The Environment
Friday, May 10th, 2013
Environmental research takes second, third at forum
In the inaugural year of a new category at the 30th annual Research and Creative Activities Forum, two MU chemical engineering students won second and third place in the Engineering/Computer & Information Sciences category. Jing Wang, who won second place, and Jiangyun Zhu, who took third said they practiced a lot for the presentation.
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
Small materials have big potential
When it comes to maintaining quality water resources, it turns out that even the smallest solution can have a major impact. Researchers from both the Chemical and Civil and Environmental Engineering departments have discovered that some very tiny materials can effectively treat water.
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013
Viruses gain good reputation in bacteria treatment
Viruses are infamous during cold and flu season, but research from the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department shows their effectiveness, especially when paired with more commonly-used methods, in destroying bacteria during wastewater treatment.
Thursday, November 15th, 2012
Researchers embark on quest to find durable, cost-efficient soy-based material
Efforts to identify greener, more cost-efficient materials to make the polyurethanes used to create foams and plastics has resulted in [...]
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 [...]
Monday, June 18th, 2012
Laying the groundwork for agricultural use of groundsource energy
Just a few feet below the surface of the Earth — seasonally baked dry in summer’s heat and frozen solid [...]
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
Engineers Without Borders chapter takes flight at Mizzou
A little delegation goes a long way – 1,764 miles to be exact. The Mizzou Engineers Without Borders (EWB) chapter, [...]
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
Project to develop renewable energy source evaluation tools
When it comes to moving this country’s energy consumption toward renewable resources “the lights are on.” But the “nobody’s home” [...]
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Student organization sponsors nuclear safeguards workshop
The 1979 accident at Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island nuclear power station in combination with the catastrophe at the Chernoblyl power [...]
Monday, November 30th, 2009
Electric Car Club sparks interest of Mizzou Engineers
new competition team is making its University of Missouri College of Engineering debut. The Mizzou Electric Car Club is meeting [...]
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
Researchers explore ways to give amphibians rights of way
Story by: Sarah Scully Kathleen Trauth, an associate professor in the civil and environmental engineering at the University of Missouri, [...]
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
New chair named to Department of Chemical Engineering
C. W. LaPierre Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Missouri Baolin Deng has been named chairman [...]
Thursday, April 30th, 2009
A new way to approach environmental problems
Nearly four years ago, scientific academies throughout the world signed off on a statement that global warming due to human [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Thursday, January 1st, 2009
Center for Sustainable Energy launched
University of Missouri’s College of Engineering and College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources are seeking campuswide participation in a [...]
Thursday, January 1st, 2009
Seeking environmental guidelines for the next revolution
As the nanotechnology revolution builds, Mizzou Engineering and federal researchers are joining forces to try to identify some guidelines for [...]
Thursday, December 11th, 2008
New environmental student organization profiled
University of Missouri Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Enos Inniss was recognized in the Fall 2008 issue of [...]
Thursday, December 11th, 2008
Pattarkine named CTO of OriginOil
Adjunct University of Missouri Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering Vikram Pattarkine has been appointed chief technology officer of OriginOil. [...]
Monday, December 1st, 2008
Engineering researcher seeking better way to reuse nuclear fuel
As the nuclear power industry expands, a Mizzou Engineering faculty member is researching technology aimed at cutting the cost of [...]
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 [...]
Monday, November 3rd, 2008
Engineering researchers developing portable water recycling system
University of Missouri engineering researchers are developing a portable wastewater treatment system for military bases that they believe ultimately will [...]
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
MU center drives energy innovation
MU Center for Sustainable Energy members are joining forces with researchers throughout the state in hopes of harvesting the enormous [...]
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
MU colleges join forces to pursue sustainable energy
University of Missouri’s College of Engineering and College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources are seeking campuswide participation in a [...]
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Finding new causes for polar ice sheet changes
The Antarctic ice sheet may grow thinner or thicker from natural changes in snowfall that are unrelated to long-term trends, [...]
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
Mizzou Engineering student team designs better septic tank
A Mizzou Engineering student team is devising a new type of septic tank that would better protect the environment. About [...]
Thursday, May 1st, 2008
New Mizzou Engineering student organization on tap
Water quality will be the focus of a new Mizzou student organization now in the works. Prompted by requests from [...]
Friday, April 4th, 2008
NRC preparing for new types of reactors
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Dale Klein urged students at a regional conference recently held by Mizzou Engineering to tackle the [...]
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
Turning a profit on pollution prevention
Global business strategy will join forces with environmentalism in a Mizzou Engineering internship program slated to launch next spring. The [...]
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