Tag: civil engineering

McCarthy helps Missouri S&T civil engineering students build a better

Posted by on March 25, 2008

McCarthy Building Companies Inc. and former President and Chief Operating Officer Michael Hurst are helping Missouri University of Science and Technology build a better future for students studying civil engineering.

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Illinois couple strengthens scholarship fund for civil engineering students

Posted by on January 31, 2008

Jack and Janice Haydon of O’Fallon, Ill., recently added $100,000 to a scholarship fund they first established more than 15 years ago to assist students interested in studying civil engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology.

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The next wave of tsunami research

Posted by on December 11, 2007

University of Missouri-Rolla civil engineering senior Adedotun Moronkeji, 30, is part of the next wave of tsunami research.

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Better World Project recognizes chancellor’s crash-safety research

Posted by on May 2, 2007

A reusable crash cylinder created by UMR Chancellor John F. Carney III is one of 100 university research projects cited in a new publication that showcases academic research that is contributing to a better world.

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Jim Driscoll takes center stage

Posted by on March 2, 2007

When civil engineering student Jim Driscoll began studying at UMR, the first club he joined was not a technical design group, but rather an assembly of stage performers.

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Campus community invited to open forum

Posted by on February 28, 2007

UMR students, faculty and staff are invited to an open forum to discuss the events that led to the Tuesday, Feb. 27, cancellation of classes. The forum will be held at noon today, Wednesday, Feb. 28, in the Havener Center on the UMR campus.

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Donors increase endowments, establish faculty chairs

Posted by on July 20, 2006

The University of Missouri-Rolla has received two new gifts from major donors to endow chairs in the civil, architectural and environmental engineering department.

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UMR creates scholar program with University of Naples Federico II

Posted by on June 30, 2006

Six graduate students from the University of Naples Federico II, founded in 1224 in Naples, Italy, are conducting research this summer at the University of Missouri-Rolla as part of a new scholar program between the two universities.

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Twelve inducted into UMR Academy of Civil Engineering

Posted by on April 22, 2006

Eleven civil engineering alumni of the University of Missouri-Rolla and the university’s chancellor were inducted into the UMR Academy of Civil Engineers during the academy’s induction ceremony held April 21 in the Kummer Atrium of the Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Building on the UMR campus.

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U.S. News again ranks UMR among top graduate engineering programs

Posted by on March 31, 2006

The University of Missouri-Rolla is again one of the nation’s top graduate engineering schools, according to U.S. News and World Report’s latest rankings of graduate schools. The rankings also list five UMR programs as among the best in the country.

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