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 [...]
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Lex Axelrod, BS EE ’56, retired for the second time in 2006, from the Illinois Institute of Technology where he had been teaching since 1995. Over the course of his long career, he has worked with computer simulation of flight control system components, development of temperature control systems, and also held a variety of management [...]
James Bryce, a senior in civil engineering, is one of 12 students nationwide to be selected for the Washington Internships for Students of Engineering (WISE) program this summer. The program introduces students to the impact they might have on public policy as professional engineers. Bryce wrote to faculty mentor Professor John Bowders from Washington saying, [...]
In 1970, Richard M. Nixon was President, Erich Segal’s “Love Story” was the top-selling fiction book, and Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix died drug-related deaths.
Ten students from seven engineering disciplines discuss their undergraduate research work and its impact on their educational experiences.
Professors emeriti Larry David and Owen Miller reflect on the past
An MU engineering researcher is developing a light-based diagnostic technique sensitive enough to potentially detect a single disease molecule.
