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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, according to a recently released study co-authored by a University of Missouri engineering researcher.
Feature Stories
Mizzou Engineer Magazine
A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2007 confirmed what had become obvious to many health care professionals, specialists, and family support agencies: More children than ever before were being diagnosed with autism. Investigators called its prevalence an “urgent public health concern,” estimating that two to six in every 1,000 [...]
Career engineer Michael Maloney lands ‘tailor-fit’ job
Katie Pfefferkorn, BS ChE ’07, is set to compete in the Missouri 340, a canoe and kayak race that begins in Kansas City on July 15 and ends 340 miles later in St. Charles. Paddlers must make the grueling trip in 100 hours. In its third year, Pfefferkorn has competed each time. In 2006, she [...]
News
City water supply system tapping into Mizzou Engineering expertise»Mizzou Engineering Assistant Professor Enos Inniss, center, leads a research team gathering City of Columbia water samples to help determine the source of cancer-causing byproducts in the supply system. Ben Williams, an MU civil engineering junior at left, and Blaise Brazos, Columbia’s water quality treatment specialist, have helped collect more than 90 samples from city [...]
In business to build young engineers»
LEGO campers Grant Roulier, a third-grader at left, and Gabe Roulier, a first-grader, build a sensor for their robot during a one-day camp that MU’s InSITE team held in June. Photo courtesy of the MU InSITE LEGO Robotics Team
A group of Mizzou Engineering graduate students have gone into business to save a [...]
Uncovering radar signatures to detect landmines»Under test conditions, the radar system that Ho helped devise has reduced false alarms from a rate five years ago of 100 per 5,000 square meters to the current rate of less than four per 5,000 square meters.
Student Teams
Mizzou Engineering student careers receive boost from rocket launching competition»Space travel isn’t just for government anymore.
Mizzou Engineering geotechnical team reinforces success»
Geotechnical team leader Daniel Huaco cuts strips of paper to reinforce Mizzou Engineering’s winning retaining wall during a regional competition.
Having taken top honors in another civil engineering competition, the Mizzou Engineering geotechnical team plans to apply this year to become an official university organization.
“We’ve been competing—and winning—regularly for three years, [...]
Research
CAREER Award: Shining light on disease molecules»An MU engineering researcher is developing a light-based diagnostic technique sensitive enough to potentially detect a single disease molecule.
Uncovering radar signatures to detect landmines»Under test conditions, the radar system that Ho helped devise has reduced false alarms from a rate five years ago of 100 per 5,000 square meters to the current rate of less than four per 5,000 square meters.
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, according to a recently released study co-authored by a University of Missouri engineering researcher.
