Tag: Civil

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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UMR professor selected as honorary member of engineering society

Posted by on May 9, 2007

Dr. Franklin Cheng, Curators’ Professor emeritus of civil engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been selected as an honorary member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

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Nine inducted into UMR Academy of Civil Engineering

Posted by on April 20, 2007

Nine civil engineering alumni of the University of Missouri-Rolla were inducted into the UMR Academy of Civil Engineers during the academy’s induction ceremony held April 19.

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UMR researchers awarded Rudolph Hering Medal for environmental engineering

Posted by on April 18, 2007

A team of faculty and student researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla was awarded the 2007 Rudolph Hering Medal from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for their paper, “Engineered Struvite Precipitation: Impacts of Component-ion Molar Ratios and pH.,” which was published in ASCE’s Journal of Environmental Engineering in 2005.

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Engineering dean honored with research award, fellowship

Posted by on April 18, 2007

Dr. William Schonberg, interim dean of the School of Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been honored with a Fraunhofer Bessel Research Award and a six-month fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

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UMR professor to lead international clean water group

Posted by on May 18, 2006

Dr. Craig Adams, the John and Susan Mathes Chair of Environmental Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, will begin his term as chair of the Adsorption Specialist Group of the International Water Association (IWA) this month.

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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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UMR students take top prize in ASCE Geo-Congress 2006

Posted by on March 6, 2006

A team from the University of Missouri-Rolla finished in first place at the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Information Mining and Geotechnical Site Characterization Design competition held Feb. 26. The competition was held during ASCE Geo-Institute’s Geo-Congress 2006, a national conference that focused on “Geotechnical Engineering in the Information Technology Age.”

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Jack Guth: An artist at heart

Posted by on February 8, 2006

Jack Guth, CE’50, has always been an artist at heart — even as a schoolboy.

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Gravity played role in New Orleans’ bridge failures

Posted by on November 28, 2005

Sir Isaac Newton did a number on the Interstate 10 bridges in New Orleans, according to a team of researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla that helped document some of the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina.

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