The Environment Archives

Kathleen Trauth, an associate professor in the civil and environmental engineering at the University of Missouri, and Ray Semlitsch, a curators' professor in biological sciences at MU, aim to guide future rights-of-way (ROWs) designs and placement of mitigation wetlands. They also aim to create experimentally proven methods to relocate rare, declining or imperiled amphibian species.

Published On: 11/2/2009

C. W. LaPierre Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Missouri Baolin Deng has been named chairman of the Department of Chemical Engineering.

Published On: 11/2/2009

Mizzou Engineering researchers have begun digging more deeply into what triggers earthquakes, thanks to a powerful new device that simulates the enormous forces bearing down on rocks about a kilometer below the ocean floor.

Published On: 05/24/2009

Jan Weaver, MU environmental studies director, discussed her proposed paradigm for understanding environmental issues during a recent Mizzou Environmental Engineering & Water Resources Seminar.

Published On: 04/30/2009

University of Missouri civil engineering students and staff members of the Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge (NFWR) are working on a mutually beneficial project.

Published On: 04/1/2009

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

Published On: 02/3/2009

University of Missouri Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Enos Inniss was recognized in the Fall 2008 issue of Current, a publication of the Missouri Water Environment Association. Inniss was acknowledged for assisting in the establishment of a Water Environment Federation's student chapter at the University of Missouri. "Dr. Inniss has energized grass roots support of a group of graduate students that have submitted application for a new Student Chapter of WEF at Mizzou", the article stated.

Published On: 12/11/2008

As the nuclear power industry expands, a Mizzou Engineering faculty member is researching technology aimed at cutting the cost of reprocessing nuclear fuel so it can be used several times.

Published On: 12/1/2008

Published On: 12/1/2008

University of Missouri engineering researchers are developing a portable wastewater treatment system for military bases that they believe ultimately will produce water pure enough to drink.

Published On: 11/3/2008

MU Center for Sustainable Energy members are joining forces with researchers throughout the state in hopes of harvesting the enormous energy potential contained within algae microorganisms.

Published On: 09/30/2008

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.

Published On: 05/29/2008

More than 15 major earthquakes occur throughout the world in an average year, federal statistics show. In a year that has borne out that statistic all too conspicuously, Mizzou Engineering students have formed a team focusing on the skills required to reduce earthquake damage. The Mizzou Seismic Design Team has been working since last February to design an earthquake-resistant model bridge for a national seismic design competition slated for July.

Published On: 05/23/2008

Matt Milligan, a University of Missouri senior majoring in electrical and computer engineering, likes the direction things are headed in his second-year as a Garmin scholar.

Published On: 05/5/2008

The University of Missouri's alternative energy team has undergone a transformation that may prove prophetic. After 15 years of building a solar car for competition, the team decided in late 2005 to steer instead towards the "hydrogen highway" by constructing a fuel cell car. It's a course with few maps but great potential to revolutionize the way the nation travels, team leaders believe.

Published On: 05/4/2008

A Mizzou Engineering student team is devising a new type of septic tank that would better protect the environment. About 25 percent of the U.S. population-and 40 percent of new developments-use septic systems, according to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Web site statistics. But wastewater treated and released by many septic systems still contains nutrients, primarily nitrogen and phosphorus, that stimulate the growth of oxygen-hoarding algae, experts say.

Published On: 05/3/2008

Water quality will be the focus of a new Mizzou student organization now in the works.

Published On: 05/1/2008

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Dale Klein urged students at a regional conference recently held by Mizzou Engineering to tackle the complex technological issues he predicted nuclear engineers soon will face.

Published On: 04/4/2008

Global business strategy will join forces with environmentalism in a Mizzou Engineering internship program slated to launch next spring. The new pollution prevention intern program will train students to provide on-site environmental assessments for Missouri businesses and industries. Interns will spend 10 weeks analyzing a client business to develop recommendations for increasing efficiency and cutting costs under the program, co-sponsored by the College of Engineering and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and coordinated by the Missouri Environmental Assistance Center (EAC).

Published On: 11/14/2007

The CoE geotechnical engineering team is relying on a mix of experience and precision to repeat its 2005 victory at a national civil engineering competition.

Published On: 02/5/2007

Recycling just got environmentally friendlier.

Published On: 07/21/2006

CoE Associate Professor Galen Suppes received an elite Environmental Protection Agency award today for his development of an environmentally friendly antifreeze.

Published On: 06/26/2006