Tag: Joel Burken
Joel Burken receives UM System President’s Award
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
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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Chemical transport in plants likened to that of humans
Plant roots and certain human membrane systems resist chemical transport in much the same way, say researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology in a recent journal article. This similarity could make it easier to assess chemical risks for both people and plants, and may even lead to a new approach to testing medications.
Read More »Nature’s expert witnesses: plants tell of environmental pollution
The poet William Blake once wrote that we could “see a world in a grain of sand.” Today, environmental engineers are seeing the world beneath the surface through a greener part of nature: the trunks and branches of trees.
Researchers use trees to detect contaminants and health threats
Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology have developed a method to detect the presence of soil and groundwater contamination without turning a shovel or touching the water.
Burken named interim ERC director
Dr. Joel Burken, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been named interim director of the university’s Environmental Research Center for Emerging Contaminants. He will serve in the interim capacity during the search for a permanent replacement. His appointment began July 1.
Read More »UMR’s Burken receives national teaching award
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.
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