Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Civil engineering students look for faster ways to repair roads damaged by improvised explosive devices
It’s tough to keep supply routes open in Afghanistan and Iraq when people are intent on exploding improvised explosive devices on the roads.
Read More »Bridge expert from S&T does post-earthquake reconnaissance in Chile
Dr. Genda Chen, professor of civil engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, was part of a seven-member Transportation Infrastructure Reconnaissance Team that traveled to Chile earlier this month to document the performance of bridges, tunnels and retaining walls in the wake of February’s Chilean earthquake.
Read More »Engineers Without Borders to leave S&T on Feb. 24
Three students from the student chapter of Engineers Without Borders at Missouri University of Science and Technology will leave Feb. 24 to continue their partnership with the community of Los Eucaliptos, a rural subdivision located in Erquis Sud, Bolivia.
S&T Engineers Without Borders prepares for trip to Bolivia
The student chapter of Engineers Without Borders at Missouri University of Science and Technology will make its fifth trip to Bolivia on Jan. 21 to help bring clean water, agricultural irrigation and access to markets and health care to the remote village of Tacachia.
Read More »Helping farmers navigate the carbon credit maze
As Congress considers “cap-and-trade” legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, companies and individuals are scrambling to figure out how to cash in on the process. But many smaller businesses, such as family farms, could become lost in the convoluted maze of carbon credit markets. That’s where the work of a Missouri University of Science and Technology student can help.
Long carbon fibers could improve blast resistance of concrete structures, say S&T researchers
Dr. Jeffery Volz, assistant professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, and his team have received $567,000 to explore how adding carbon fibers could improve the blast and impact resistance of conventional reinforced concrete. The research is funded by the through a cooperative agreement with the Leonard Wood Institute.
Luna invited to international conference in Egypt
Dr. Ronaldo Luna, associate professor of civil engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, is traveling all the way to Egypt this fall to present research findings that come partly from Poplar Bluff, Mo.
Read More »Alumnus, wife donate $3.4 million for energy chair
Missouri University of Science and Technology, a national leader in energy research and education, will soon strengthen that emphasis thanks to a $3.4 million gift from a retired oil and natural gas executive and graduate of the university.
Read More »S&T’s house of the future to be on display in D.C.
Missouri University of Science and Technology is one of 20 universities that will be participating in the 2009 Solar Decathlon this October in Washington, D.C. Members of Missouri S&T’s Solar House Team are currently building a new home on campus for the competition.
Read More »S&T researcher thinks “inside the box” to create self-contained wastewater system for soldiers, small towns
Cheaper. Better. Faster. Most people will say you can’t have all three. But don’t tell that to Dr. Jianmin Wang, a professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology.
Wang has created a wastewater system “in a box.” Each system, built by re-purposing a shipping container, is low power, low maintenance and highly efficient. Built from weathering steel, these containers are designed to be tough and can be dropped on site by helicopters.
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