Infrastructure & Transportation Archive

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

A Mizzou Engineering graduate student's work on a new technique to test the strength of carbon fiber materials vital to advanced transportation technologies has received international recognition.

Published On: 12/31/2008

A Mizzou Engineering researcher is proposing to use wireless sensor technology to provide some relief to automobile drivers frustrated by traffic congestion and slowdowns.

Published On: 12/1/2008

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

Mizzou Engineering's seismic design team has won its first outing in a national seismic design competition. MU's three-member team won a $500 prize July 29 by taking top honors in a first-time competition sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration, the Transportation Research Board, the South Carolina Department of Transportation and the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research. Four other teams from across the nation were selected to compete in the contest, held during the 6th National Seismic Conference on Bridges and Highways in Charleston, South Carolina.

Published On: 07/30/2008

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

Geotechnical team leader Daniel Huaco cuts strips of paper to reinforce Mizzou Engineering's winning retaining wall during a regional competition.

Published On: 05/2/2008

A national transportation association plans to showcase Mizzou Engineering technology for stabilizing landslide-prone slopes, paving the way for its widespread use across the country.

Published On: 12/NaN/2007

The partial collapse of a New York state bridge a couple of years ago may prove to be a milestone of sorts in the maintenance of America's civil infrastructure.

Published On: 02/1/2007

By all accounts, Missouri holds a special place in the history of America's Interstate Highway System as the site of an early interstate project.

Published On: 08/15/2006