialed U.S. delegation to the United Nations Committee on World Food Security in Rome, Italy, in October. As a foreign affairs officer, this was Oerther’s fourth appointment to represent the U.S. Department of State as part of an inter-agency governmental delegation to a major international conference.
Read More »Chen interviewed by The Economist
Dr. Genda Chen, the Robert W. Abbett Distinguished Chair in Civil Engineering, was interviewed by The Economist for an article, “Stopping Bridge Collapses,” published Oct. 15. Chen spoke about his research on bridge scour and “smart rocks.”
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