civil engineering

S&T joins new national transportation center

Posted by on July 2, 2019

S&T researchers are joining a national consortium of universities focused on improving the durability and extending the lifespan of the nation’s transportation infrastructure.

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CAFE grants go to four projects

Posted by on July 2, 2019

The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) provided nearly $13,000 to fund the following projects:

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Passing of Jerry Bayless

Posted by on July 2, 2019

Jerry Bayless, a longtime member of the civil engineering faculty who held two degrees from S&T and served as a volunteer with the Miner Alumni Association, died this morning (Tuesday, July 2) at age 81.

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Fitch receives UM System president’s award for service

Posted by on May 7, 2019

University of Missouri System President Mun Choi presented Dr. Mark Fitch with the President’s Award for University Citizenship – Service during the Board of Curators meeting on April 11 at Missouri S&T.

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Patton Luks to lead ASEE council

Posted by on May 7, 2019

Dr. Christi Patton Luks has been elected chair of the Professional Interest Council 1 for the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).

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Graduate students recognized for outstanding research

Posted by on May 7, 2019

Missouri S&T’s office of graduate studies recognized the winners of the 2019 Graduate Fellows Research Poster Session during an awards luncheon on March 19. The four student honorees are:

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Geotechnical engineering expert to present Prakash lecture

Posted by on April 22, 2019

Dr. W.D. Liam Finn, professor emeritus of civil engineering at the University of British Columbia and president of Pan-American Engineering and Computing Services, will present as part of the Shamsher and Sally Prakash Distinguished Lecture Series in Geotechnical Engineering. The lecture, titled “Aspects of Soil-Structure Interaction,” will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, May 9, in Room 125 Butler-Carlton Hall.

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Three S&T teams head to EQ competition

Posted by on April 2, 2019

Three teams of Missouri S&T students will pitch their ideas in a “shark tank” style competition at the University of Missouri System’s Entrepreneur Quest (EQ) program. The teams will compete against each other, and the top three finalists from the other UM System campuses during the EQ final rounds that will take place in conjunction with the system’s Entrepreneurial Educator Summit on Friday, April 5, in Columbia.

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Staff Spotlight: Carol Atwell

Posted by on February 14, 2019

When hundreds of students pour into Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Hall for their first classes at 8 a.m., Carol Atwell has the space ready for them. Atwell, a custodian at S&T, starts her workday at 4 a.m. “I’m a morning person,” she says. “I am an avid cleaner, and I love cleaning. I get most of my deep cleaning done before 8.”

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In the news: History Channel, The Muse, St. Louis Public Radio

Posted by on February 5, 2019

  • Dr. John McManus, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of history, will appear in the History Channel’s “Presidents at War” show at 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17. McManus also is quoted in the article, “How Gen. Eisenhower Spun a Humiliating WWII Defeat into Winning Military Strategy,” published Jan. 29 on the History Channel website.
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