An innovative approach to “recycling” homes built for past Solar Decathlons and turning them into sustainable student and faculty housing, combined with a geothermal project that will cut campus energy use in half, helped Missouri University of Science and Technology win a 2013 Climate Leadership Award.
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Missouri University of Science and Technology will be recognized in two venues this month as one of 20 colleges and universities nationwide that exemplify the mission of the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) to promote education, research and community involvement on sustainability issues.
Rayan Alghanim, a junior in petroleum engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been selected to receive a full scholarship to attend graduate school at a new university in Saudi Arabia.
Read More »Missouri S&T will showcase its environmental and alternative energy initiatives on Sept. 11, 2008, when the campus hosts “Greenfest” in coordination with the Tour of Missouri event occurring that day in Rolla.
Read More »Dr. Joel Burken, associate professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been selected to receive the Association of Environmental Engineering Professors (AEESP) Award for Outstanding Teaching of Environmental Engineering and Science. Burken’s former students nominated him for the award.
Read More »The bachelor of science degree program in environmental engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla has been accredited by ABET Inc., formerly known as the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.
Read More »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.
Read More »Dr. Craig Adams, the John A. and Susan Mathes Chair of Civil Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, will share how UMR students are bringing sustainable, safe drinking water and sanitation to communities in Central America during the final lecture of the Academy of Science’s seminar series in St. Louis.
Read More »Ryan Sitzes of Jackson, Mo., a junior in environmental engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, won a Judge’s Choice Award for special effort, perseverance, determination and courage in a design contest hosted by WERC: A Consortium for Environmental Education and Technology Development at New Mexico State University April 2-6.
Read More »Many of the 2 million cell phones, computers and other electronic products Americans discard each year could have a second life if they were designed for disassembly and reuse, says a UMR researcher who specializes in industrial ecology.
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