Tag: Joel Burken

S&T’s Society of Women Engineers to co-host ‘Owning your engineering career in the early years’ presentation

Posted by on February 20, 2023

Students at Missouri S&T will soon be able to attend a career development opportunity and learn from experts working in the engineering field as part of the university’s National Engineers Week 2023 activities.

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S&T student recognized as national leader among peers at civil engineering colleges

Posted by on March 3, 2021

The American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) has named Erin Bereyso as one of its 2021 New Faces of Civil Engineering–College.

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UM System to invest in Missouri S&T humanities research

Posted by on November 19, 2020

Two research projects involving faculty at Missouri University of Science and Technology are among the research and creative works projects in the areas of arts, humanities, and social and behavioral sciences announced this week by the University of Missouri System.

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EPA chief reappoints S&T environmental engineering professor to Science Advisory Board

Posted by on October 22, 2019

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the 11 members of the Science Advisory Board (SAB) and invited Missouri S&T professor Dr. Joel Burken to serve another three-year term. “I am grateful to be able to serve the EPA for several more years,” says Burken, Curators’ Distinguished Professor and chair of civil, architectural and environmental engineering […]

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Joel Burken receives international lifetime achievement award

Posted by on September 27, 2019

This week, the International Phytotechnology Society (IPS) awarded Dr. Joel Burken the Milton P. Gordon Award for Excellence in Phytoremediation during the society’s annual conference in Changsha, Hunan Province, China. IPS recognizes one leader every year in the field of phytoremediation – a process that uses various types of plants to remove, stabilize or destroy […]

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Greening mines

Posted by on August 2, 2016

For more than 150 years, The Doe Run Co. has tapped the fertile mineral resources of southeast Missouri to mine the lead, copper and zinc that remain staples of products ranging from car batteries to X-ray equipment and military satellites.

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Joel G. Burken named Curators’ Professor at Missouri S&T

Posted by on November 30, 2015

Dr. Joel G. Burken, professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been named Curators’ Professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering. Burken will be officially recognized during Missouri S&T’s commencement ceremonies on Saturday, Dec. 19.

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Learn about Missouri’s efforts to clean up waterways at S&T

Posted by on November 23, 2015

Learn about the state’s efforts to protect and improve area water sources at a lecture by Sara Parker Pauley, director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on the Missouri University of Science and Technology campus.

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Joel Burken receives UM System President’s Award

Posted by on April 27, 2015

Dr. Joel Burken, professor civil, architectural and environmental engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been awarded the 2015 University of Missouri System President’s Award for Service. The recognition includes a $5,000 award.

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S&T faculty to receive excellence awards

Posted by on December 19, 2014

Five faculty members at Missouri University of Science and Technology will receive Faculty Excellence Awards at a ceremony scheduled for Monday, Feb. 23, 2015.

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