civil engineering
Death of Chester Baker
Chester Hugh Baker, 104, passed away Jan. 27 in Rolla. He is a 1955 civil engineering graduate of S&T (then known as the University of Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy). He worked at the U.S. Geological Survey in Rolla for more than 30 years, retiring in 1981. Baker is the namesake of the Chester and Evelyn Baker Greenhouse, located on the roof of the Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Building.
Read More »El-adaway makes 20-under-40 list
Dr. Islam El-adaway, the Hurst-McCarthy Professor of construction engineering and management, made the list of ENR Midwest’s 2019 Top Young Professionals.
Read More »Seed funding goes to six collaborative research projects
Missouri S&T’s Center for Science Technology and Society (CSTS) recently providing seed funding for six interdisciplinary research projects.
Read More »S&T to honor 28 faculty for excellence
Twenty-eight S&T faculty members will receive awards for excellence and achievement in teaching, research and service at a ceremony tonight (Tuesday, Dec. 4).
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Urban water management topic of Oct. 19 lecture
Dr. Glen T. Daigger will present the Mathes Distinguished Lecture at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, in Room 120 Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Hall. His presentation is named “Closing the Knowing/Doing Gap.”
Read More »Myers named fellow in international organization
Dr. John Myers, professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering and associate dean for academic affairs in the College of Engineering and Computing, has been named a fellow of the International Institute for FRP in Construction. FRP stands for fiber-reinforced polymers.
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 »Memorial service for Howard Huang planned Saturday
Dr. Ju-Chang “Howard” Huang, professor emeritus of civil engineering and former director of the Environmental Research Center, died on Jan. 16, 2018, in Hong Kong. A memorial service for Huang will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 23, with visitation beginning at 10 a.m., at Rolla Bible Church at 1801 E. 10th Street. The service will be followed by interment at Ozark Hills Memorial Gardens at 12110 Hwy 63 in Rolla.
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 »
