Faculty & Staff

After 13 years of working as an associate teaching professor in the MU College of Engineering’s Computer Science Department, Markita Price is retiring. Computer science department chair Professor Dong Xu presented Price with a plaque commemorating her dedication and service to the department.

A grant from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is being used to fund research conducted by Matthew Bernards, assistant professor of chemical engineering and nuclear engineering, with Pinhero serving as a mentor.

At the “Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievements Forum” held April 23, chemical engineering Assistant Professor Matthew Bernards won the Office of Undergraduate Research’s 2013 Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award, and engineering students took top honors for their research posters.

Marjorie Skubic, an MU professor with joint appointments in electrical and computer engineering and computer science, received two honors in April from the MU Sinclair School of Nursing and her Alma mater, Texas A&M University.

Shubhra Gangopadhyay, the C.W. LaPierre Endowed Chair Professor of electrical and computer engineering and physics at the University of Missouri, was recently named one of Ingram’s “50 Missourians You Should Know” for 2013.

James E. Thompson, dean of the University of Missouri’s College of Engineering, was recognized as one the 2013 Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering’s Distinguished Engineers at Texas Tech University.

Noah D. Manring, the Glen A. Barton Professor of mechanical engineering, was appointed interim associate dean for research of the University of Missouri College of Engineering, effective May 15.

What began as a generic course instructing land surveying and how to read topography maps flourished to three departments and a new building during the 16 years under MU Engineering’s first dean in the late 19th century.

An adjunct faculty member and four students with the Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering Department were recognized for their achievements at the 2013 Missouri Honor Awards banquet March 15.

There are the astronomical odds to predicting protein structures. MULTICOM and MUFOLD — two MU College of Engineering protein structure prediction teams — competed in the most recent Critical Assessment of protein Structure Prediction competition.

With the completion of a pilot program in 2011, two mechanical engineering faculty members are moving forward with a method of learning they hope will teach students to teach themselves.

The Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering Department inducted four alumni and one retired faculty member to the IMSE Hall of Fame at its annual ceremony in last fall.

Shawn Poore, an MU Engineering director of development, received one of the 2012 Columns of Excellence Awards, presented annually to six outstanding members of the Office of Development and Alumni Relations.

Five faculty members from the University of Technology-Baghdad visited MU for three weeks in December as part of the college’s participation in the Iraqi University Linkage Program.

A $1 million National Science Foundation grant will enable a computer science faculty member to connect the university to a 100 Gbps network.

A new learning tool for freshmen taking the introductory course to electrical and computer engineering (ECE 1000) will teach them basic programming and problem solving skills, and it also may help them cover songs originated by Led Zeppelin or The Rolling Stones.

University of Missouri College of Engineering Associate Professor Scott Kovaleski was appointed as interim chairman of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, effective Jan. 1, 2013.

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