Joel Burken
Civil engineering celebrates Class of 2020
The coronavirus altered this year’s festivities, but the civil, architectural and environmental engineering students, staff and faculty team showed their Miner spirit and persevered. The department awarded more than 100 engineering degrees on Saturday, May 16.
Read More »COVID-19 in the news: Fox News’ Sunday, TODAY Show
Dr. Michael Bruening was featured by Chris Wallace on Fox News’ Sunday morning show on May 3 as one of several teachers designated as “Power Players of the Week.”
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EPA chief reappoints Burken to Science Advisory Board
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the 11 members of the Science Advisory Board (SAB) in October and invited Missouri S&T professor Dr. Joel Burken to serve another three-year term.
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Fitch receives UM System president’s award for service
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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Nominate someone for the Presidential Engagement Fellows program
The University of Missouri System is accepting nominations of faculty members for the 2019-20 class of Presidential Engagement Fellows. Through the program, faculty members from S&T, MU, UMKC and UMSL share their research discoveries with Missouri citizens in every county. Nominations are due Friday, March 29.
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Honorary Knights announced
The St. Pat’s Celebration Committee at Missouri S&T has announced the 2019 Honorary Knights of St. Patrick. The eight Honorary Knights are Dr. Joel Burken, University of Missouri System President Mun Y. Choi, Ken Clayton, Tyrone Davidson, Connie Goodridge, Steve Malott, Dr. Jeff Schramm and Bill Stoltz. Bill Jenks will serve as Honorary St. Pat and parade marshal for the 111th St. Pat’s celebration.
Read More »President announces S&T chancellor search, committee
University of Missouri System President Mun Choi announced Aug. 21 the start of a nationwide search for the position of chancellor at Missouri S&T. Following nominations by Missouri S&T constituency groups, Choi named members to the search committee. The search committee includes:
Read More »AAEES awards go to two faculty
The American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists is honoring Dr. Joel Burken and Dr. Daniel Oerther with a pair of awards. The awards will be presented in April 2018 at the National Press Club in Washington.
Read More »In the news: 500-year storm, Guam, HKN, probiotics helping trees, startups
- Robert Holmes, adjunct professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering and national flood hazard coordinator for U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), discusses the data behind Hurricane Harvey with the Houston Chronicle. The article, “Havey has been called a 500-year storm. Here’s what that means,” was published Aug. 30. Read More »
Grants go to faculty for recruiting doctoral students
The office of graduate studies implemented a Doctoral Student Recruitment Grant proposal program that was open for proposals starting in December 2016. The selection committee awarded approximately $23,000 in grant funds to assist departments in recruiting highly competitive doctoral students. The funded proposals are:
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