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Thursday, November 15th, 2012

One of a kind: college soils laboratory unites characterization services, geotechnical testing

Soil science is life science. And the geotechnical engineers and soil scientists in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering [...]

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Saturday, September 5th, 2009

Building bridges safely and efficiently

As phobias go, the fear of bridges — gephyrophobia — is fairly common, and irrational indeed, given that actual bridge [...]

University of Missouri Civil Engineers volunteer to repair a bridge at the Jameson Refuge Unit in Arrow Rock, Mo. From left to right: Wyatt Jenkins, Rick Coffman, Cody Wissman, Chelsea Smith and John Bowders.

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

Civil Engineers work together to assist community

University of Missouri civil engineering students and staff members of the Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge (BMNFWR) are [...]

Cropland terraces, such as those recognizable as tilled areas above, have slashed Missouri's soil erosion rate over the years. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

Mizzou Engineering helping build better farms

Missouri cropland soon may be a bit greener thanks to an engineering researcher’s work on a computer-assisted terrace design program. [...]

Mizzou Engineering Assistant Professor William J. Likos adjusts a new device that allows researchers to analyze how deep-sea forces help produce earthquakes while, at left, Jeffrey Mues, a Burns & McDonnell Inc. senior civil engineer and MU engineering alumnus, looks over the equipment. Burns & McDonnell joined forces with two MU departments to buy the $16,800 device. Photo by Vicki Hodder

Saturday, January 24th, 2009

Mizzou Engineering digging further into earthquakes

Mizzou Engineering researchers have begun digging more deeply into what triggers earthquakes, thanks to a powerful new device that simulates [...]

Monday, December 1st, 2008

Long-term project examines effectiveness of conservation department’s best management practices

Shannon and Reynolds counties, deep in the Missouri’s Ozarks, are home to some of the most ruggedly beautiful landscapes in [...]

A Mizzou Engineering geotechnical team will spend about two weeks in Peru to help find safe sites on which to rebuild in the wake of an earthquake that toppled houses like this one in the coastal town of Pisco. Photo by Daniel Huaco Sr.

Monday, October 1st, 2007

Mizzou Engineering to help Peru recover from earthquake

A Mizzou Engineering geotechnical team will travel to Peru in October to help the earthquake-shattered nation rebuild its most devastated [...]

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